The Earth is Broiling
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
This year the earth’s average temperature is the highest since 1880. In 2100, the earth’s average temperature is predicted to rise by 2.9 degrees Celsius. Over 100 islands in Indonesia will sink.
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ILSHAT Gumerov was lost in thought in the scorching sun, his face a picture of helplessness. Before his eyes was an expanse of his 700-hectare wheat fields which were drying out. Starting in April, not a single drop of rainwater fell on his fields.
Gumerov estimated that two-thirds of his wheat crops perished, parched by the sun. “It’s a real disaster,” said the farmer in Volga, Republic of Tatarstan, one of the states in Russia, in early
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