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 Stories About: China AND deforestation AND land degradation AND United States AND wilderness
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Another One Bites the Dust
China's dust bowl is growing at an alarming rate |
Lester R. Brown |
29 May 2001 |
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| Last month, scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration laboratory in Boulder, Colo., reported that a huge dust storm from northern China had reached the U.S. "blanketing areas from Canada to Arizona with a layer of dust." They reported that along the foothills of the Rockies, the mountains were obscured by the dust from China. This dust storm did not come ... |
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| Topics: China, deforestation, land degradation, United States, wilderness (all these topics) |
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