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Forecast for big sea level rise
(Apr 16, 2008)
Sea levels could rise by up to one-and-a-half meters by the end
of this century, according to a new scientific analysis. This
is substantially more than the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC) forecast in last year's landmark assessment of climate
science. Sea level rise of this magnitude would have major impacts
on low-lying countries such as Bangladesh.
Read
more. Source: BBC |
Time runs out for islanders on global
warming's front line
(Mar 30, 2008)
Rising sea levels threaten to flood many of the islands in the
fertile Ganges delta, leading to an environmental disaster and
a refugee crisis for India and Bangladesh. Lying one-third in
India and two-thirds in Bangladesh, the Sundarbans are where two
of Asia's biggest rivers, the Ganges and the Brahmaputra, broaden
and violently roll into the Bay of Bengal. The source of the problem
is 1,500 miles away, at the source of the Ganges, where melting
Himalayan glaciers are raising river and sea levels.
Read
more. Source: The Observer |
Antarctic shelf 'hangs by thread'
(Mar 25, 2008)
A chunk of ice the size of the Isle of Man has started to break
away from Antarctica in what scientists say is further evidence
of a warming climate. Satellite images suggest that part of the
ice shelf is disintegrating, and will soon crumble away. The Wilkins
Ice Shelf has been stable for most of the last century, but began
retreating in the 1990s.
Read
more. Source: BBC |
Glaciers suffer record shrinkage
(Mar 17, 2008)
The rate at which some of the world's glaciers are melting has
more than doubled, data from the United Nations Environment Programme
has shown. Average glacial shrinkage has risen from 30 centimetres
per year between 1980 and 1999, to 1.5 metres in 2006. Some of
the biggest losses have occurred in the Alps and Pyrenees mountain
ranges in Europe.
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more. Source: BBC |
Climate change may spark conflict with
Russia, EU told
(Mar 10, 2008)
European governments have been told to plan for an era of conflict
over energy resources, with global warming likely to trigger a
dangerous contest between Russia and the west for the vast mineral
riches of the Arctic. A report from the EU's top two foreign policy
officials to the 27 heads of government gathering in Brussels
for a summit this week warns that "significant potential conflicts"
are likely in the decades ahead as a result of "intensified competition
over access to, and control over, energy resources".
Read
more. Source: Guardian |
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