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Other NewsEditorialsClimate change should have effect on politics.Azaleas are budding and daffodils can be found in full bloom along rural roads around West Alabama. Is that proof of global warming? Hardly, but that doesn’t mean evidence of sustained, rapid climate change isn’t mounting. Tuscaloosa News 02 Feb India must mitigate climate change.Striking a balance between economic development and environmental protection is essential. But the challenge is formidable given the new uncertainties thrown up by climate change. New Delhi Times of India 19 Jan Yakima Valley must prepare for hotter years.Put aside the debate over whether natural cycles or human intervention cause climate change. Truth is, the planet is in the midst of a warming trend, and our future economic health requires steps to deal with it. Spokane Spokesman-Review 17 Jan South Florida counties propose draft plan to deal with global warming and rising sea levels.Developing a plan to deal with climate change may strike some as another example of government run amok. We believe projecting and planning is prudent. South Florida Sun-Sentinel 14 Jan Natural disasters: The rising cost of catastrophes.With earthquakes in Japan and New Zealand, floods in Thailand and Australia and tornadoes in America, last year was the costliest on record for natural disasters. Disasters are inevitable; their consequences need not be. Economist 13 Jan Embrace Cuomo's energy plans.New Yorkers didn’t seem to mind so much when weekend temperatures soared into the 60s, but climate change, and the wild weather patterns it produces, is very much on the radar screen of Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Lower Hudson Valley Journal News 10 Jan India's climate change choices.The greatest problem facing India is global warming. War, internal subversion and a global economic meltdown are all very serious threats, but they can be stopped or contained. New Delhi Times of India 07 Jan Climate change is here.Three eminent universities, in a 460-page report to the state Energy Research and Development Authority last week, pretty much stated the obvious. They said New York state’s climate is changing. Catskill Daily Mail 04 Jan OpinionOnce, men abused slaves. Now we abuse fossil fuels.Pointing out the similarities (and differences) between slavery and the use of fossil fuels can help us engage with climate change in a new way. The Guardian 03 Feb Avoiding a yo-yo future.It’s official. In mid-January, NASA reported that nine of the 10 warmest years ever recorded have occurred in the 21st century, making the past decade the warmest yet. We know why this is happening: It's us. Global warming is my fault, and yours. Vancouver Sun 03 Feb Declining fisheries will affect us all soon enough.The warning signs of a growing crisis are clear: the Atlantic bluefin tuna spawning population, estimated at just 40 per cent of its peak in 1974, is now a “species of concern,” along with its cousin, the Pacific bluefin. In British Columbia, ling cod have nearly disappeared. Vancouver Sun 01 Feb The price of climate change.Last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture updated its Plant Hardiness Zone Map for the first time since 1990. Albany Times Union 01 Feb Are we outgreening our economy?The overwhelming threat that millions of small-scale farmers in Rushinga, Muzarabani, Masvingo, Gokwe, Sanyati, Kezi, Beitbridge or Plumtree, fishermen in Kariba, Chivero, Manyame, women, children and slum dwellers face, is climate change in all its facets. Harare NewsDay 30 Jan Climate change does in fact exist.So what about global warming and climate change? What are the facts? Medicine Hat News 28 Jan Global warming in Vancouver means even more rain in January.January weather is changing in Vancouver. If you’ve been hoping that climate change would bring us lots more rain, you’re in luck. Vancouver Observer 28 Jan Climate change: the long view.“We are just passengers on a multifaceted and changing earth, which is far more complex than humans will ever fully understand.” Emporia Gazette 28 Jan |
Poor, minority residents face most health risks with climate change.Poor, urban and minority residents are most at risk for health problems linked to climate change, according to a new California Department of Public Health analysis of Los Angeles and Fresno counties. California Watch 03 Feb Evidence for jellyfish invasion is lacking.Over the last decade, reports of proliferating jellyfish have multiplied, as have fears that they are overrunning the world’s oceans. In a new study, however, researchers argue that there simply isn’t enough long-term data to conclude that global jellyfish numbers are on the rise. New York Times 03 Feb Drought may dry up Texas rice crop.A day of reckoning looms for the state’s rice growers, who pump millions into Southeast Texas each year and account for 5 percent of America’s rice. Come March 1, if there is not enough water in reservoirs along the Lower Colorado River, managers will take the unprecedented step of withholding water from agriculture. Climate Central 03 Feb Temperatures – not acid – could cook coral to death.A warming ocean is encouraging the growth of coral in the far Southern Hemisphere, according to new research published in Science – suggesting that temperature changes play a bigger role, at least in the near term, in the fate of corals than any ocean acidification. Scientific American 03 Feb Global warming: German researchers find more evidence for links between Arctic sea ice decline and European weather.German scientists say they’ve found more evidence showing links between declining Arctic sea ice and shifting weather patterns, with cold, snowy winters more likely in Europe following summers when Arctic sea ice is low. Summit County Citizens Voice 03 Feb Mysteries of killer whales uncovered in the Antarctic.Two of the world’s leading experts on the world’s top marine predator are now in Antarctica, tagging and photographing killer whales. Climate change and other human impacts, such as overfishing and the accumulation of toxic chemicals, are rapidly altering the whales’ habitats and their prey. Yale Environment 360 03 Feb Glacier thief arrested in Chile.A new explanation for why glaciers are retreating: it's not global warming, it's theft. The Guardian 03 Feb Canada failing its oceans, biodiversity panel finds.An expert panel investigating the state of Canadian marine biodiversity has accused the government of failing to protect the country's oceans, leaving marine life threatened and the nation's ocean species at risk. CBC Canada 03 Feb Canada must act decisively to protect marine biodiversity: Report.Canada is failing badly at protecting its rich marine biodiversity from the looming threat of climate change, an expert-panel report for the Royal Society of Canada concluded Thursday. Postmedia News 03 Feb Could climate change put the groundhog out of business?With cold weather stubbornly absent across much of the Northeast this year and spring seemingly already under way, Phil may have beaten Old Man Winter to the punch. Now it's anybody's guess what a groundhog's shadow may portend. ClimateWire 03 Feb Report outlines how global warming will affect West Midlands.Climate change in Birmingham could lead to illness caused by inner-city heatwaves and disruption to the Midlands transport network with massive costs to businesses, according to a new detailed study. But there could also be advantages for the region. Birmingham Post 03 Feb Climate change okay for one coral.Climate change is wreaking havoc on coral reefs, heating and acidifying the waters in which they live. But some corals are actually benefiting from a warming world, according to a new study. Science 03 Feb Groundhog Day in a year without a winter.While winter temperatures have been increasing, on average, due to global warming, the mild winter this year is likely mainly due to natural climate variability, including a La Niña event in the Pacific Ocean and the orientation of the upper air jet stream. Climate Central 03 Feb Warming boosts some coral growth.As coral growth rates decline around the world due to increases in temperature and atmospheric CO2, some reefs off the coast of Western Australia are trending in the opposite direction, a new study has found. Australia ABC News 03 Feb Study finds coral reef growth thrives in warmer waters.A government-run research body has found in an extensive study of corals spanning more than 1000km of Australia's coastline that the past 110 years of ocean warming have been good for their growth. Sydney Australian 03 Feb Some corals like it hot.Corals on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef have fallen on hard times recently. But on the opposite side of the continent, their West Coast brethren have been living the good life for at least a century, a new study finds. Global warming may be helping these creatures out – at least for now. Science News 03 Feb Three states to require insurers to disclose climate-change response plans.Insurance commissioners in California, New York and Washington State will require that companies disclose how they intend to respond to the risks their businesses and customers face from increasingly severe storms and wildfires, rising sea levels and other consequences of climate change, California’s commissioner said Wednesday. New York Times 02 Feb New study calculates years of life lost to extreme temperature.In one Australian city, researchers have calculated how many years of life were lost due to heat waves and cold snaps. Using this information, scientists also projected how a climate change scenario would affect life expectancies. ClimateWire 02 Feb Flood defences are being overwhelmed by a whirlpool of spin.There is a fundamental contradication of the goverment's position on flood defences: it states that the risk of flooding is going up, thanks to climate change, but also accepts that spending on defences is going down. The Guardian 02 Feb Climate experts predict intensified drought in Texas.The extreme drought gripping Texas and the rest of the Southwest is likely to intensify, according to a panel of climate experts from Columbia University. Houston Chronicle 02 Feb Fears over money to maintain flood defences.A report by Public Accounts Committee said the costs of flood damage currently stand at around £1.1 billion a year, and are likely to rise with climate change. Press Association 02 Feb Tropical cyclones to cause $109B in damages by 2100.More intense storms will become more frequent with climate change. CBC Canada 02 Feb Learn from climate history: Epidemiologist.The decline of the Mayan empire, the Black Death and the Great Famine in medieval Europe, the collapse of the Ming Dynasty - what's the link? Professor Tony McMichael says it's climate change, which threatens civilisation with reduced food production, disease, wars and displacement. Australia ABC News 01 Feb The great northern migration of U.S. cattle.For more than a century, through a dozen dry spells when lakes disappeared and the land died, thousands of cows from the Swenson Land & Cattle Co have roamed the fields of Texas. Yet the drought currently ravaging the southern Plains has done what the Dust Bowl could not: chased them off this land. Reuters 01 Feb China defends Arctic research missions.Chinese officials and analysts have categorically dismissed a Japanese media report which said the country is "casting menacing eyes on" the Arctic. As a major country in the Northern Hemisphere, China is greatly influenced by climate and environmental changes in the North Pole, they stressed. Xinhua News Agency 01 Feb One in six homes at greater risk of flooding because of latest cuts.The Public Accounts Committee estimate that already five million homes are in danger of flooding at a cost of £1.1 billion a year. But despite the need to build new barriers and help households prepare for the worst, the Department for the Environment (Defra) are cutting funds for flood defence. The Telegraph 01 Feb Fossil DNA has clues to surviving rapid climate change.Surviving the last ice age was more than just a matter of growing a woolly coat. Rapid global temperature swings had to be matched by equally rapid adaptation. Now a remarkable find from Canada's permafrost could help explain how the trick was done, through a process that might offer organisms a way to cope with the dramatic climate change the world is facing. New Scientist 01 Feb Pace of warming quicker than thought, experts say.An analysis of 62 years of Environment Canada weather data by the University of Victoria's Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium has found that B.C.'s temperature has been warming by about 0.25 C per decade. Victoria Times Colonist 01 Feb |
