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Wood, the local tip and climate change

16 August 2005

How long does paper last?
A young Sydney researcher has been digging up landfill sites, and has shown that burying wood products, such as floor boards and furniture, can effectively prevent them from contributing to global warming.
The work shows that timber can be a greenhouse friendly material, if the products are properly disposed of at the [...]

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Arctic plants warm up the earth

26 August 2001

Global warming of the earth’s climate has led to the expansion of shrubs and forests in the Arctic that will further warm the atmosphere, according to Monash University researcher, Dr Jason Beringer.
Dr Beringer worked in Alaska over the past two summers with a team of scientists from the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

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