The Dust Bowl was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s; severe drought and a failure to apply dryland farming methods to prevent the aeolian processes (wind erosion) caused the phenomenon. The drought came in three waves: 1934, 1936, and 1939–1940, but some …

Dust Bowl (deutsch Staubschüssel) wurden in der Zeit der Weltwirtschaftskrise (Great Depression) in den USA und Kanada Teile der Großen Ebenen (Great Plains) genannt, die in den 1930er Jahren – besonders in den Jahren 1935 bis 1938 – von verheerenden Dürren und Staubstürmen betroffen waren. Nach der Rodung des Präriegrases zur „Urbarmachung“ für …

Le Dust Bowl (« bassin de poussière ») est une région à cheval sur l'Oklahoma, le Kansas et le Texas, touchée dans les années 1930 par la sécheresse et une série de tempêtes de poussière provoquant une catastrophe écologique et agricole. On nomme la période correspondante les Dirty Thirties.. Ces tempêtes de poussière sont issues de pratiques agricoles mécanisées, …

El Dust Bowl (literalmente «cuenco de polvo» en inglés) fue un período de fuertes tormentas de polvo que dañaron enormemente la ecología y la agricultura de las llanuras y praderas que se extienden desde el golfo de México hasta Canadá, impactando principalmente en los Estados Unidos.Se prolongó al menos entre 1932 y 1939, y fue precedida por un largo periodo de …

The term Dust Bowl was coined in 1935 when an AP reporter, Robert Geiger, used it to describe the drought-affected south central United States in the aftermath of horrific dust storms. Although it technically refers to the western third of Kansas, southeastern Colorado, the Oklahoma Panhandle, the northern two-thirds of the Texas Panhandle, and ...

"Dust My Broom" is a blues song originally recorded as "I Believe I'll Dust My Broom" by American blues artist Robert Johnson in 1936. It is a solo performance in the Delta blues-style with Johnson's vocal accompanied by his acoustic guitar.As with many of his songs, it is based on earlier blues songs, the earliest of which has been identified as "I Believe I'll Make a Change", …

Oct 27, 2009 · The Dust Bowl was the name given to the drought-stricken Southern Plains region of the United States, which suffered severe dust storms during a dry period in the 1930s.

The 1988–1990 North American drought ranks among the worst episodes of drought in the United States.This multi-year drought began in most areas in 1988 and continued into 1989 and 1990 (in certain areas). The drought caused $60 billion in damage ($137 billion 2022 USD) in United States dollars, adjusting for inflation). The drought occasioned some of the worst blowing-dust …

The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression between 1929 and 1939 that began after a major fall in stock prices in the United States. The economic contagion began around September 4, 1929, and became known worldwide on Black Tuesday, the stock market crash of October 29, 1929. The economic shock transmitted across the world, impacting …

Summer is the hottest of the four temperate seasons, occurring after spring and before autumn.At or centred on the summer solstice, the earliest sunrise and latest sunset occurs, daylight hours are longest and dark hours are shortest, with day length decreasing as the season progresses after the solstice. The date of the beginning of summer varies according to climate, tradition, …