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Howard G. Smith, M.D. is a former radio medical editor and talk show host in the Boston Metro area. His "Medical Minute" of health and wellness news and commentary was a regular weekday feature on WBZ-AM, WRKO-AM, and WMRE-AM. His popular two-way talk show, Dr. Howard Smith OnCall, was regularly heard Sunday morning and middays on WBZ.

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Feb 15, 2019

Vidcast: https://youtu.be/JnWj56Fbfdw

Here’s some good climate news for a change.  It comes from my the goodnewsnetwork.org.

NASA satellite pictures prove that our home planet is significantly greener than it was 20 years ago.  For this we can thank two coutries with the largest populations, India and China.

The greening didn’t happen by accident either.  It occurred as the result of aggressive tree planting programs in both countries.

The extra greenspace, more than 2 million square miles of it, is equivalent to the area covered by the Amazon rainforests.  This represents a net increase of 5% for the entire Earth over the past 2 decades.

Additional good news: by employing efficient farming strategies, food production in China and India has increased by 35-40% since 2000.  These countries, recognizing their own growing populations, have been able to successfully address their impeding food supply shortage head on.

This success shows that human ingenuity can tackle huge problems and come out on top.  It provides much needed reassurance that if we work together we will reverse our climate change downward spiral.

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/nasa-says-earth-is-greener-than-ever-thanks-to-china-and-india/