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Dust Storms Spread Deadly Diseases Worldwide, But May Ease Effects Of Climate Change: Researchers

The Observer | John Vidal | Posted 09.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Australia, Desertification, Diseases, Africa, Flu, Sahara, Health, Influenza, Climate Change, Asthma, Drought, Desert, Storm, Dust Storms, Health Effects, Emissions, Valley Fever, Epidemiology, Dust, Deforestation, Environment, Green News

Huge dust storms, like the ones that blanketed Sydney twice last week, hit Queensland yesterday and turned the air red across much of eastern Australi...

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Tiny Drizzle Wreaks Havoc In Desert City

AP | Posted 08.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Chile, Desert, Iquique Chile, Desert City Rain, Wtf, Extreme Weather, Green News

SANTIAGO, Chile — In one of the driest regions on earth, even a drizzle can cause an emergency. Less than 100th of an inch (about 0.2 millimete...

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Dust From Global Warming Increasing Speed Of Mountain Snow Melt

AP | RANDOLPH E. SCHMID | Posted 08.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Desert, Marine Life, Snowmelts, Dust, Climate Change, Desert Storm, Alpine Meadows, Melting-Icecap, Global Warming, Colorado, Green News

WASHINGTON — Dust in the wind is rewriting the cycle of life in the mountains. Throughout memory the warmth of spring has begun the mountain sno...

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Along for the Ride: Glam Getaway Deals Close to L.A.

Andrea R. Vaucher | Posted 03.19.2009 | Style

Read More: Desert, Martyn Lawrence-Bullard, Getaway, Colony Palms, Malibu Beach Inn, Palm Springs, Malibu, Indian Wells, Travel, David Geffen, Carlos Slim, Horst Shulze, Beach, Mexico, Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa, Miramonte, Capella, Style News
Andrea R. Vaucher

In today's uncertain economic climate, people are taking shorter vacations and escaping to locales a lot closer to home. Now more ever, we need to get away.

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Project Interchange Highlights Bedouin-Style Fair Trade in Lakia, Israel

Karin Kloosterman | Posted 01.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Fair Trade, Desert, Islam, Arabs, Nomads, Environment, Craft, Israel, Embroidery, Weaving, Water, Beduin, Green News
Karin Kloosterman

Elsana and her three Israeli-Bedouin partners envisioned a better life for themselves and founded the Association for the Improvement of Women's Status, Lakia in 1992.

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Is Water The New Oil?

Guardian | Juliette Jowit | Posted 12.04.2008 | Green

Read More: Desert, Climate Change, Water, Oil, Water Shortage, Water Crisis, Green News

Global population, economic development and a growing appetite for meat, dairy and fish protein have raised human water demand sixfold in 50 years. Me...

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