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Tropical forests are among the most threatened habitats.
They are going to have no opportunity whatever to adapt to climate change. Wash. His work has appeared in Sierra , In These Times , and E Magazine , among other places. He also edits Cascadia Planet , one of the original bioregional sites on the Web. To get a satellite's view of fires all over the world, check out NASA and NOAA's amazing new Global Fire Monitoring Web site. A new bill would make it cheaper and easier than ever for U.S. arms manufacturers to export military equipment.