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Abandoned Russian farmland soaks up 50 million tons of carbon every year
2013-10-04 23:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: When the USSR collapsed, the communal farming systems that helped feed the union`s citizens collapsed with it. Farmers abandoned 1 million acres of farmland and headed into the cities in search of work. New research by European scientists has revealed the staggering climate benefits of that sweeping change in land use. According to the study, published in the journal Global Change Biology, wild vegetation growing on former USSR farming lands has sucked up approximately 50 million tons of carbon...
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Jakarta floods as monsoon soaks Indonesia
2013-01-17 07:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Heavy monsoonal rains have triggered severe flooding across the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, with many government offices and businesses forced to closed because staff could not get to work. Authorities said four people were killed and 20,000 had to evacuate. Weather officials warned the rains could get worse over the next few days and media reports said that thousands of people in Jakarta and its satellite cities had been forced to leave their homes because of the torrential downpours this week....
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