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soil: how much, per second and per year

soil · topsoil, tonnes
eroded from farmland
24 billion
a year
761
a second
66 million
a day
formed
1 billion
a year
31.7
a second
2.7 million
a day

method UNCCD/FAO figure of ~24 Gt/yr; Borrelli et al. 2017 (36 Gt water erosion). formation from Montgomery 2007 rates × cropland area.

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