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British fracking support falls below 50%, poll shows
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on May 19th, 2014
Guardian: Public support for fracking for shale gas in the UK has fallen below 50% for the first time, new polling suggests.
Just 49.7% of people now say they think the controversial process should be allowed in the UK, marking the third fall in support since high-profile protests last summer in West Sussex which saw dozens of arrests including that of Green MP, Caroline Lucas and ongoing protests at a site in Salford.
Support for shale gas was at a high of 58% in July 2012, which slumped to 54% last...
Scientists unveil scenarios for 2070 in Wisconsin
Posted by LaCrosse Tribune: None Given on May 18th, 2014
LaCrosse Tribune: Will it take a disaster to respond to climate change?
A group of University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers last week released a series of detailed science-based scenarios envisioning life in 2070 in the Madison area’s Yahara Watershed, aiming to help people envision the effects of climate change before it worsens.
The four scenarios of Yahara 2070 were based on about 150 interviews with local stakeholders, including policymakers and advocates, about their hopes, fears and expectations of...
California prepares for worst wildfire season
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on May 18th, 2014
Associated Press: California`s governor warned Sunday he was preparing for what could be the drought-stricken region`s worst wildfire season ever.
Gov. Jerry Brown told ABC that the state has 5,000 firefighters and has appropriated $600 million to battling blazes, but that may not be enough in the future.
"We`re getting ready for the worst," Brown said.
California is on the "front lines" of climate change that is making its weather hotter, the governor said.
Unusually high temperatures, low humidity and...
African climate adaptation projects starved of cash, says UN chief
Posted by RTCC: Ed King on May 18th, 2014
RTCC: Vital climate adaptation projects in Africa are losing out to more lucrative energy investments in China and India, the head of the UN’s land degradation agency has warned.
Monique Barbut, Executive Secretary of the UNCCD, says millions of lives will be at risk unless countries take the threat of soil erosion and desertification more seriously.
In an interview with RTCC, she called on the board members of the UN-backed Green Climate Fund, which meets this week in South Korea, to ensure adequate...
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Comments Off on African climate adaptation projects starved of cash, says UN chiefRepublicans Divided Over Climate Change As Antarctica Rises And Melts
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on May 18th, 2014
CBS: Antarctic ice can be up to 2.6 miles thick, yet researchers say that the continent of Antarctica is rising unusually fast due to climate change.
Researchers told Live Science on Friday that a combination of climate change and hot rock miles underneath the earth’s surface flowing much faster than expected has caused the continent to rise in a similar fashion to mattresses decompressing after people get off of them.
Grace Nield, a geophysicist at Newcastle University in England, told Live Science...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Republicans Divided Over Climate Change As Antarctica Rises And MeltsWill India’s new PM Modi be a climate change champion?
Posted by RTCC: Sophie Yeo on May 18th, 2014
RTCC: India, the world’s third largest polluter, has just elected a new leader.
This makes Narendra Modi, the dynamic chief of India’s now ruling BJP party, one of the most powerful players in fight against climate change.
Dubbed the “Development Man” during his mammoth election campaign, Modi pushed a vision of prosperity to India: more power, electrified cities, and wealthier citizens. How he chooses to deliver on such a promise has profound implications for the planet over years to come.
A...
Melting B.C. glaciers major issue American state-of-the-union report on climate change
Posted by Canadian Press: Dene Moore on May 18th, 2014
Canadian Press: The mountains of British Columbia cradle glaciers that have scored the landscape over millenia, shaping the rugged West Coast since long before it was the West Coast.
But they’re in rapid retreat, and an American state-of-the-union report on climate change has singled out the rapid melt in British Columbia and Alaska as a major climate change issue.
“Most glaciers in Alaska and British Columbia are shrinking substantially,” said the U.S. National Climate Assessment, released last week to much...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Melting B.C. glaciers major issue American state-of-the-union report on climate changeGreenland Glaciers More Susceptible to Melt Than Thought
Posted by Climate Central: Andrea Thompson on May 18th, 2014
Climate Central: Greenland's glaciers are more vulnerable to melting by warm ocean waters than previously thought, a new study of the topography of the bedrock under the ice finds. This clearer picture of the underpinnings of the miles-thick ice sheet, along with other recent studies that suggest parts of Earth's polar regions are not as stable as once thought, could mean that current projections of future sea level rise are too low.
On April 8, 2011, NASA's Operation IceBridge flew a mission to coastal areas...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Greenland Glaciers More Susceptible to Melt Than ThoughtGov. Jerry Brown Says California is Bracing for Its Toughest Fire Season Yet
Posted by NBC: Kimberly Tere and Vince Cestone on May 18th, 2014
NBC: The wildfires in Southern California are winding down, but there are still big fears it is going to be a really bad fire season. On Sunday, Gov. Jerry Brown said California is bracing for its toughest fire season yet. Less wind and cooler temperatures this weekend have helped crews in San Diego largely subdue nearly a dozen fires. Since the middle of last week, fire has consumed at least 26,000 acres in California. So far this year, Cal Fire has responded to over 1,5000 wildfires, more than twice...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Gov. Jerry Brown Says California is Bracing for Its Toughest Fire Season YetGreenland glacial melt is growing factor rising sea levels
Posted by Al Jazeera: None Given on May 18th, 2014
Al Jazeera: Greenland’s glaciers are far more vulnerable to climate change-induced warming oceans than previously thought, a report released Sunday by UC- Irvine and NASA glaciologists said.
The study, published in the journal Nature Geoscience, reveals previously uncharted deep valleys stretching for dozens of miles under the Greenland Ice Sheet -- showing that there are no natural barriers to stop the melting.
The findings echo a report released last week showing that glacial melting in West Antarctica...
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