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Other NewsFeds deny petition to make pika 1st animal in lower 48 states protected due to climate change.Associated Press 05 Feb Iron and the carbon pump.Science 05 Feb EditorialsClimate debate needs facts, not anecdotes.Mountaineers may be the only people in a position to notice alpine ice levels, but their impressions fall some way short of scientific evidence. Auckland New Zealand Herald 04 Feb Leaders should not fear passing climate legislation.Despite all of the trials and tribulations our nation has endured in the past few years, and despite a well-funded campaign to derail climate legislation, the American public has stood firm and wants action. Salem Statesman Journal 03 Feb Climate Change and the S.E.C.There were predictable howls after the Securities and Exchange Commission told publicly held companies they should warn investors of any potential effects from climate change on their bottom lines. New York Times 31 Jan A stormy century.The possibility of even a slight increase in storms that are even stronger than Katrina should prompt faster action on building defenses that can protect people and property from those killer storms. New Orleans Times-Picayune 30 Jan Climate change: Give us science we can trust.It becomes difficult to resist the climate-change sceptics if the IPCC's research can't be relied on. London Daily Telegraph 26 Jan Blunder of Himalayan proportions.The IPCC might have erred in its overzealous estimates about the Himalayas. However, the fact that the global warming is a clear and present danger to life on the planet is something that we cannot afford to ignore any longer. Khaleej Times 25 Jan Himalayan glaciers and global warming.Himalayan glaciers do seem to be retreating. The reasons are complex and still poorly understood, and we're glad to see scientists acknowledge as much. If more of them could help the IPCC get its facts straight, we might put more stock in its reports. Wall Street Journal 23 Jan Ms. Murkowski’s mischief.Senator Lisa Murkowski’s home state of Alaska is ever so slowly melting away, courtesy of a warming planet. Yet few elected officials seem more determined than she to throw sand in the Obama administration’s efforts to do something about climate change. New York Times 19 Jan OpinionClimate consensus under strain.We ask a range of experts: What damage has been done by recent criticisms of climate science credibility? London Guardian 05 Feb Climate emails cannot destroy proof that humans are warming the planet.While science gets its house in order, we need some perspective. In the midst of a cold winter it may be hard to convince ourselves, but the world is still warming. And we still, urgently, need to do something about it. London Guardian 05 Feb Committing to nuclear power?The costs of construction, maintenance, disposal and liability are not worth the risks. Revitalizing the nuclear power industry may exacerbate problems resulting from climate change. DC Bureau 05 Feb Much back-and-forth, but the sea still rises.Polls indicate that an alarming number of Americans have doubts about global warming, even to the point of suspecting that scientists are lying about the data. We should listen to Mother Earth, not short-term thermometer readings. Philadelphia Inquirer 03 Feb Our last chance to save humanity.We seem oblivious to the danger, unaware how close we may be... to our demise. Environment Report 02 Feb Omitted: The bright side of global warming.It seems the U.N. IPCC only tabulates the benefits of climate change when they are outweighed by the costs. Wall Street Journal 02 Feb Challenge of climate change, post-Copenhagen.Are the world and human society in general ready and willing to take action on critical issues that require a major change in the manner in which we produce and consume goods and services? Hindu 01 Feb Dengue and climate change.The upsurge in dengue is one of the clearest manifestations of climate change. In the past, dengue peaked only during the rainy season. However, the unpredictable weather condition brought about by climate change has made the deadly disease a year-round occurrence in our country. Cebu Daily News 01 Feb |
Water at core of climate change impacts-UN experts.The main impact of climate change will be on water supplies, experts said on Sunday. Desertification, flash floods, melting glaciers, heatwaves, cyclones or water-borne diseases such as cholera are among global warming impacts inextricably tied to water. Reuters 08 Feb Seaweed beds, the 'cradle of the sea,' vanishing.The rich seaweed beds stretching 8,000 hectares and brimming with fish in the western coast of the bay off Shizuoka Prefecture have been transformed into a barren wasteland. Pollution, climate change, and other factors are suspects, but the exact causes are unknown. Asahi Shimbun 08 Feb Conservationist: Colorado sees climate change effects.The head of one of the country's largest conservation groups is warning that Colorado is in the "bull's eye of climate change" and says the state's hunters and anglers are seeing firsthand the effects of warmer temperatures. Associated Press 08 Feb Western Australia drought is 'proof of climate change.'The author behind a new study linking 30-year drought in Western Australia with heavy snowfall in Antarctica says it is strong evidence man-made greenhouse gases have provoked dramatic climate change. Australian Associated Press 08 Feb Warming to hit wheat production in Punjab.For each degree rise in the temperature in the region, Punjab will lose 750 kg per hectare of wheat. Chandigarh Tribune 08 Feb "We cannot eat electricity."The adverse impacts of climate change on the Mekong Delta in Vietnam will be amplified several times if hydropower dams planned upstream by other countries are built, experts say. Thanhnien News 08 Feb Galapagos sea lions head for warm Peru waters.The Organisation for Research and Conservation of Aquatic Animals says Galapagos sea lions have swum to northern Peru because of rising temperatures. They say the temperature rise was caused by climate change. BBC 08 Feb WA drought 'could be worst for 750 years'.Scientists believe the drought affecting south-west WA could be the worst of its kind in 750 years, after making an unexpected discovery. Researchers have made a surprising link between climate patterns in Australia and Antarctica. Western Australia Today 08 Feb What's really causing Himalayan glaciers to melt?A new study suggests that black carbon could be the cause of Himalayan glaciers melting. Christian Science Monitor 08 Feb The extreme floods in Cumbria.
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For all their drama, the floods should not have come as much of a surprise. Twenty years ago, Britain’s first climate change predictions told us we should prepare for drier summers and wetter winters, with more intense rainfall and flooding the likely consequences. London Financial Times 07 Feb Climate change, pollution are suspects in rusty blackbirds' plummeting numbers.From North Texas to Florida, a high-pitched voice is strangely missing from the chatter of wintering birds. Dallas Morning News 07 Feb In the mountains of the moon, a trek to Africa's last glaciers.The shrinking ice cap atop Mount Kilimanjaro is Africa's most famous glacier. But the continent harbors other pockets of ice, most notably in the Rwenzori Mountains of western Uganda. And as temperatures rise, the Rwenzori's tropical glaciers are fast disappearing. Yale Environment 360 07 Feb Plant foreign trees 'to save our forests.'Lebanon cedars, Italian elders and Macedonian pines, rather than native species, must form a vital part of a dramatic expansion of tree cover as global warming changes the Scottish environment, says Professor Sir David Read. Edinburgh Scotsman 07 Feb Scientists develop crops to endure climate change.As the problem of climate change worsens, agriculturists and experts are working very hard to keep up with the challenges that this phenomenon may pose to food supply. Manila Bulletin 07 Feb Olympics organisers desperate for climate change.Winter Olympics chiefs will not sanction a desperate last-minute venue switch despite unseasonably warm temperatures continuing to curse Cypress Mountain, the host of the freestyle events at the Games which begin on Friday. Agence France-Presse 07 Feb Is climate change hiding the decline of maple syrup?
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The burning of fossil fuels such as coal and oil releases carbon dioxide that alters the balance of carbon isotopes naturally found in the environment — an effect that is now being found in food, reveals a US study. Nature 06 Feb Arctic melting to cost $2.4 trillion U.S. by 2050: Study.The cumulative cost of the melting Arctic in the next 40 years is equivalent to the annual gross domestic products of Germany, Russia and the United Kingdom combined, according to the authors of the study prepared for the Pew Environment Group. Canwest News Service 06 Feb As sea rises, unease follows.Whether or not climate change is to blame, rising sea levels are a growing concern for Newport Beach city officials. Daily Pilot 06 Feb Tibet temperature 'highest since records began' say Chinese climatologists.The roof of the world is heating up, according to a report today that said temperatures in Tibet soared last year to the highest level since records began. London Guardian 06 Feb Arctic melt to cost up to $24 trillion by 2050: Report.Arctic ice melting could cost global agriculture, real estate and insurance anywhere from $2.4 trillion to $24 trillion by 2050 in damage from rising sea levels, floods and heat waves, according to a report released on Friday. Reuters 06 Feb Arctic ice melt alarms scientists.Sea ice in Canada's fragile Arctic is melting more quickly than anyone expected, the lead investigator in the largest climate change study done in Canada said Friday. Winnipeg Free Press 06 Feb Arctic melt to cost trillions: report.Arctic ice melting could cost global agriculture, real estate and insurance anywhere from $US2.4 trillion to $US24 trillion by 2050 in damage from rising sea levels, floods and heat waves, according to a new report. Sydney ABC News 06 Feb Climate change's cost in Arctic could chill future economy worldwide, study finds.In what its authors admit is almost certainly an underestimate, a new study says the catastrophic climate changes coming to the Arctic will cost at least $2.4 trillion by mid-century. The true cost is likely to be a whole lot more. Investigate West 06 Feb Int'l study finds Arctic sea ice melting; changing weather, threatening mammals.Rapidly melting Arctic sea ice is changing the world's weather, releasing contaminants into the food chain and threatening the survival of whales and polar bears, a massive international study on climate change has found. Canadian Press 06 Feb Arctic ice melt worst than 'most pessimistic' models: Study.Climate change is transforming the Arctic environment faster than expected and accelerating the disappearance of sea ice, scientists said on Friday in giving their early findings from the biggest-ever study of Canada's changing north. Reuters 06 Feb Arctic ice melting faster than feared: study.The head of the largest climate change study ever undertaken in Canada says the Arctic sea ice is thinning faster than expected. "It's happening much faster than our most pessimistic projections," said University of Manitoba Prof. David Barber. CBC Canada 06 Feb Activists cry foul as climate-change agenda frozen out of G7 meetings.Climate change is not on the official agenda of the G7 meeting, but activists say a new report released as some participants took a dog-sled run proves it should be. Canadian Press 06 Feb Arctic warming will cost world billions: Pew study.Climate warming in the Arctic will cost the global economy billions of dollars in 2010 alone, according to a study by the U.S.-based Pew Environment Group released Friday. CBC Canada 06 Feb |