Earth is degrading. Global warming, even by releasing carbon from dust

"Climate change can not be stopped if soil degradation continues," says a recent report, pointing out that the earth has three times as much carbon as the atmosphere, and that it is being released from deforestation and weakening of agriculture.

"Such a situation is fueling climate change and is compromising our efforts to nurture a growing world population," the authors of the study emphasize.  Problems include soil erosion, including the impact of machinery, construction or water spills. Earth's damage affects the climate in two ways: it compromises the growth of plants that absorb carbon from the atmosphere and releases the carbon of the earth previously preserved by the worms that pull the earth's leaves.  The warning comes from the Intergovernmental Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, a panel that studies the benefits of people by nature. The panel, which will convene this week, seeks to unison the governments of the world when it comes to the need to protect natural systems.