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New Environmentalists Taking Bold Actions, and Its Working
Posted by Truthdig: Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers on May 26th, 2014
Truthdig: No longer dominated by the traditional “Big Green” groups that were taking big donations from corporate polluters, the new environmental movement is broader, more assertive and more creative. With extreme energy extraction and climate change bearing down on the world, environmental justice advocates are taking bold actions to stop extreme energy extraction and create new solutions to save the planet. These ‘fresh greens’ often work locally, but also connect through national and international actions....
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Comments Off on New Environmentalists Taking Bold Actions, and Its WorkingHow will climate change affect livelihoods in South Asia?
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on May 26th, 2014
Times of India: How does a warming environment affect rainfall, cropping patterns, livelihoods? What could be the alternatives that people whose livelihoods are hit by the effects of climate change do to cope? An initiative by Britain and Canada seeks to study and tackle the effects of climate change in South Asia, in tandem with TERI and Jadavpur University in India and similar institutes in neighbouring Pakistan and Bangladesh.
Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the UK's Department...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on How will climate change affect livelihoods in South Asia?Russia’s gas deal with China underlines risks Europe’s energy security
Posted by Guardian: Sarah Lain on May 26th, 2014
Guardian: The gas deal announced last week saw agreement between Russia and China after 10 years of negotiation. The implications of Russia's turn eastward to seek a new energy partner should raise concerns in Europe over its own gas supply and wider energy security.
Gazprom's share of Europe's gas market reached approximately 30% in 2013. As the Ukraine crisis has soured relations between Russia and Europe, both sides are looking to diversify.
Europe's need to diversify away from Russian gas is hardly...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Russia’s gas deal with China underlines risks Europe’s energy securityGreenlands ice sheet melting faster than previously believed
Posted by Copenhagen Post: None Given on May 26th, 2014
Copenhagen Post: The ice sheet in northern Greenland is melting and moving into the ocean thereby adding billions of tonnes of melting water to the world’s already rising ocean levels. Researchers from Denmark’s Technical University (DTU), the University of Copenhagen and Aarhus University have documented that the outlet glacier in northeast Greenland, stretching from the inland ice sheet to the sea, has been moving towards the sea since 2006. “It’s very surprising that the northeast outlet glacier is moving. We...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Greenlands ice sheet melting faster than previously believedClimate Change, Biodiversity Loss Directly Linked for First Time Ever
Posted by Softpedia: None Given on May 26th, 2014
Softpedia: Study on fish establishes a direct link between climate change and biodiversity loss A team of scientists claim to have directly linked climate change and biodiversity loss for the first time ever. Specifically, they say they found evidence that climate change fosters cross-breeding between native and invasive species inhabiting a given region.
According to Click Green, this link between climate change and biodiversity loss was proven with the help of information collected while monitoring trout...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Climate Change, Biodiversity Loss Directly Linked for First Time EverWarm Pacific Behind U.S. Cold: Study
Posted by Counsel and Heal: Kamal Nayan on May 26th, 2014
Counsel and Heal: Unusually warm western Pacific waters might be a reason of the bone-chilling winter in parts of the United States earlier this year, according to a new study.
"People's reaction when they sit under 10 feet (3 meters) of snow is to say, 'This cannot be man-made climate change,' " said professor Tim Palmer of Oxford University, lead author of the study, in a press release. "But there is a plausible link."
According to the study, strengthening of trade winds has led to a build-up of warm water...
Pakistan: Teams study bursting glacial lakes in northern areas
Posted by Dawn: Jamal Shahid on May 25th, 2014
Dawn: Meteorologists have been rushed to investigate two glacial lakes that burst out in Gilgit-Baltistan region recently, causing flash floods and disrupting traffic on Karakoram Highway (KKH).
Deputy Commissioner Hunza Usman Ali told Dawn that a lake formed atop the roughly 20 kilometre-long Hussaini glacier in Gojal Valley burst its banks at three or four points on May 7 and the rushing waters damaged some agricultural land but spared the settlements down below.
“Such floodwaters bring down a...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Pakistan: Teams study bursting glacial lakes in northern areasDebate continues to rage over how much of a population the earth can sustain
Posted by South China Morning Post: Martin Williams on May 25th, 2014
South China Morning Post: Ancient trees suggest Genghis Khan's success was built on grass Soul searching: Prague Ten of the best romantic movies in Asian cinema There's a lot more to our neighbour Shenzhen than cheap suits and massages Ancient trees suggest Genghis Khan's success was built on grass There's a lot more to our neighbour Shenzhen than cheap suits and massages Soul searching: Prague Ten of the best romantic movies in Asian cinema The Easter Island and Angkor complex are among places where Jared Diamond believes...
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Posted by Saint Cloud Times: None Given on May 25th, 2014
Saint Cloud Times: Climate change is real, happening now and is affecting people in every state, declares the third National Climate Assessment Report. Released May 6, it is one of the most comprehensive studies of climate change impacts in the United States, examining every region in America and across major sectors of the U.S. economy. The results are clear: Climate change is not a distant threat but is visible today — including in Minnesota, the third-fastest warming state. We need to act responsibly to combat...
Eccentric scientist vindicated melting, global warming predictions
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on May 25th, 2014
Toledo Blade: Thirty-six years after catching flak for one of the most bold and dire predictions about global warming, former Ohio State University glaciologist John H. Mercer is being hailed as a visionary.
Mr. Mercer was hardly the first to sound an alarm about greenhouse gases: Scientists were well on their way by the late 1950s toward connecting mankind's burning of fossil fuels to Earth's changing climate.
But Mr. Mercer made a groundbreaking contribution with a peer-reviewed research paper about West...
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