Question

select the text that has a more objective tone.
there had never been dust storms like these in prior droughts. in the worst years of the 1930s on as many as a quarter of the days dust reduced visibility to less than a mile. more soil was lost by wind erosion than the mississippi carried to the sea.
dust clouds boiled up, ten thousand feet or more in the sky, and rolled like moving mountains—a force of their own. when the dust fell, it penetrated everything: hair, nose, throat, kitchen, bedroom, well. . . . the eeriest thing was the darkness.
from \did dust storms make the dust bowl drought worse?\ copyright 2011 by trustees of columbia university in the city of new york, lamont - doherty earth observatory and from timothy egan, \the worst hard time,\ copyright 2006 by mariner books

Explanation:

An objective tone presents facts without personal feelings or opinions. The first text gives facts like "a quarter of the days dust reduced visibility to less than a mile" and "More soil was lost by wind erosion than the Mississippi carried to the sea". The second text uses descriptive words with a subjective feel like "boiled up", "eeriest".

Answer:

The first text (There had never been dust storms like these in prior droughts. In the worst years of the 1930s on as many as a quarter of the days dust reduced visibility to less than a mile. More soil was lost by wind erosion than the Mississippi carried to the sea.) has a more objective tone.