Archive for ‘Climate of Change’
Severe Weather, Flooding Batters Northwest
December 4th, 2007
Heavy storms killed at least two people in the Pacific Northwest and forced all lanes of Interstate 5 between Portland and Seattle to be closed. Forecasts call for more snow Tuesday
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Breathtaking beauty of Himalayas slowly melting away
December 3rd, 2007
World leaders are meeting in Bali to end a deadlock on climate change negotiations. Countries are expected to thrash out a new roadmap for cutting the world’s carbon emissions, but many environmentalists fear the agreement may not go far enough. In the Himalayan region, where glaciers are rapidly melting, environmental groups are calling for urgent action. An AFPTV report from …
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Global warming dries up Australia’s parched lands
December 3rd, 2007
One of the highest polluters per capita in the developed world, Australia has at last ratified the Kyoto protocol, and its new centre left Labor government is attending the Bali Climate Summit. The meeting comes as scientists warn climate change is continuing to fuel Australia’s drought, threatening to cripple the country’s farming heartland for years to come.
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Much-Needed Rain Comes To The Southland
November 30th, 2007
This storm system originated in Baja, Mexico and is now working its way into our area.
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Asian nations face “unprecedented” water crisis-ADB
November 29th, 2007
Developing countries in Asia could face an “unprecedented” water crisis within a decade due to mismanagement of water resources, the Asian Development Bank said in a report on Thursday.
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Scholars use art to study climate change
November 28th, 2007
The vivid sunsets painted by J.M.W. Turner are revered for their use of color and light and for their influence on the Impressionists. But could they also help global warming experts track climate change?
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Indonesia’s corals threatened by climate change
November 28th, 2007
It is a country with some of the world’s richest coral reefs. But scientists fear many of Indonesia’s pyschedelic reefs, already significantly damaged by blast fishing and pollution, now face an even graver threat: global warming.
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Carbon dioxide levels reach new high
November 23rd, 2007
Global concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere reached their highest levels ever recorded in 2006, according to the latest Greenhouse Gas Bulletin published Friday by the UN weather agency, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
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Survivors wait as aid effort builds
November 21st, 2007
It has taken some five days to gain access to the hardest hit areas in an operation involving helicopters, planes and boats, as well as thousands of ground troops and aid workers.
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Iron is a tonic for climate-saving plankton
November 19th, 2007
From the deck of the research ship Weatherbird II, a California company hopes to prove a controversial theory that putting iron dust in the ocean can produce enough plankton to help save the Earth.
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Africa “forgotten continent” in climate fight
November 18th, 2007
Africa is the “forgotten continent” in the fight against climate change and needs help to cope with projected water shortages and declining crop yields, the U.N.’s top climate change official said on Sunday.
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New Climate Report Urges Global Cooperation
November 18th, 2007
A Nobel-winning U.N. panel of scientists released their highly-anticipated report on climate change Saturday, urging the world to adapt specific policies in order to avoid worst-case scenarios from developing.
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Death Toll Rises From Bangladesh Cyclone
November 18th, 2007
Hungry survivors are scrambling for food as rescue workers clear fallen trees and twisted roofs from roads to reach remote villages after a cyclone battered Bangladesh, leaving at least 2,300 people dead and thousands homeless.
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UN panel gives dire warming forecast
November 17th, 2007
The Earth is hurtling toward a warmer climate at a quickening pace, a Nobel-winning U.N. scientific panel said in a landmark report released Saturday, warning of inevitable human suffering and the threat of extinction for some species.
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Stricter Water Restrictions May Come Next Month
November 15th, 2007
South Florida water managers agreed Wednesday to decide in December whether to impose once-a-week yard-watering limits from Orlando to the Keys.
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