California’s soil is getting too salty for crops to grow
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Description: News Article
Grade Levels: 6-8, 9-12
Keywords: salinity, California, farming, salt tolerant, food supply, soils and Agriculture, Soil Conservation
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Resource Type: Reading
Next Generation Science Standards
Grade | Discipline | Core Idea |
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6-8 | ESS3.C: Human impacts on Earth systems | Human activities have altered the biosphere, sometimes damaging it, although changes to environments can have different impacts for different living things. Activities and technologies can be engineered to reduce people's impacts on Earth. |
9-12 | ESS3.C: Human impacts on Earth systems | Sustainability of human societies and the biodiversity that supports them requires responsible management of natural resources, including the development of technologies. |