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Other NewsEditorialsBetting on climate change.Politicians and climate denialists can argue against it based on ideology, but in board rooms around the world, executives are making decisions grounded in science and its implications on business. St. Louis Post-Dispatch 28 Feb A complicated argument.If the Maldives and lower Manhattan are destined to go under water, we won’t be able to avert that outcome with a Copenhagen greenhouse gas policy. When and if such threats become real, we’ll be obliged to take protective action for the particular problems at hand. Columbia Tribune 17 Feb East Africa should have its own climate agenda.Fortunately, the East African community has come of age. As a region we can have home grown solutions to deal with climate change impacts that should set the agenda for an East African Community environmental initiative, with or without money from the West. East African Business Week 22 Dec China can't be cool to Obama demands on global warming.The world’s largest carbon emitter must submit to an outside review of its efforts against climate change for the US and others to sign an agreement. Christian Science Monitor 18 Dec World leaders remain far from a deal in Copenhagen.The Copenhagen climate conference set to wrap up Friday was supposed to produce a landmark accord on climate change. It won't. Washington Post 17 Dec A positive vision from the chaos of Copenhagen.The world should be investing far more heavily in green technology: just $10 billion a year is spent on it globally, a pathetically small amount. London Daily Telegraph 17 Dec The task facing COP15.Island nations and the poorest countries which are mostly likely to be affected by global warming regard the problem quite differently from China, India and other emerging economic powers whose emissions levels are increasing. Asahi Shimbun 15 Dec Climate is right for action on CO2 .Like the rest of the world, California must adapt to global climate change. That adaptation must include a constant examination of ongoing research, an open mind and a recognition of the consequences of making the wrong choices. Sacramento Bee 09 Dec OpinionBad weather in New Jersey. Is it climate change?I can look around at hundred-year-old trees uprooted by the wind, at limbs littered across roads, at a refrigerator full of food that will have to go into the compost. And I can tell myself that while a storm like this might have been a occurrence in the 20th century, it probably won't be so rare in the 21st. Climate Central 16 Mar The bad, the good and the possible.We believe that it is possible to industrialize in a socially and environmentally responsible way. Thanhnien News 15 Mar Mount Elgon landslides a result of climate change.Climate change will continue to leave severe damages on communities least prepared to adapt, like the villages leveled in the massive landslide on the slopes of Mount Elgon Monday night. How prepared are we when these disasters strike? Kampala Daily Monitor 04 Mar Global crisis of water scarcity.While climate change has captured the headlines, many countries are running out of freshwater supplies, threatening human health and causing conflicts between nations. Petaling Jaya Star 01 Mar Let's not fret over climate migration.This century will be dominated by human movement, but not one caused by temperature. Toronto Globe and Mail 27 Feb The limits of evolution.Only some species will adapt and evolve to survive climate change. Evolutionary biologists are only just beginning to find out why, and now they must figure out which ones are most at risk. Cosmos Magazine 26 Feb Disappearing wolverines.Declining snow pack is emerging as one of clearest, earliest ways that climate warming is impacting humans. Climate Central 24 Feb We are extinguishing the Earth's biodiversity, degrading most ecosystems.Swazis must be keen to set aside their cultural norms by which they presently live if global warming prevention is important to them. Swazi Observer 20 Feb |
Farming feels like 'gambling,' but insurance helps cut risks.After two years of drought, the rains now falling in Kenya are not bringing the expected relief for Kenya's farmers. Why? Erratic weather means no one knows when to put in a crop anymore. Reuters 17 Mar Jamaica's beaches in danger, says UN expert.A United Nations environmental expert is predicting that several beaches on the western end of Jamaica could be totally wiped out in the next five to 10 years if local authorities and citizens do not act now to protect the environment. Kingston Jamaica Observer 17 Mar Miami Waterworld? it could happen.And you thought the down economy made it hard to sell your home? New scientific data says the sea is rising faster than anyone thought and under worst-case scenarios, much of Miami and South Florida could be under water by the end of the century, unless drastic measures are taken soon. Miami NBC6 17 Mar Africa 'lacks vocabulary to deal with climate change.'A new survey suggests many Africans blame themselves for climate change even though fossil fuel emissions there are less than 4% of the global total. BBC 17 Mar Prepare for new farming revolution, CSIRO says.In 50 years the world's population will be more than nine billion people, supplies of fertiliser could be severely depleted, and competition for land will have increased. According to CSIRO scientist Peter Carberry, these factors, combined with climate change, will challenge our agriculture industry like never before. Sydney ABC News 17 Mar Experts link climate change, agriculture in Asheville area.As the climate changes, so must agricultural practices in Western North Carolina, a group of panelists on the topic said Tuesday. Asheville Citizen-Times 17 Mar Experts offer insights on energy security.Steps to mitigate climate change and revise national energy use are vital to the country's national security and economic strength, retired Navy Vice Adm. Dennis McGinn told local business and elected leaders Tuesday. Great Falls Tribune 17 Mar Residents stop fishing after increase in contaminants.Climate change has led to higher concentrations of mercury, DDT and PCBs in fish in the Mackenzie River near Fort Good Hope, and residents are renewing their push for a new drinking water source. Northern News Services 16 Mar Farmers 'ahead on climate adaptation.'Research into climate change and farming practice lags behind what farmers already know, and must be stepped up, a parliamentary committee has found. Australian Associated Press 16 Mar 'Our ancestors are angry,' say climate-devastated Zimbabwean farmers.Selina Mutoleka thinks God is angry. Reuters 16 Mar Climate predictions shift.Global warming will change ocean temperature patterns and rainfall rates in the tropics and subtropics, but not in the way most scientists have assumed, says a Hawaii meteorologist. Honolulu Star-Bulletin 16 Mar Chinese dams blamed for Mekong's dwindling flows and fish stocks.
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There are widely differing views on why the Mekong has shrunk to its lowest levels in 20 years, with only half its normal volume in some places, so that vital fish migrations have been disturbed and river shipping had to be halted. Vancouver Sun 15 Mar Australian cities must transform in order to survive coming changes.While the images may sound like science fiction, architects and demographers say Australian cities must radically transform to cope with the pressures of population growth and climate change or face social unrest and urban decay. Reuters 15 Mar Climate change is real and it's here: Report.Australia's two leading scientific agencies will release a report today showing Australia has warmed significantly over the past 50 years, and stating categorically that ''climate change is real''. Melbourne Age 15 Mar It's possible to reverse climate change in Africa.A small environmental revolution is taking place among peasant farmers and villagers in West Africa, a region once devastated by drought and systematic land degradation, and it is peasants like Yacouba Sawadogo and Sakina Mati leading it. Nairobi East African 15 Mar Farmers urged to adjust to changing weather patterns.The government has called on farmers to adjust to changing weather patterns and become more scientific in their approach to agriculture. Harare Herald 13 Mar Chatham plans for natural hazards.You can be skeptical of climate change and still advocate that Chatham County plan for rising sea levels and increased flooding. Wilmington Island resident Marianne Heimes made that point at a workshop sponsored by NOAA to help the county develop a road map for coastal risk. Savannah Morning News 13 Mar Fighting climate change.Hotter, drier summers. Intense winter storms. Rising sea levels. Craig Cornu, with South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, says conditions along the coast are changing. Coos Bay World 13 Mar EPA to consider how states can address rising acid levels in oceans after lawsuit settlment.The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday it will consider ways the states can address rising acidity levels in oceans, which pose a serious threat to shellfish and other marine life. Associated Press 12 Mar Searching for the wildest strawberries to save crop diversity .Climate change is expected to negatively affect agriculture, with crops in parts of the world having to deal with warmer temperatures, droughts and rising salinity of water. ClimateWire 12 Mar Floating golf course to be built in Maldives.The island nation of the Maldives, confronted by rising oceans and a landscape that is just a few feet above sea level, is poised to build a floating golf course and convention centre in the first off-shore development to confront the threat of global warming. London Independent 12 Mar Mapping out the future of Alpine glaciers.The Alps are known as “Europe’s water tower”. Their glaciers provide 40 percent of Europe’s fresh water. But these glaciers are facing an uncertain future, as studies show that temperatures in the Alps are increasing at a rate that’s more than twice the global average. Euronews 12 Mar Out of step.
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Recent changes in the seasonal timing of biological events such as flowering and migration have been linked to warmer temperatures. Now a study shows that such seasonal shifts are becoming increasingly common in the UK and could wreak havoc across ecosystems as they disturb the delicate balance of nature. Nature 11 Mar Seas' acidity threatens life, livelihoods, film says.Oceans are becoming more acidic, which poses another threat in Virginia to oysters, clams and crabs as well as to water quality and coastal ecosystems, a panel of scientists and environmentalists warned Wednesday. Hampton Roads Virginian-Pilot 11 Mar Weather changes turn farming into gamble with nature.Changes in weather patterns have turned agriculture into a gamble with nature for Tanzanian farmers. Climate change experts agree that the only way to prevent major economic impact is to change the way agriculture is done. Inter Press Service 11 Mar |