Farming itself is threatened by the environmental harm that it's contributed to, such as climate breakdown and soil depletion and the exhaustion of water supplies.

农业本身也面临由其造成环境危害威胁，例如气候崩溃、瘠和供水枯竭等。

The rainforest now is situated in the largest drainage basin in the world, and all that water would carry with the now infertile soils.

现在热带雨林位于世界上最大流域，所有水都带着瘠。

Buildings, pollution, poor soil, insects, and even car crashes can add to tree loss.

建筑、污染、瘠、昆虫，甚至车祸都会增加树木损失。

That's cuz their soil was dumb and that's the most nutritious thing they could grow.

那是因为他们很瘠，豆是他们能种出最有营养东西了。

Plant diseases, aging trees and worn out soil are cutting their harvests.

植物病害、老化树木和变瘠正在削减它们收成。

The poverty of the soil caused a bad rice harvest.

这块瘠导致稻米欠收。

And plant diseases, aging trees and worn-out soil are cutting their harvests.

植物病害、老化树木和变瘠也正削减收成。

But crummy soil isn't the only thing that helps super high diversity blossom; for example, beaches, mountaintops, and other places frequently ravaged by harsh weather or catastrophic events have poor soils and few plant species.

但是，瘠并不是富多样性唯一因素，例如海洋，山顶和其他那些，频繁被污水或灾变事件破坏地方，地瘠，物种也很少。

It is so efficient that it enables the soil, which in tropical country is poor and very thin, to support and feed those old giants.

其效率非常之高使得热带地区瘠浅层能够支撑这些古老巨树。

On the other hand, poor soils don’t provide enough nutrient capital for fast-growing plants to build their massive infrastructures and take all the resources.

反观瘠无法提供够多矿物质资源， 让长最快植物壮大占据太多空间并垄断资源。因此瘠。

Farm animals are sent out to graze on the already-limited vegetation, and mining has made the already-poor soil even poorer.

农场动物被送去吃本已有限植被，而采矿使本已瘠变得更加瘠。

In some rural areas, people live in poverty because of the poverty of the soil.

在一些农村地区，人们因为瘠而过着穷活。

It's cross-bred to resist drought and disease, so it can still grow in the scorched earth of the Midwest.

这种杂交品种可以抵御干旱和疾病，因此在中西部干旱瘠里同样可以长。

Cactus plants are of interest to new material developers because they can live in hot climates and poor soil.

仙人掌植物引起了新材料研发者兴趣，因为它们可以在炎热气候和瘠中活。

Cold weather and poor soil could not support such a farm economy as was found in the South.

寒冷天气和瘠无法支撑像南方那样农业经济。

But the Oaxacan corn does well despite the bad soil, and with little or no fertilization.

但是，尽管长在极少甚至没有肥料瘠中，瓦哈卡州玉米依旧长得很好。

The corn variety hails from Oaxaca, Mexico, where it typically grows in nitrogen-poor soils.

这种玉米源自墨西哥瓦哈卡州，通常在该州瘠中长。

On the other hand, poor soils don't provide enough nutrient capital for fast-growing plants to build their massive infrastructures and take all the resources.

另一方面，瘠无法为快速长植物提供足够营养盐，因为它们无法建立巨型地下根系夺取资源。

The other tree grows in poor soil in a dark spot.

另一棵树长在瘠中暗处。

If, however, the soil is sterile, how can marriage make it bear fruit?

但是，如果是瘠， 婚姻又怎么能让它开花结果呢？