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Tropical fish in WA Kimberley facing extinction from climate change, researchers say
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 11th, 2015
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Entire species of tropical fish could be wiped out by climate change, according to a research team that has spent months carrying out a study in Western Australia's north.
The team from the University of Melbourne is looking at how sensitive freshwater species are to small increases in water temperatures.
PhD student Matthew Le Feuvre said the results were cause for concern.
"We're finding a lot of species are living potentially very close to their maximum thermal limit, so these species...
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Comments Off on Tropical fish in WA Kimberley facing extinction from climate change, researchers sayIntense Heat May Be Linked to Climate Change
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 11th, 2015
Voice of America: A massive heat wave is killing people in many countries around the world.
Most die of heat stroke. Heat stroke is the most serious heat-related sickness. It can develop when body temperature reaches 40.5 degrees Celsius (or 105 degrees Fahrenheit).
Victims need water and other cooling measures. Untreated heat stroke can lead to organ failure and death. Those who survive can suffer permanent damage.
Deadly heat in Pakistan and India
A heat wave in Pakistan will join this year's heat wave...
Hawaii Limits Access Mauna Kea Amid Telescope Protests
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 11th, 2015
Associated Press: The Board of Land and Natural Resources voted 5-2 Friday night on the 120-day rule, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports ( http://bit.ly/1LXtiYJ ). The rule restricts being within a mile of the mountain's access road during certain nighttime hours, unless in a moving vehicle, and prohibits camping gear.
It would allow construction to resume on the $1.4 billion Thirty Meter Telescope, the subject of months of protests. Many Native Hawaiians consider the mountain sacred.
Camping was already prohibited...
Global Climate Change: 20 Feet Underwater Optimistic Forecast
Posted by Clapway: None Given on July 11th, 2015
Clapway: The future is dark, and the future is wet, says a new paper from the journal Science. Although it forecasts a thirty-five year wait for really heavy climate change, the paper claims that in this time, the sea levels can be expected to rise by at least 20 feet. To make matters bleaker, this is a best-case scenario forecast, i.e. the twenty feet is an optimistic minimum assuming we manage can manage, as a global society, to hold the global temperature at 2 degrees Celsius higher. Many, however, believe...
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Posted by EcoWatch: Michael Brune on July 11th, 2015
EcoWatch: Today is World Population Day, and it’s easy to focus on the numbers—starting with the more than 7 billion humans now sharing our planet. Within many of our lifetimes, that number could surpass 10 billion. But grappling with the issue of global population is about much more than the numbers—it’s about the needs of the people behind those statistics. It’s been 20 years since the United Nations defined voluntary family planning as a basic human right. Unfortunately, 225 million women around the world...
Climate change is a security threat. Make it a foreign policy priority
Posted by Grist: None Given on July 11th, 2015
Grist: In March of this year, researchers at U.C. Santa Barbara and Columbia published a paper linking climate change and extreme drought to the Syrian Civil War. It wasn’t the first time that scientists and economists had connected the dots between climate and violent conflict. It wasn’t even the first time that scientists had connected the dots between climate and conflict in Syria. “For Syria,” wrote the authors, “a country marked by poor governance and unsustainable agricultural and environmental policies,...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Climate change is a security threat. Make it a foreign policy priorityLiquid assets and a pipe dream
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 11th, 2015
New York Times: There is nothing more American than making money off the needs of others. I’m not talking about war profiteering or selling people on prospects that aren’t real. You don’t have to do those nasty things. Just provide something others really need that you have in abundance. That’s called a win-win. Wall Street even has a technical word for it: arbitrage. One item is currently in very short supply in the western part of our country: water. With a California drought leading to tough water restrictions,...
BLNR approves new emergency rules restricting access to Mauna Kea
Posted by KITV: None Given on July 11th, 2015
KITV: On Friday, more than 150 people showed up to make passionate pleas for and against the newly proposed rules restricting access to the mountain.
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It took more than eight hours to get through the entire testimony in front of the Board of Land and Natural Resources.
“If these rules are passed, there can be no...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on BLNR approves new emergency rules restricting access to Mauna KeaBLNR passes emergency rule to ban camping atop Mauna Kea
Posted by KHON: None Given on July 11th, 2015
KHON: The state Board of Land and Natural Resources passed an emergency rule to stop people from camping atop Mauna Kea. The vote was 5 -- 2.
To promote what it called “safe access to the Mauna Kea summit,” the state proposed “nighttime hours during which individuals may not remain within a designated restricted area and also prohibits the presence of camping-related supplies within the restricted areas at all hours.”
The new rule does not allow anyone without a vehicle to be on the main road from...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on BLNR passes emergency rule to ban camping atop Mauna KeaBLNR approves emergency rules limiting access Mauna Kea
Posted by Hawaii News: None Given on July 11th, 2015
Hawaii News: The Board of Land and Natural Resources has approved emergency rules limiting access to Mauna Kea.
ORIGINAL STORY:
The state's Board of Land and Natural Resources is scheduled to hear testimony on an emergency rule that would limit access to Mauna Kea.
The proposal would prohibit camping on the mountain and restrict access at night between the hours of 8 p.m. and 5 a.m.
Mauna Kea summit access road and the Visitor's Center has been closed since June 24, when 750 opponents of the controversial...
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