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5 alarming facts about Amazon forest fires

2016-09-01 18:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mini Planet: The Amazon is being burned. Heres what you need to know. From July to November, it is fire season in the Amazon rainforest. But while fires can be a normal part of the life cycle in forests, most of the flames in the Amazon are far from natural and damaging. Each year, people burn rainforest to clear the land for farming and pasture, as well as illegal logging. Whats worse, these practices make the forest even more vulnerable to future blazes and contribute to climate change. Here are...

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Alarming coral reef bleaching wave descends on the Maldives

2016-08-09 00:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Grist: We have a new competitor for the worst place on Earth to be a coral! More than half of the coral reefs in the Maldives have been hit by a wave of bleaching this year, according to a new survey conducted by a team of researchers. Signs of bleaching were found in around 60 percent of the study areas total number of corals in some segments of the reef, the percentage of corals affected was as high as 90 percent. The biodiversity-rich area is home to some 3 percent of the planets corals. The...

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'Alarming' trend in Queensland tree clearing figures spurs call for tighter laws

2016-08-08 07:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Hundreds of thousands of hectares of land have been cleared in Queensland, a new study has found, after a surge led by cattle graziers under relaxed laws that the state government is seeking to overturn. A state science department study on land cover released on Sunday found 296,000 hectares of land was cleared in 2014-15, more than a third of it in Great Barrier Reef catchments. The deputy premier, Jackie Trad, said this was an alarming trend that demanded immediate action to protect the...

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Why Is Desertification Alarming? Facts About The Land Condition Affecting Millions of People Worldwide

2016-06-17 13:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Nature World: Land, by all means, is a major resource asset as it provides a foundation for economic growth and for poverty reduction. As the world's population increases, land becomes increasingly valuable, which only means any form of land degradation is a threat to us all. Desertification is one of the major problems adversely affecting the quality of the land. As defined by Green Facts, desertification is the persistent degradation of dryland ecosystems by variations in climate and human activities. To promote...

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