Archive for 'Nature'
Meltdown
Mush of Alaska is covered with permafrost, a layer of permanently frozen soil that lies just below the surface. Warmer temperatures are now causing the permafrost to melt in some places. As it melts, the ground softens and water wells up to the surface. Trees growing in the top soil layer tip sideways and their [...]
Posted: October 24th, 2010 under General, Nature.
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Product from the Forest
Forests are a renewable resources. Unlike coal, iron ore, oil and other resourses that will someday be depaleted, trees can be grown many times on the same area from which they were harvested. We use products made from wood every day –furniture, paper, pencils, floors, doors. Hundreds of additional forest products have been developed using [...]
Posted: March 7th, 2010 under Environment, General, Nature.
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