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With trees disappearing, Malawi turns to "earth bag" houses
2016-07-06 03:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: At the local brick kiln, a truck laden with logs pulls up and unloads. Soon smoke is billowing, as a new set of bricks bakes inside. Malawi's construction industry relies heavily on bricks - and the wood needed to make them is a major reason the country's indigenous forests are fast disappearing. But an unusual home construction technique - using dirt or sand packed into plastic sacks and stacked - is now being tried out in Rumphi, in the north of the country, as a way to cut back on bricks...
66 Million Dead Trees in California Increases Wildfire Risk
2016-07-05 23:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: Those orange tree patches pictured arent harbingers of winter. They are dying or dead trees in California, most likely the result of pine beetle forest damage. Its hot now in much of the golden state, and as temperatures continue to rise, something else is happening: Trees are dying in unprecedented numbers. A recent U.S. Forest Service aerial detection survey revealed a record 66 million dead trees in southern Sierra Nevada. What were left with is a breeding ground for wildfires in a state...
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California Drought Causing Trees to Die by the 'Millions,' Scientist Says
2016-07-04 08:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ABC: The devastation the California drought has caused to conifer trees in the Sierra Nevadas over the last couple of years "is far greater than previously observed," NASA scientists said in announcement of the publication of new map of the region. David Schimel, a senior research scientist who worked on the study, told ABC News that the map represented NASA's "first close look" at the extent of the damage caused by drought on Sierra trees. Schimel referred to the findings as "millions of trees...
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208m trees planted during spring season surpassing official target
2016-07-04 08:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily Times: At least 26.5 percent more trees were planted this year during spring season across the country. Climate Change Ministry spokesperson, Saleem Sheikh, said on Sunday that a tree plantation target of 153 million was set for the spring season during a high-level inter-ministerial and inter-provincial meeting held in the Climate Change Ministry on January 29 this year. The meeting was chaired by Climate Change Minister Zahid Hamid, who had approved the target. Saleem Sheikh said, "About 208...
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208 million trees planted during spring season: Climate Change Ministry
2016-07-03 13:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Pakinstan Today: During spring season this year, 26.5 per cent more trees against the target were planted across the country. Climate Change Ministry media spokesperson, Saleem Shaikh told media here on Sunday that a tree plantation target of 153 million was set for the spring season during a high-level inter-ministerial and inter-provincial meeting held in the climate change ministry on January 29. The meeting was chaired by the Climate Change Minister Zahid Hamid, who had approved the target. But 208...
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