And now we are fully in the period of a rapid desiccation, accompanied by the formation of dry prairies and steppes, and man has to find out the means to put a check to that desiccation to which Central Asia already has fallen a victim, and which menaces South-Eastern Europe.
Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “And now we are fully in the period of a rapid desiccation, accompanied by the formation of dry prairies and steppes, and…”
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Kropotkin emphasizes the urgent need for humanity to address environmental changes threatening regions like Central Asia and South-Eastern Europe.
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