Human beings are living off naturalcapital, Brown argues, eroding soil and depleting groundwater faster than theycan be replenished.

布朗认为，人类依靠自然资源生活，土壤侵蚀，地下水消耗的速度比它们得到补充的速度要快。

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All you have to do is drive through the cornbelt this time of year to see thousands upon thousands of acres of unprotected soil planted to corn that is eroding badly in this year’s torrential rains.

在一年的这个时候开车驾驶在玉米带，一眼望去是成千上万公顷的玉米地，今年的大雨把这些玉米地严重侵蚀了。

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All you have to do is drive through the cornbelt this time of year to see thousands upon thousands of acres of unprotected soil planted to corn that is eroding badly in this year's torrential rains.

在一年的这个时候开车驾驶在玉米带，一眼望去是成千上万公顷的玉米地，今年的大雨把这些玉米地严重侵蚀了。

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There he found one of the poorest populations on earth, and an environment quickly degrading as hungry farmers tried desperately to cultivate rice in the eroding soil.

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Habits the cities already hold that suck up groundwater and diminish land dumping solid waste in canals, eroding watershed soil, deforestation, etc may be increasing future damages from floods more than global warming would.

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