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Three trillion trees live on Earth - and we need every one of them

2015-09-03 17:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Ecologist: Isn't three trillion trees enough to keep our planet healthy? It sounds like a lot, writes James Dyke, but they are under threat as never before, from deliberate deforestation and climate change. Many of the 1.5 billion trees we are losing a year are in the last great rainforests - key ecosystems under threat of drying out forever under our escalating double onslaught. Humans are attacking the forest on a local front that follows new roads which open up previously undisturbed forest to logging,...

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Earth has 3 trillion trees. But is that enough?

2015-09-03 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Monitor: When faced with deforestation statistics that seem daunting, the fact that there are 422 trees per person on Earth sounds a bit more reassuring. But is it? On Wednesday, researchers published the most comprehensive assessment of global tree populations ever conducted, revealing findings that blew previous estimates out of the water. Prior to the Yale-led study, Earth was believed to be home to 400 billion trees, but the new estimate is nearly eight times higher 3.04 trillion. Researchers arrived...

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NEWS Earth First Aid prepares to resume recycling collection after fire

2015-09-02 20:12:08| Waste Management - Topix.net

Not even the owner of Earth First Aid Curbside Recycling Inc. realized how popular his company's plastic recycling business was until a fire earlier this summer forced temporary discontinuation of the service. Scott Berens, who hopes to have four drop-off locations reopened in a couple of weeks, says the July 4th weekend fire caused an estimated $500,000 damage to his Billings, Mont., small business.

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Climate Change Has The Earth In Hot Water

2015-08-31 12:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Forbes: It is understandable that people discussing global warming focus on air temperatures. Lower atmospheric temperatures are shown on the news and weather reports every day. We walk around in the air. We breathe it in. We talk about how hot its been this summer, how warm last winter was, or how this is the hottest day on record. But global warming is all about water. Water, not the atmosphere, drives the weather, and drives climate. The atmosphere is mostly affected by the water on Earth, not the...

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