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Monthly Archives: February 2011
Amazon rainforest experienced a severe drought in 2010
via bbc.co.uk
The days of a healthy Amazon forest being a net absorber of greenhouse gas emissions may be coming to an end. There have been two big droughts in the Amazon recently, causing die-back of trees. To lose this major carbon sink would be very serious for climate change.
First film footage of remote Amazon rainforest tribe
via bbc.co.uk
Imagine being them.
How big was Cyclone Yasi?
via bbc.co.uk
Useful maps comparing Hurricane Yasi with Katrina, both Cat 5 storms. Yasi was a large storm which would have covered much of the UK, the strongest winds restricted to the eye wall.
Queensland survives Cyclone Yasi with no known deaths
via bbc.co.uk
Power down, rooves ripped off, destroyed trees, damage to marinas and yachts but no reports of casualties. Yasi has been described as a “lucky escape”.
A greener planet?
via bbc.co.uk
The world is getting greener, mainly thanks to CHINA and other Asian countries now planting more trees than they cut down. Afforestation is perhaps now overtaking deforestation.
“China has increased its forest by three million hectares (30,000 sq km) per year – no country has ever done anything like this before, it’s an enormous contribution,” said Eduardo Rojas-Briales, assistant director-general of the FAO’s forestry department.
Vietnam, India and the Phillippines have also done well, adding more forest than they fell.
Australia Cyclone Yasi roars into Queensland coast
via bbc.co.uk
Queensland prepares for life threatening storm
via telegraph.co.uk
Hurricane Yasi: Queensland population must act now: this storm is a deadly event. Wednesday / Thursday landfall in Queensland.
Hurricane Yasi latest satellite imagery
via ssd.noaa.gov
Hurricane Yasi: a monster Cat 5 hurricane approaches Queensland with gusts of up to 300km/h. Sincere good wishes and good luck for your safety to everyone living in the hurricane path, you have experienced truly awful weather this summer. Beware of the Hurricane Eye.
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