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Africa's deserts are in "spectacular" retreat
New Scientist.com ^
| 18 September 02
| Fred Pearce
Posted on 09/19/2002 11:39:03 AM PDT by aculeus
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posted on
09/19/2002 11:39:03 AM PDT
by
aculeus
To: aculeus
Global cooling. I hate when that happens.
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posted on
09/19/2002 11:43:50 AM PDT
by
billhilly
To: billhilly
Hmmm, how to spin this as a "bad thing" and blame it on America...
(The NYT's writers will be up all night on this one.)
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posted on
09/19/2002 11:46:27 AM PDT
by
Psalm 73
To: Psalm 73
Now all those Somalis, Yemeni's, Algerians, Morrocans and other assorted North Africans can go home...
To: aculeus
Oh no. We're all gonna die.
Oops... Wrong story.
They must have run that one by mistake.
There will be a correction in the next edition: "Africa's deserts expanding, Americans seen as main culprit".
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posted on
09/19/2002 11:47:56 AM PDT
by
dinasour
To: billhilly; dighton; aculeus; Orual; general_re; Poohbah
"Global cooling."WE'RE GONNA DIE ... WE'RE GONNA DIE ... WE'RE ALL GOING TO FREEZE TO DEATH IN THE DARK. DRIVE MORE SUV'S ... MAKE MORE GREENHOUSE GASES ...
AAAAARRRGGGHHH! (Falling on the floor, chewing the carpet)
To: Psalm 73
Hmmm, how to spin this as a "bad thing" and blame it on America...
But UN agricultural planners worry that an increasing wealth in the region will lead to other problems, like reliance on medicines and demand for clean water, normally associated with Western culture. :)
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posted on
09/19/2002 11:49:54 AM PDT
by
July 4th
To: aculeus
It's always good that people have a land that can grow the food to feed themselves. That is great news.
Now if they could only stop raping the girls, slavery and killing whites in Africa, the start of civility might emerge.
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posted on
09/19/2002 11:50:23 AM PDT
by
A CA Guy
To: aculeus
The greenies must be howling, as this is obviously the wrong spin.
Desert Habitat Shrinking! Extinctions Threatened! Man's Influence Suspected.
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posted on
09/19/2002 11:53:56 AM PDT
by
VadeRetro
To: BlueLancer
This follows the "ozone hole is shrinking" story. Have pity on the poor eviromentalists.
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posted on
09/19/2002 11:57:46 AM PDT
by
aculeus
To: aculeus
All them plants like the CO2.
To: aculeus
All them plants like the CO2.
To: aculeus
Send Mugabe over there, he'll turn it back to desert in no time.
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posted on
09/19/2002 12:01:59 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: aculeus; BlueLancer; Orual; general_re; Poohbah
MERRILL ANALYST: LOOMING SILICON SHORTAGE 'CATASTROPHIC' FOR CHIPMAKERS
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posted on
09/19/2002 12:04:49 PM PDT
by
dighton
To: dighton; Orual; general_re; BlueLancer; Poohbah
Quick, order your SAVE THE SAHARA bumper sticker!
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posted on
09/19/2002 12:08:29 PM PDT
by
aculeus
To: aculeus
SAVE THE DESERTS!
To: aculeus
BUMP
To: aculeus
Oh no, more "Fringe toed sand-lizard" habitat gone forever!
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posted on
09/19/2002 12:12:30 PM PDT
by
Howie
To: aculeus; dighton; general_re
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posted on
09/19/2002 12:19:25 PM PDT
by
Orual
To: *AfricaWatch; *Enviralists; Clive
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