Death deluge makes forest mulch
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The sudden boost trillions of cicadas dying en masse give to North American forest soils is apparent from a new study.
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Landslides and flash floods caused by a powerful storm Wednesday killed more than 400 people. âAnother 177 people are still missing after typhoon Winnie deluged Quezon province, about 64 kilometres east
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Cars and motorcycles crash into deer more than 4,000 times a day, and it's taking an increasingly deadly toll &#151; on people.
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The sudden boost trillions of cicadas dying en masse give to North American forests is apparent from a new study published in Science magazine.
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By NATE DEGRAFF  Lawns are browning. Farm fields are drying out. This month is one of the driest Mays on record.  But Guilford County is not in serious drought. Yet.
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The torrents of water that raged down onto this city, killing hundreds of people, are testimony to a man-made ecological disaster fed by poverty that has transformed once-verdant hills into a moonscape of bedrock ravaged by ravines.
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Trees and plants are to be cut down in woodland near Redruth in southwest England after the discovery of a new disease.
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KÃHLUNGSBORN, Germany, June 6 â They lurked in the woods, fifty strong, wearing black hoods and bandannas, and wielding tree limbs. At a signal given by one of their number, they sprang forward and threw their debris across a road here, creating a barricade that brought traffic to a screeching halt.
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With recent heavy rain and more expected next week, California may make it through this season without a repeat of last year's catastrophic wildfires. But dangers remain, especially in national forests plagued by drought, unchecked growth of brush and bark beetle infestation.
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By The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Dec. 13--LAKEWOOD RANCH -- A tractor cutting brush at the Lakewood Ranch Corporate Park sparked a brushfire Tuesday afternoon that burned three acres and left the strong smell of burning wood lingering in the air.
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PERRYSBURG, Ohio - It was a clear-cut error: A state worker mowed down 28,000 young trees that had been planted as part of a $33,000 highway beautification project.    The only thing left behind were signs that read "Do not mow or spray."  "Shame on us...
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KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - A valve on a truck hauling animal waste from a Klamath Falls processing plant broke, spilling 4,000 pounds of pig blood. A biohazards cleaning company from Prineville was called in to clean up about 200 feet of roadway flooded by the blood.
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As marsh grass dies off in the New York region, scientists are grappling to find answers.
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Blood swirled in knee-deep floodwaters as workers stacked bodies outside the hospital morgue Tuesday. Carcasses of pigs, goats and dogs and pieces of smashed furniture floated in muddy streams that once were the streets of this battered city. Desperate people swarmed a truck delivering water.
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Â· 31 animals found dead in field  Â· Charities describe scene of unprecedented cruelty
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By BRIAN SKOLOFF  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - State water and wildlife managers are taking advantage of an unprecedented drought by removing life- choking muck along Lake Okeechobee's shoreline.
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One of the last stands of dragonâs blood trees may soon succumb to the harsh environment.