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Victoria Falling
Climate change, deforestation, erosion take toll on African landscape |
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10 Jun 2008 |
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| Posted at 3:01 PM on 10 Jun 2008 A new United Nations atlas depicts alarming changes to Africa's landscape. On a continent that produces a mere 4 percent of the world's greenhouse-gas emissions, significant landmarks are taking a hit from climate change: Lake Chad and Lake Victoria are shrinking each year, and Mt. Kilimanjaro could be snow-free by 2020. The deforestation rate in Africa is twice the world aver ... |
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| Topics: Africa, agriculture, climate, climate change impacts, deforestation, news, United Nations (all these topics) |
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Papua Bare
World's third-largest tropical rainforest disappearing quickly |
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02 Jun 2008 |
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| Posted at 4:48 PM on 02 Jun 2008 Papua New Guinea is home to the world's third-largest tropical rainforest, but the country is experiencing such rampant deforestation that more than half of its tree cover could be lost by 2021, says a new study. "Forests in Papua New Guinea are being logged repeatedly and wastefully with little regard for the environmental consequences and with at least the passive complicity of gove ... |
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| Topics: carbon offsets, climate, deforestation, news, Papua New Guinea, rainforests (all these topics) |
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The Beetles Revolution
Mountain pine beetles fueling climate change via tree deaths |
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24 Apr 2008 |
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| Posted at 9:38 AM on 24 Apr 2008 Ravenous populations of mountain pine beetles in Canada's forests are contributing significantly to climate change through killing off large numbers of trees, according to a study in the journal Nature. So far, the beetles have killed trees in over 50,000 square miles of forests in western Canada, and hundreds of thousands of square miles in the western United States. "When ... |
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| Topics: Canada, climate, deforestation, news, scientific research (all these topics) |
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How's That Mars Exploration Going?
News flash: as world warms, weather gets worse |
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15 Aug 2006 |
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| How's That Mars Exploration Going? News flash: as world warms, weather gets worse As the globe warms, the risk of more frequent and severe forest fires, droughts, and floods rises. So says, well, the entire scientific community, forever. But a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences is being billed as the most comprehensive look yet at the effects of climate change. With data from 52 climate simulation ... |
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| Topics: climate, deforestation, news (all these topics) |
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