Saturday, August 06, 2011

The Week In Green Numbers

28%

- scenic views in Yosemite that have "trees in the way", according to a survey. They're to be chopped down #


312.6 km2

- Amazon rainforest lost to deforestation in June #

300 gigatonnes per year

- ice loss in Greenland #

10 Sieverts per hour

- radiation found at Fukushima, a fatal dose after only a few seconds exposure. The instrument used to measure only goes up to 10 #

30%

- Russian permafrost which could be lost by 2050 #

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