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Earth, Dearth and Death - Dystopian but probable future
Apr 21 2009, Shikha Patial

Health Catastrophe
Scene 1: Year 2020, Average Global temperature up by 3 C.

Britain has again experienced a malaria outbreak, for the third time in two years. Studies show that the situation this time is even graver than what was faced in...

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In this undated photo provided by the University of Papua New Guinea, a logging truck carries its load through the forests of Papua New Guinea. The rainforest of Papua New Guinea is being destroyed so quickly by logging, fires and encroaching farming...

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