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More than one billion people in the world live in deserts

By: Emily Spillar, Co-Editor-In-Chief
June 5, 2020
Photo Credit: Photo via Wikipedia under the Creative Commons License
A desert is filled with a lot of sand

2.1 billion people live in the world’s deserts and drylands. 90% of the population is in developing countries. 50% of world’s livestock is supported by rangelands.

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Emily Spillar
Emily Spillar, Co-Editor-In-Chief
Emily Spillar is a 17 year old senior at Colonia High School. Spillar is a varsity cheerleader for the school cheer team. In addition, she loves to dance, and dances for Dancin’ in the Spotlight in Rahway, NJ. Next, she is apart of the PTV news anchoring at Colonia High School, and is a homeroom representative for Student Council. She also is a safety ambassador. Spillar has 2 younger siblings, Elizabeth and Connor. When not in school, she loves to spend time with friends, and loves to write all kinds of genres. In the future, she hopes to attend school to major in Journalism.
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