News That Affects You - Youth Magazine Staff - October 1984

Youth Magazine Staff

A Harvest of Dust by Lowell Wagner Jr. - The Abacus Takes on the Calculator by Jeff Zhorne - Synchronize Your Watches by Kerri Miles - What Are You Worth? by Dan Taylor: Sand dunes covering farms and villages. That's what most people think of when they hear about the deserts expanding. And that misconception is part of the problem, according to a United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) report. The report, called "Harvest of Dust," evaluates the fight against the world's expanding deserts. In the seven years since the world's nations began working together on the problem, it has grown worse, not better, the report says. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library