Since 1998, Harvard University wraps some of the valuable statues on its campus, such as this " Harvard Bixi | Chinese stele ", with waterproof covers every winter, in order to protect them from erosion caused by acid rain.

Since 1998, Harvard University wraps some of the bronze and marble statues on its campus, such as this " Harvard Bixi | Chinese stele ", with waterproof covers every winter, in order to protect them from erosion caused by acid rain ( or, actually, acid snow )

A large amount of the credit for this goes to the farmers ; Chinese farmers were the first to practice active erosion control.

They expressed concern at the possibility of opportunistic non-citizens, motivated more by profit than loyalty or patriotism, seeking to take advantage of Chinese economic growth, and at the erosion of the Chinese nation-state.

Many of these New Leftists also regret the erosion of guaranteed employment, education, health care, and other former gains of the Chinese Revolution that have been largely lost in the new profit-driven economy.

They ensured AIM would be noticed to highlight what they saw as the erosion of Indian rights and sovereignty.

Koroma cited corruption, erosion of state sovereignty, over-dependence on foreign nations, and government failure to address tensions between the SLA and government-backed tribal militia movements ( in particular the Kamajors ) as the pretext for the coup.

Addressing the public criticism expressed following the ECJ's decision and the alleged erosion of Parliamentary sovereignty, Lord Bridge remarked that such comments were " based on a misconception ", and that under the European Communities Act 1972, the law regulating the UK's membership of the EU, it had " always been clear that it was the duty of a United Kingdom court when delivering final judgment, to override any rule of national law found to be in conflict with any directly enforceable rule of Community law.

Under this paradigm, the traditional Westphalian nation-state is experiencing an erosion of power and sovereignty, and non-state actors are part of the cause.

) Paul not only wants, in principle, to restore the republic but also opposes the continued erosion of states ’ rights and U. S. sovereignty.

In Britain, anthropology had a great intellectual impact, it " contributed to the erosion of Christianity, the growth of cultural relativism, an awareness of the survival of the primitive in modern life, and the replacement of diachronic modes of analysis with synchronic, all of which are central to modern culture.

Overgrazing has contributed to soil erosion on some parts of the plateau.

Although Burundi is potentially self-sufficient in food production, the ongoing civil war, overpopulation, and soil erosion have contributed to the contraction of the subsistence economy by 25 % in recent years.

The reduction in annual silt deposits has contributed to rising water tables and increasing soil salinity in the Delta, the erosion of the river's banks in Upper Egypt, and the erosion of the alluvial fan along the shore of the Mediterranean Sea.

Overgrazing has contributed to soil erosion on the plateau.

This very edict contributed to the gradual erosion of the imperial authority in the Holy Roman Empire.

Apart from soil erosion, other environmental processes such as siltation and sea level rise have also contributed to changing the bay ’ s coastline.

Owing to a combination of tree removal for use in the smelters, the smelter fumes ( for about 40 years ), and the heavy annual rainfall, the erosion of the shallow horizon topsoil back to the harder rock profile contributed to the stark state of the mountains for many decades.

It was the largely unchecked erosion from this late 1960s and 1970s building spree that contributed the bulk of the Patuxent River's highest and most damaging sediment, siltation, and pollution levels to date downstream.

Natural factors like rain and standing groundwater have contributed to the erosion of the ziggurat and damage to the ruins, especially along the south-west side.

Gilbert is considered one of the giants of the sub-discipline of geomorphology, having contributed to the understanding of landscape evolution, erosion, river incision and sedimentation.

Several factors contributed to the erosion of morale and spiritual welfare of the Haudenosaunee.

Flash floods, mass wasting of hillsides, frost wedging, and landslides all contributed to a significantly faster rate of erosion.

A wet weather spring located behind the bridge in a rock cave probably contributed to the erosion forming the arch.

Subsequent erosion contributed to the present pattern of parallel ranges divided by deep river valleys.

Voltaire said, " Nothing is better known than the siege of Malta ," and it undoubtedly contributed to the eventual erosion of the European perception of Ottoman invincibility and marked a new phase in Spanish domination of the Mediterranean.

Human-mediated disturbances are predated by soil erosion and animals damming waterways which contributed to waterway transformations.

Glacial erosion has contributed to such features by creating depressions in which standing water can collect.

In recent years, large storms have contributed to increased erosion resulting in several areas of vegetation and numerous buildings being washed into the sea.

River erosion in this area has created deep gorges and caves, resulting in some spectacular scenery.

Two camp grounds ( car / camper and walk-in tent camping only ) and plentiful picnic areas, some with shelters, water and composting toilets, are available at various points in the rainforest adjacent to the road, and one picnic spot at Blackbutts Lookout, offers spectacular scenic views to Mount Warning, and of the Tweed Valley, an erosion caldera which, while broken by the sea on its eastern flank, is considered larger in size than the Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania.

Both basaltic and rhyolitic lavas were erupted, and erosion of these lavas from rain and running water has formed the many spectacular landforms including cliffs, now observed in the park.

In the east, the escarpment terminates at the English Channel coast between Seaford and Eastbourne, where it produces the spectacular white cliffs of Seaford Head, the Seven Sisters, whose undulations reveal a cross-section through a pre-existing landscape of parallel ridges and dry valleys that has been exposed as the high chalk headland has receded through erosion by the sea, and Beachy Head, the highest chalk sea cliff in Britain at above sea level.

Millions of years of erosion have created spectacular cliffs and escarpments in many areas, some of which have become major attractions for local tourism.

Continuing uplift and erosion has exposed the underlying granite batholith, making for one of the more spectacular mountain ranges in Washington.

The Colorado Plateau with its spectacular scenic canyons, the Grand Canyon, is also the result of broad tectonic uplift followed by river erosion.

On 18 June, the first of 161 soil erosion control camps was opened, in Clayton, Alabama.

In June 2008 the then Shadow Home Secretary David Davis resigned his parliamentary seat over what he described as the " erosion of civil liberties " by the then Labour government, and successfully won re-election on a civil liberties platform ( although he was not opposed by candidates of other major parties ).

But, in reality, Krishna causes a high degree of erosion between June and August.

In June 2007 erosion was caused via storms to the beaches, the worst in 30 years.

In June 2006, erosion resulting from heavy rains exposed human remains near the westbound lanes of Route 37 in Cranston.