The Environmental Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Pakistan is considered one of the disaster-prone countries in Asia. Several other severe episodes of droughts were recorded in 1967–69, 1971, 1973–75, 1994, 1998–2002, and most recent 2009–15. These play role in the flooding equation because trees strengthen the soil and prevent soil erosion and absorb water efficiently.

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Climate change Global warming Soil Agriculture 195

Grist

JULY 24, 2019

In the early 20th century, Dutch elm disease, a fungus from Asia that is spread by elm bark beetles, killed 75 percent of native elms. Its successful colonization there has been attributed to global warming , as its eggs have been able to survive increasingly warmer winter temperatures. Before coming to the U.S.,

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Agriculture Asia Climate change Medicine 79

Business Green

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

If you took a cubic-metre sample of the soil here, around 90 per cent of the content would be water, with the rest made up of partially decayed vegetation and organic matter that contain vast amounts of carbon. In fact, peatland contains up to 50 per cent carbon content, compared to the two per cent typically found in mineral soil.

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