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Asia Feels The Heat: A Straits Times Special on Climate Change - Taiwan
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June 25, 2007
Farmer Chen Wen-cheng, 47, examines the bare branches of a peach tree in his orchard at Mount Daguan in Taiwan's northern Taoyuan county. Unusually warm and erratic weather has affected the harvest of peaches, and Mr Chen only expects to harvest about 10,000 peaches this summer, instead of the 20,000 to 30,000 peaches in a good year. -- ST PHOTO: ONG HWEE HWEE
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June 25, 2007
(Above) What a healthy, growing peach tree should look like. -- ST PHOTO: ONG HWEE HWEE
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June 25, 2007
Mr Chen shows an unripe peach damaged by pests. He suspects that the warmer weather has attracted more pests, such as grasshoppers, which feed on the peaches. -- ST PHOTO: ONG HWEE HWEE
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June 25, 2007
Experts say sea purslanes (above), which used to be found only in salt marshes and lagoons in central and southern Taiwan, have migrated some 50 kilometres to the northern Taoyuan county in search of cooler climate.
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June 25, 2007
Cabbages left to rot at the farm of Mr Chou Jui-geng at Hsiluo township, Yunlin county, a major cabbage producing area in Taiwan. Farmers decided not to harvest the vegetables because of rock-bottom prices amid a glut due to an unusually warm summer this year. -- ST PHOTO: ONG HWEE HWEE
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June 25, 2007
Some larger plant species, which have difficulty uprooting themselves, may face the threat of extinction due to the warming climate. One such example is the Taiwan spruce, a large coniferous tree found at high altitudes of 2,500 metres and above.
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