In 2005, Kazakhstan finished the Kok-Aral Dam across the dying Aral Sea. The northern lobe refilled within months and fish returned. The southern lobe, cut off from its river, kept drying and split again in 2014.
Mangroves store three to five times more carbon per hectare than tropical rainforests — and the reason has almost nothing to do with the trees themselves.
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Tokyo (AFP) Sept 18, 2018 - Billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, confirmed as SpaceX's first Moon tourist, is a former wannabe rock star now worth $3 billion with a penchant for pricey modern art as well as space travel.
Beijing (AFP) Sept 20, 2017 - China's programme to launch a mission to Mars in 2020 is well underway, its top planner said Wednesday as the country moves forward with its ambitious space programme.
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