Lebanon’s ancient cedar trees are facing an emergency: “Climate change is a fact here. We are in a race. There is no time to lose.”https://nyti.ms/2L9gs1v
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Now, the trees are moving to higher altitudes, chasing the cold winters they need to reproduce.pic.twitter.com/YUIgwkpSXU
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But in some places, there isn’t much farther up to go. Global warming could destroy them.pic.twitter.com/l0tYTuzlPY
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The country’s most famous cedar patch, the Cedars of God, has been fenced off for preservation since 1876.pic.twitter.com/ZSeW3er8qx
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Conservationists are trying to diversify cedars’ locations and expand their populations.pic.twitter.com/8IkWRgHYcY
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“We are in a race,” said Nizar Hani, the director of a reserve south of Beirut. “There is no time to lose.”pic.twitter.com/1KGq19TdUp
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Climate change could wipe out most of Lebanon’s cedars by the end of the century. Our journalists went to the country’s mountaintop forests to see what they look like today.http://nyti.ms/2L9gs1v
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many Americans' see it as their decks...
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Very delicate trees. A few in NYC. Sprouts are very difficult to keep alive, I tried
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Please, thanks for sharing. Good evening here. Pat.
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