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Malaysia: Climate change will affect water supply
Posted by New Straits Times: Fazleena Aziz on November 23rd, 2014
New Straits Times: CLIMATE change will affect all water-related sectors, including water supply and agriculture, resulting in drought, flood and degradation of coastal ecosystem.
National Hydraulic Research Institute of Malaysia's (Nahrim) Extension Study of the Impact of Climate Change on the Hydrologic Regime and Water Resources of Peninsular Malaysia shows there will be an increase in rainfall magnitude and intensity in the future.
"Global warming will affect peak flow, causing more extreme floods at river...
Half of future whooper habitat could be lost
Posted by Victoria Advocate: Sara Sneath on November 23rd, 2014
Victoria Advocate: About half of the potential whooping crane habitat along the South Texas coastline is projected to be lost to sea level rise.
As the only wild flock of whooping cranes continues to grow, the endangered birds will need more space. For whooping cranes to be listed as threatened instead of endangered, the population must grow to 1,000 birds, a feat that will require 125,000 acres of wintering habitat, according to a recently published study.
Researchers identified where the 5-foot-tall birds might...
Record Drought Reveal Stunning Changes Along Colorado River
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on November 23rd, 2014
National Geographic: In early September, at the abandoned Piute Farms marina on a remote edge of southern Utah's Navajo reservation, we watched a ten-foot (three-meter) waterfall plunging off what used to be the end of the San Juan River.
Until 1990, this point marked the smooth confluence of the river with Lake Powell, one of the largest reservoirs in the U.S. But the lake has shrunk so much due to the recent drought that this waterfall has emerged, with sandy water as thick as a milkshake.
My partner DeEdda McLean...
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Comments Off on Record Drought Reveal Stunning Changes Along Colorado RiverDespite Persecution, Guardian of Lake Tai Spotlights China’s Polluters
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on November 23rd, 2014
New York Times: By autumn, the stench of Lake Tai and the freakish green glow of its waters usually fade with the ebbing of the summer heat, but this year is different. Standing on a concrete embankment overlooking a fetid, floating array of plastic bottles, foam takeout containers, flip-flops and the occasional dead fish, Wu Lihong, the lake’s unofficial guardian, shook his head in disgust. “If you jumped into this water, you’d shed a layer of skin,” he said one recent afternoon. “The government claims they are...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Despite Persecution, Guardian of Lake Tai Spotlights China’s PollutersCrops contribute to Climate Change in a substantial way
Posted by Maine News: None Given on November 23rd, 2014
Maine News: Since long climate change has been on the cutting edge of both public plan and research. A recent research carried out in this context has found that the expanding agriculture production has a remarkable role to play in mounting carbon dioxide swings and hence contributing to climate change in the long-run.
This study so done is a joint effort by researchers from Boston University, the University of New Hampshire, the University of Michigan, the University of Minnesota, the University of Wisconsin-Madison...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Crops contribute to Climate Change in a substantial wayUnited Kingdom: Taxpayers to fund hundreds of fracking boreholes across country
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on November 22nd, 2014
Guardian: Hundreds of government-funded boreholes are set to be drilled across Britain to try to persuade the public that a looming shale gas boom can be developed safely, the Observer has learned. Sensors in the boreholes would detect possible water pollution or earthquakes caused by fracking and the information would be made public.
“We will be taking the pulse of the sub-surface environment and will reveal if things are going wrong, but also if they are going right,” said Professor Mike Stephenson, director...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on United Kingdom: Taxpayers to fund hundreds of fracking boreholes across countryExpanding agriculture production among major factors contributing to climate change
Posted by Delhi Daily News: None Given on November 22nd, 2014
Delhi Daily News: An increase in agriculture production has a negative impact on the atmosphere across the globe by contributing to climate change, according to a recent report.
The recent study has revealed that the considerable increase in the carbon dioxide concentrations is due to a rise in farm productivity. Hence, the rise in pollution levels is attributed not only to electronic products, vehicles and mills but also to crops.
Farms throughout the world have become more productive, particularly in the West...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Expanding agriculture production among major factors contributing to climate changeThe future of the planet and the irresponsibility of governments
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on November 22nd, 2014
Inter Press Service: Less than a week after everybody celebrated the historical agreement on Nov. 17 between the United States and China on reduction of CO2 emissions, a very cold shower has come from India.
Indian Power Minister Piyush Goyal has declared: "India's development imperatives cannot be sacrificed at the altar of potential climate change many years in the future. The West will have to recognise we have the needs of the poor".
This is also a blow to the Asia policy of U.S. President Barack Obama, who...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on The future of the planet and the irresponsibility of governmentsWhat’s behind snowmageddon that hit the US this week?
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on November 22nd, 2014
New Scientist: Winter has come early to the US this year, with temperatures plunging below freezing across much of the continental US this week. Intense snowstorms dumped almost 2 metres of snow in a few places such as Buffalo in New York state (above), trapping people in cars and buses. So what has caused this unseasonal weather?
Cold air is usually trapped in the Arctic by the winds that circle the pole - the polar vortex. The strongest winds found high up in the atmosphere are called the polar jet stream....
Half of Americans Think Climate Change Is a Sign of the Apocalypse
Posted by Atlanta: None Given on November 22nd, 2014
Atlanta: Snowmageddon, snowpocalypse, snowzilla, just snow. Superstorm Sandy, receding shorelines, and more. Hurricanes Isaac, Ivan, and Irene, with cousins Rammasun, Bopha, and Haiyan.
The parade of geological changes and extreme weather events around the world since 2011 has been stunning. Perhaps that's part of why, as the Public Religion Research Institute reported on Friday, "The number of Americans who believe
that natural disasters are evidence of the apocalypse has increased somewhat over the...
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