Saturday, August 27, 2011

The Week In Green Numbers

8.7 million

- estimate of different species on the planet #

20%

- proportion of German railways powered by renewable energy #

$35 billion

- damage caused by extreme weather in the US so far this year #

10,000 litres

- nitric acid that leaked from a chemical plant in Fife #

60 km

- distance inside the Great Barrier Reef that toxic levels of coral-bleaching pesticides have been found #

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