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1,900th Post: Climate Change As A Wicked Problem

Edouard Stenger

Since that fateful English class in April 2004, a lot has changed and I have spent thousands of hours reading and writing about climate change. Deforestation has to be put to an end and we need to reforest and afforest globally. Humankind just had to stop using coal and natural gas and replace them by solar PV.

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The fertilisation of the Amazon rainforest by Saharan dust

Our Environment

Brazil’s Amazon: Deforestation ‘surges to 12-year high’ Retrieved from [link]. African biomass burning is a substantial source of phosphorus deposition to the Amazon, Tropical Atlantic Ocean, and Southern Ocean. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116(33), 16216-16221. Shukman, D.

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Cattle and Climate Change: Putting Sustainability in Perspective

HumanNature

Beginning with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) release of the report Livestocks Long Shadow in 2006, the totality of the contribution of cattle to livelihoods, food security, and ecosystem services has been questioned when contrasted with their contribution to greenhouse gas emissions and the environmental equilibrium.