Article Archive for 31 August 2007

Forests, wildlife wiped out by Greek fires
By solonavi
Posted in Greece, Habitat on 31 August 2007
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MSNBC In six hot, windy days of uncontrolled blazes, Greece lost more of its rapidly dwindling forestland than in any single year on record. The massive fires, several still raging Wednesday, have killed at least 64 people and gutted hundreds of homes in scores of southern villages. The inferno also destroyed fragile mountain ecosystems — [...]