Larry Tye discusses the environmental impact of the impending Gulf War in the Boston Globe, January 18, 1991:

Tanks could crunch grass and other vegetation, knock down dunes and kick up sandstorms, said Ken Nagy, who teaches about deserts at the University of California at Los Angeles. "Plants and animals there are already living on the edge," he said, "and this insult could be enough to push them over the edge."

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