Timescales for recovery

Submitted by Marine3306 on Thu, 07/12/2012 - 11:57am

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http://sitemaker.umich.edu/section002group9/files/defor_fig_1.bmp

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The newly planted trees for reforestation need more than 100 years to have the same size as the original trees of the forests that have never been cut.

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Deforestation over the years in Borneo

Submitted by Marine3306 on Thu, 07/12/2012 - 11:53am

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http://lh4.ggpht.com/_LlfXWxcpJyU/Sh_hl_utk7I/AAAAAAAAL3c/7B3NjjvpBlQ/deforestation-borneo_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg

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In 70 years, Island Borneo will have lost more than half of its forest.

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Regional

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Oceania

World Deforestation

Submitted by Dorian on Thu, 07/12/2012 - 11:42am

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http://atlas.caladan.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/World-Deforestation.png

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The map shows the proportions of deforestation / reforestation in the wolrd

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Global

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Wood exportation from the Brazilian Amazon region in 2007

Submitted by Dorian on Thu, 07/12/2012 - 11:41am

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http://www.greenpeace.org/france/PageFiles/266591/bois-illegal-bresilien.pdf

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Wood exportation from the Brazilian Amazon region in 2007

This diagram represent the most concerned countries by deforestation

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Global

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Projected deforastation in Amazonas

Submitted by Marine3306 on Thu, 07/12/2012 - 11:41am

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/bsp/hi/dhtml_slides/09/deforestation/img/amazon_slide3_466x380.gif

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In 2050, the estimate of forest loss of Amazonas in Brazil is 1/3

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National

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Brazil

U.S. Green Chamber Reception - Private

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07/31/12

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Private / By Invitation

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SimCenter

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Master

Earth and Human systems

Submitted by beaubeljean on Tue, 07/10/2012 - 12:55pm

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www.ippc.org

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Earth and human systems are both affected by global warming

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Global

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Global warming projection

Submitted by bhamon on Tue, 07/10/2012 - 12:55pm

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www.ipcc.org

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the global warming projection and the the temperature anomalies for the earth by the end of the century.

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Global

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Filling In the Blanks on a Map of Life

Submitted by ward on Mon, 06/25/2012 - 11:37am

Author:

JOANNA M. FOSTER

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Have you ever longed for a Google map of koala bears? Bald eagles? Red pandas?

A team of researchers from Yale and the University Colorado at Boulder have made it happen. This month they released a demo version of a Web-based “Map of Life” intended to eventually reflect the distribution of all plant and animal life on earth.

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http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/16/filling-in-the-blanks-on-a-map-of-life/

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Global

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2012

The Human Cost of Coal

Submitted by ward on Mon, 06/25/2012 - 11:33am

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Mountaintop's Removal's Effect on Humans and the Economy

There’s a common saying in Appalachia: what we do to the land, we do to the people. Recently, 21 peer-reviewed scientific studies have confirmed the truth of those words. Not only has mountaintop removal permanently destroyed more than 500 Appalachian mountains, but people living near the destruction are 50% more likely to die of cancer and 42% more likely to be born with birth defects compared with other people in Appalachia.

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2012

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