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State of emergency declared as worst locust swarms in more than 30 years plague southern Russia – ‘There is nothing left of the corn. The locusts ate it all, from the leaves to the cobs.’
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Blogging the End of the World™. Click below to search. State of emergency declared as worst locust swarms in more than 30 years plague southern Russia – ‘There is nothing left of the corn. The locusts ate it all, from the leaves to the cobs.’. Posted by Jim at Wednesday, August 05, 2015. Moscow (CNN) – Millions of locusts have descended on farmlands in southern Russia, devouring entire fields of crops and causing officials to declare a state of emergency in the region. Officials from the Russian ministry...
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Drought, heat wave kill 80 percent of Mongolia’s crops – ‘The people will feel what it’s like to live in a country with no reserve this fall’
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Blogging the End of the World™. Click below to search. Drought, heat wave kill 80 percent of Mongolia’s crops – ‘The people will feel what it’s like to live in a country with no reserve this fall’. Posted by Jim at Tuesday, August 04, 2015. UB Post) – Approximately 80 percent of Mongolia’s crops have died this summer due to extreme drought across the country, according to board member of the Mongolian Plantation Union B. Erdenebat. 8220;Almost 80 percent of the cloud seeding cartridges were used to put o...
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Swiss customs seize 578 pounds of ivory in suitcases dispatched from Tanzania to Beijing – Pieces came from 40 to 50 elephants – 21 fangs and 35 claws from poached lions also found
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Blogging the End of the World™. Click below to search. Swiss customs seize 578 pounds of ivory in suitcases dispatched from Tanzania to Beijing – Pieces came from 40 to 50 elephants – 21 fangs and 35 claws from poached lions also found. Posted by Jim at Tuesday, August 04, 2015. The ivory was found during a security check on July 6 and packed in eight suitcases, Switzerland's customs authority said. It put the estimated black market value at about 400,000 francs ($413,000). The suitcases also contained 1...
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Greenland ice loss doubles from late 2000s – Greenland and Antarctica together are losing 500 cubic kilometers of ice each year – ‘To us, that’s an incredible number’
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Blogging the End of the World™. Click below to search. Greenland ice loss doubles from late 2000s – Greenland and Antarctica together are losing 500 cubic kilometers of ice each year – ‘To us, that’s an incredible number’. Posted by Jim at Thursday, August 21, 2014. BBC News) – A new assessment from Europe's CryoSat spacecraft shows Greenland to be losing about 375 cu km of ice each year. To us, that's an incredible number," she told BBC News. In its report to The Cryosphere journal. This has three outle...
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3 former executives to be prosecuted in Fukushima nuclear disaster – ‘We had given up hope that there would be a criminal trial’
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Blogging the End of the World™. Click below to search. 3 former executives to be prosecuted in Fukushima nuclear disaster – ‘We had given up hope that there would be a criminal trial’. Posted by Jim at Wednesday, August 05, 2015. By Jonathan Soble, with additional reporting by Hisako Ueno. 8220;We had given up hope that there would be a criminal trial,” said Ruiko Muto, an opponent of nuclear power who leads the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Plaintiffs Group, an umbrella organization representing abou...
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China’s craze for fancy chairs is killing the world’s forests – ‘China is effectively exporting deforestation around the world’
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Blogging the End of the World™. Click below to search. China’s craze for fancy chairs is killing the world’s forests – ‘China is effectively exporting deforestation around the world’. Posted by Jim at Thursday, August 06, 2015. CHENGDU, China (Global Post) – While China clamps down on logging within its borders, illegal Chinese loggers are felling the world’s forests with abandon for the sake of teak floors and fancy chairs. What’s fueling this ravenous appetite for timber? Chinese demand for wood increa...
