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How would planting 8 billion trees every year for 20 years affect Earth’s climate?
Planting 8 billion trees a year would replace about half of the 15 billion cut down annually. Michael Tewelde/AFP via Getty Images Karen D. Holl, University of California, Santa Cruz How would planting 8 billion trees every year for 20 years affect Earth’s climate? Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you […]
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Profound changes are underway in Earth’s oceans and ice
IPCC climate report: Profound changes are underway in Earth’s oceans and ice – a lead author explains what the warnings mean What might seem like small changes, like a degree of warming, can have big consequences.AP Photo/John McConnico Robert Kopp, Rutgers University Humans are unequivocally warming the planet, and that’s triggering rapid changes in the atmosphere, […]
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A Norwegian Startup Is Turning Dry Deserts Into Fertile Cropland
A Norwegian Startup Is Turning Dry Deserts Into Fertile Cropland The UN population forecast predicts that by 2050 there will be almost 10 billion people on the planet. They’ll live mostly in cities and have an older median age than the current global population. One looming questions is, what will they eat? The Green Revolution […]
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