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It's the End of the World as We Blow It
Ecosystems don't like hurricanes any more than we do |
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30 May 2006 |
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| It's the End of the World as We Blow It Ecosystems don't like hurricanes any more than we do With hurricane season approaching, scientists are voicing worries about the ability of coastal ecosystems to recover from repeated storms. Some 118 square miles of coastal wetlands were lost to Hurricane Katrina, and the Gulf Coast is vulnerable to more loss, as many islands that had acted as storm barriers are fragmented ... |
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| Topics: land degradation, news, oceans, wetlands (all these topics) |
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