Full Description:
The Dust BowlDust Bowl Full Description:The Dust Bowl refers to the devastation of the Great Plains, where millions of acres of farmland were rendered useless by massive dust storms. While triggered by drought, the disaster was fundamentally man-made. Driven by high wheat prices and real estate speculation, farmers had removed the native deep-rooted grasses that held the soil together to plant monocultures. Critical Perspective:This event illustrates the “metabolic rift”—the rupture between human economy and natural systems. The market demanded maximum yield without regard for soil health, leading to desertification. It forced the displacement of hundreds of thousands of impoverished families, creating a class of climate migrants who were exploited as cheap labor in the West refers to the devastation of the Great Plains, where millions of acres of farmland were rendered useless by massive dust storms. While triggered by drought, the disaster was fundamentally man-made. Driven by high wheat prices and real estate speculation, farmers had removed the native deep-rooted grasses that held the soil together to plant monocultures.

Critical Perspective:
This event illustrates the “metabolic rift”—the rupture between human economy and natural systems. The market demanded maximum yield without regard for soil health, leading to desertification. It forced the displacement of hundreds of thousands of impoverished families, creating a class of climate migrants who were exploited as cheap labor in the West