(1) My nearest forest, Dartmoor, was almost treeless in medieval times; like much of England, its woodland cover has increased dramatically over the last 80 years through natural regeneration and planting.
(2) This particular shovel is one of the largest shovels you can buy, and that is the largest truck you can buy.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Video: Look inside Peabody’s North Antelope Rochelle, the world’s biggest coalmine By Durgin’s rough estimate, the mine occupies 100 square miles of high treeless prairie, about the same size as Washington DC.
(3) The high northern latitudes are warming more rapidly than other parts of the Earth, with climate models predicting a northward shift of Arctic vegetation that will see the boreal biome (coniferous forest across North America and Eurasia) migrate into what is currently tundra (treeless plains of the Arctic).
(4) No one knows exactly how many thousands of tonnes of trees are lost a year, but at estimated present rates the reserve could be like much of the land between it and the coast – semi-desert, treeless and barren of animals – within 20 years.
(5) One of the few who can is LJ Turner, whose grandfather and father homesteaded on the high treeless plains nearly a century ago.
(6) The moors of north Lewis are desolate in midwinter, a treeless expanse of ochre grasses and rich black peat, pummelled by Arctic winds driving in from the north Atlantic.
(7) Jacobs' disciples would reclaim the treeless innercity spaces of Manhattan, Berlin, Glasgow and many others that had been demonised for decades.
(8) He watched crews load up a pickup truck with bolts of fabric from Pakistan and table-size boxes of cut flowers from the Netherlands, before the trucks headed off through the treeless mountains to Khasab port.
(9) Photograph: Ronald Reategui On the hardscrabble, treeless highland plain that joins Peru with Bolivia, farmers have eked out an existence for thousands of years amid bitter winters and the harsh sun, at 4,000 metres above sea level and higher.
(10) The signs of environmental stress grow as the world's population increases: worn-out farmlands, eroded hillsides, polluted water, parched grasslands, smoke-laden air, depleted ozone, and treeless ranges.
(11) The three heated wooden wigwams are the glamping option, built from sustainable sitka or Norway spruce grown in Scotland, and bedded into the treeless landscape.
(12) The loss of the treeless tundra will greatly reduce suitable habitat area for species such as the Siberian crane , which requires open ground to nest.
(13) It was a day of high emotion, both in the UK and on the bleak, treeless islands, as heads were bowed in memory of the 255 British military and merchant navy personnel, the three Falkland islanders and estimated 650 Argentinian soldiers who died during the 74-day war.
(14) The name Edge of the Cedars come from the park's location between the densely forested Manti-La Sal national forest and the treeless desert to the east, a prime habitat for early human settlement.
(15) Though their island – a treeless patch of Italy 70 miles off the African coast – has at times been turned into a refugee camp, most Lampedusans have reacted with generosity and tolerance towards the migrants.