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Created on Thursday, 16 August 2012 / Latest News
Tags: trees, mathane, dying, deseased, gas, climate, emissions, emit, GHG
Via Yale University, 2012-08-08 Diseased trees in forests may be a significant new source of methane that causes climate change, according to researchers at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental ... [ +++ ]
Via Yale University, 2012-08-08 Diseased trees in forests may be a significant new source of methane that causes climate change, according to researchers at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental ... [ +++ ]
Created on Friday, 27 January 2012 / Latest News
Tags: cypress, trees, california, pathogen, fungus, monterey, canker, garbelotto, italy, cardinale, tree, plant, ecosystem, mediterranean, tuscan, cypress canker, monterey cypress, cypress trees, monterey ...
Via earthtimes.org,03/09/2011 Genetic analysis has determined a fungus that has been causing cypress canker disease and killing trees in six out of the world’s seven continents originated from California. ... [ +++ ]
Via earthtimes.org,03/09/2011 Genetic analysis has determined a fungus that has been causing cypress canker disease and killing trees in six out of the world’s seven continents originated from California. ... [ +++ ]
Created on Saturday, 22 October 2011 / News Archive
Tags: trees, evaporation, cooling, global warming, climate change
Via ecogeek.org, 23-09-2011 Scientists at the Carnegie Institution’s Global Ecology department have published a study that found that evaporation from trees has a cooling effect on the climate. Because ... [ +++ ]
Via ecogeek.org, 23-09-2011 Scientists at the Carnegie Institution’s Global Ecology department have published a study that found that evaporation from trees has a cooling effect on the climate. Because ... [ +++ ]
Created on Monday, 10 May 2010 / News Archive
Tags: pulp, paper, toilet, trees, tree, harvesting, cutting, plantation, import, imports, tissue
... Wildlife Fund (WWF) estimates during that period the Sumatran elephant population in Riau declined 84% to 210 animals, while the Sumatran tiger population declined 70% to 192 animals between 1982 and 2007. ... [ +++ ]
... Wildlife Fund (WWF) estimates during that period the Sumatran elephant population in Riau declined 84% to 210 animals, while the Sumatran tiger population declined 70% to 192 animals between 1982 and 2007. ... [ +++ ]
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