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Swiss glaciers 'in full retreat'
(Dec 24, 2008)
Swiss glaciers are melting away at an accelerating rate and many
will vanish this century if climate projections are correct, two
new studies suggest. One assessment found that some 10 cubic km
of ice have been lost from 1,500 glaciers over the past nine years.
The other study, based on a sample of 30 representative glaciers,
indicates the group's members are now losing a metre of thickness
every year.
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more. Source: BBC |
70% deforestation cuts for Brazil
(Dec 2, 2008)
Brazil has announced a plan to reduce deforestation rates in the
Amazon region by 70% over the next ten years. The plan follows
a call for international funding to prevent further loss of the
Amazon rainforest. This year, the rate of Amazon deforestation
increased after falling for the past four years.
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more. Source: BBC |
Clue to break-up of ice shelves
(Nov 28, 2008)
US researchers have come up with a way to predict the rate at
which ice shelves break apart into icebergs. These sometimes spectacular
occurrences, called calving events, are a key step in the process
by which climate change drives sea level rise. Computer models
that simulate how ice sheets might behave in a warmer world do
not describe the calving process in much detail, Science journal
reports.
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more. Source: BBC |
World's forests face climate-change
crisis
(Nov 28, 2008)
The world's forests – and the billion people who depend
on them – are facing devastation from climate change unless
we "evolve" with the changing situation, according to a new report.
The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) reviewed
the scientific literature on the effects of climate change on
forests and concluded that it will have a dramatic effect on forests,
irrespective of the future rate of greenhouse-gas emissions.
Read
more. Source: New Scientist |
Slow progress on ocean protection
(Nov 21, 2008)
Less than 1% of the world's oceans have been given protected status,
according to a major survey. Governments have committed to a target
of protecting 10% by 2012, which the authors of the new report
say there is no chance of meeting. Protecting ecologically important
areas can help fish stocks to regenerate, and benefit the tourism
industry.
Read
more. Source: BBC |
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