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Feelin Kocky
Joined: 07 Jan 2003
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Location: Underground Weather Control Bunker |
 Tue Aug 19, 2003 11:29 pm
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>>one will run across half wits no matter what country one lives in.<<
Yes and most of them post right here on this board.  |
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m3th0d
Joined: 25 Jun 2003
Posts: 188
Location: Rijeka, Croatia |
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Wed Aug 20, 2003 11:32 pm
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Thak you Deborah - good info...they should have thought about it 10 year ago tho.
Tnx Jeanie, it is a nice place and your comment made me smile
If you ever feel like reading more about this region PM me for more links!
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Deborah
Joined: 30 Jul 2000
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Location: East Coast |
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Fri Aug 29, 2003 4:29 am
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29 August 2003
EDIE
European trees get early autumn due to rapid climate changes
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has called on European forest administrations, and governments to prepare climate change adaptation strategies for forests after seeing deciduous trees across the continent shed their leaves 6 – 8 weeks earlier than normal.
WWF says this is a reaction to the severe stress brought on by lack of rainfall and high temperatures caused by climate change, and is also a sign that trees are weaker and could easily become affected by insects and diseases next year.
The organisation is calling for longer-term strategies to assess the risks of climate change on forests. A key solution, it says, will be to encourage more natural forests, with greater diversity, as these are more resilient to climate changes. Currently only 2 – 3% of Europe’s forests can be classified as natural.
A combination of fires and drought this year, following floods last year highlights the rapid changes in climate that European forests have to contend with. The prolonged drought made the fires worse due to the very dry conditions in the forests and now Europe’s trees are showing signs of stress.
“Dropping leaves is an emergency reaction by trees. But it only shows us the tip of the iceberg. Many trees are severely affected, especially those that do not grow in their natural environment,” said Duncan Pollard, head of WWF’s European Forest Programme. “Governments need to take urgent action to help our forests cope with these unusual weather patterns.”
Mr Pollard fears that the stresses that Europe’s forests are subject to could make them more vulnerable to pests and insects. “Diseases typically attack weakened trees. Drought stresses the trees which makes them more vulnerable,” he said.
Other short to medium measures WWF would like to see implemented include reducing fire risk, implementing restoration measures after forests have been damaged by fire and drought – such as replanting with native species, and leaving dead trees in forests as they add greatly to resilience and bio-diversity.
http://www.edie.net/gf.cfm?L=left_frame.html&R=http://www.edie.net/news/Archive/7445.cfm |
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