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Moving photos show climate change destroying the nomadic way of life in Mongolia
2015-03-09 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Fast Company: Just another sad casualty of environmental collapse: These before-and-after shots show how deserts are taking over the pastures where animals once grazed. Up to a third of Mongolians live as nomads, but that lifestyle is increasingly under threat. Rampant desertification is destroying the grassland where nomads graze their animals, meaning many are being forced to move to cities, where they don't belong. "Nomadic life has been central to traditional Mongolian culture throughout history," says...
Kobe Earthquake Anniversary: Before And After Photos Show The Sheer Devastation After The Quake
2015-01-17 21:37:53| IT Services - Topix.net
Twenty years ago today, on the morning of Jan. 17 1995, a powerful earthquake hit the Japanese city of Kobe, reducing much of the city and its surrounding regions to rubble. More than 6,400 people lost their lives in the disaster.
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These Photos Show The Immensity Of Subway Tunnel Construction In Manhattan
2014-12-22 19:46:49| Railroads - Topix.net
Subway construction takes a notoriously long time. Drilling, digging, and building under the most populated city in the United States is a complicated and expensive endeavor.
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Surreal Aerial Photos Show Impact From Fracking
2014-12-15 12:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Sometimes it takes a birds eye view to get a sense of the full scope of whats being done to our land in pursuit of profit. A few weeks ago we ran some photos by artist Mishka Henner who creates projects that make people think about how we interact with our environment. Those photos showed industrial-scale feed lots, factory farms where thousands of animals are raised, taken from the air. He discovered them while flying over the country working on another project: aerial photos of oil drilling...
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PHOTOS: 2014 DAAPworks Annual Fashion Show
2014-04-26 09:49:46| Grocery - Topix.net
John Matarese went undercover to several local stores to confirm what many shoppers fear: You are being charged more than the shelf tag.
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