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          Want to help cool the warming Earth? Plant a tree        
                        
        Planet Earth, the only home most of us and our descendants will ever know, needs our help.
July 2019 was the hottest month in recorded history.
“July has rewritten climate history, with dozens of new temperature records at [the] local, national and global level,” said Petteri Taalas, secretary general of the World
Meteorological Organization. “This is not science fiction. It is the reality of climate change. It is happening now, and it will worsen in the future without urgent climate action.&...