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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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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I am guessing hizbullah doesn't prioritize environmental issues
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As the tree line increases global warming warnings ring aloud unless its not talked aboutpic.twitter.com/ZieV6cuBW5
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What? Trees don’t move. Their seeds either germinate and take root or they do not. Environmental conditions determine where winds and waters take the seeds, and whether or not germination takes place.
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Burning up in Lawton Okla. 108 predicted by 500PM
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