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Planting Trees in the Mongolian Desert to Fight Dangerous Dust Storms in Seoul
Science & Tech  (tags: Planting Trees in the Mongolian Desert, to Fight, Dangerous, Dust Storms, in Seoul )

Agnes
- 436 days ago - treehugger.com
It's not quite the proverbial butterfly flapping its wings creating a hurricane across the world, but desertification in Mongolia is generating dangerous dust storms thousands of miles away.
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Ruth P. (10)
Saturday March 10, 2012, 3:43 am
I love hearing about anti-desertification projects :)
 

Teresa Wlosowicz (563)
Saturday March 10, 2012, 4:45 am
thank you
 

William K. (328)
Saturday March 10, 2012, 7:10 pm
We'll likely be hearing more stories of this sort.
 

Jennifer C. (154)
Sunday March 11, 2012, 5:45 am
Thanks for the post.
 

Carmen S. (541)
Sunday March 11, 2012, 11:10 am
thanks Agnes, great to hear of a desertification project, hope it works.
 

Robert O. (13)
Sunday March 11, 2012, 12:34 pm
Thanks Agnes.
 

Dave C. (138)
Sunday March 11, 2012, 1:50 pm
fascinating, Agnes, sorry I can't send you another star!
 

Kate Kenner (183)
Sunday March 11, 2012, 3:15 pm
Somehow this does not seem to be how nature is suppose to work. Deserts are supposed to be deserts and we are supposed to take care of the planet so that humans do not feel compelled to do things like plant trees in deserts. I realize there are oases in deserts but this could all backfire somehow as things often do when people act.
 

Ra Sc (8)
Sunday March 11, 2012, 3:17 pm
Well, I like tree planting. I don't know enough to know what long-term effects it has in deserts.
 

marie tc (151)
Sunday March 11, 2012, 3:41 pm
Noted
 

june t. (39)
Sunday March 11, 2012, 3:51 pm
noted
 

Gloria picchetti (205)
Sunday March 11, 2012, 3:51 pm
Shared to FB; Your yurt is my yurt.
 

Sue Matheson (49)
Sunday March 11, 2012, 6:13 pm
thanks
 

Quanta Kiran (62)
Sunday March 11, 2012, 10:42 pm
Thanks.
 

paul m. (97)
Monday March 12, 2012, 1:01 am
Very good...Thanks
 

Angelina F. (12)
Monday March 12, 2012, 2:03 am
keep up the good work
 

John S. (232)
Monday March 12, 2012, 5:57 am
I spent a year in Botswana and realize what a difference trees can make, and how daunting a project this can be.
 

Nancy Roussy (79)
Monday March 12, 2012, 1:11 pm
If trees were supposed to be in deserts then there would be trees in deserts! Humans always have to put their noses into everything and then either change it or/and destroy it!
 

glenda b. (2)
Monday March 12, 2012, 2:30 pm
This is what is happening when human beings get chop happy with these trees as which they are doing with other parts of the world....We are all going to pay for these follies....
 

Kathleen R. (20)
Monday March 12, 2012, 2:38 pm
noted
 

Vicki P. (132)
Monday March 12, 2012, 6:55 pm
Noted with interest and thanks ~♥
 

Donna Hamilton (79)
Tuesday March 13, 2012, 9:24 am
Hope the project is successful. Thanks for posting
 

Wim Zunnebeld (82)
Wednesday March 14, 2012, 2:38 pm
Signed
 

Wim Zunnebeld (82)
Wednesday March 14, 2012, 2:38 pm
Signed
 
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