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 Stories About: air pollution AND China AND desertification AND South Korea
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True Grit
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15 Apr 2002 |
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| True Grit For the third year in a row, massive dust storms from China have blown into South Korea, closing schools, canceling flights, and creating a run on facemasks and respiratory medication. The storms are the result of severe desertification in China, where the Gobi Desert grew by 20,000 square miles from 1994 to 1999; the desertification stems from overfarming, overgrazing, and deforestation, among ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, China, desertification, South Korea (all these topics) |
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