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Extreme weather conditions in Pakistan due to climate change

The Environmental Blog

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. Climate Change and Glacial Melting.

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What are zombie fires, and how do they affect the environment?

AGreenLiving

of forest areas burned in the boreal forests between 2002 and 2018. Scientists have now warned that continued global warming may lead to increased damage from zombie fires. . “But in these areas in the high north, in the boreal forest, about 90% of the carbon that is emitted comes from the soil.”

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The ‘Last Ice Area’ is already disappearing

Grist

As with the rest of the Arctic, they are threatened by climate change. But there was reason to hope for Milne Fjord: For years, scientists believed this area, home to the oldest and thickest ice in the northern hemisphere, would survive the worst effects of global warming. degrees C (2.7

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Beavers could be contributing to warming in the Arctic

AGreenLiving

A recent study published in the journal Environmental Research Letters suggests that beavers’ actions could be contributing to climate change. These beavers carry dead trees and shrubs to create dams, resulting in new lakes that flood the permafrost soil and release methane.

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This invasive bug is terrorizing Pennsylvania growers (and it’s coming for your wine)

Grist

The emerald ash borer, native to Asia, has been devouring ash trees from the Midwest to Pennsylvania since 2002, and the brown marmorated stink bug, also from Asia, has eaten its way through orchards in 43 states to date. In America, the bug is still too new to say for sure that it’s able to thrive because of climate change.

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Above the canopy: The peatland rainforest towers aiming to transform climate science

Business Green

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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