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How to survive the coming century
(Feb 26, 2009)
Alligators basking off the English coast; a vast Brazilian desert;
the mythical lost cities of Saigon, New Orleans, Venice and Mumbai;
and 90 per cent of humanity vanished. Welcome to the world warmed
by 4°C.
Read
more. Source: New Scientist |
North Atlantic is world's 'climate superpower'
(Feb 17, 2009)
If ever there was a superpower of the oceans, the North Atlantic,
with its ability to control global weather systems, is it. The
bad news is that this region also happens to be especially sensitive
to the effects of climate change, so what is happening there could
affect the world.
Read
more. Source: New Scientist |
Tree frogs help flag up biological hotspots
(Feb 7, 2009)
Conservationists racing to catalogue and protect biodiversity
before it vanishes could look to the past for guidance. A new
study suggests they should focus on areas where climate has remained
relatively stable over many thousands of years, allowing diversity
to flourish.
Read
more. Source: New Scientist |
Global warming is 'irreversible'
(Jan 27, 2009)
A team of environmental researchers in the US has warned many
effects of climate change are irreversible. The scientists concluded
global temperatures could remain high for 1,000 years, even if
carbon emissions can somehow be halted. Their report was sponsored
by the US Department of Energy and comes as President Obama announces
a review of vehicle emission standards.
Read
more. Source: BBC |
Emperor penguins face extinction
(Jan 27, 2009)
Emperor penguins, whose long treks across Antarctic ice to mate
have been immortalised by Hollywood, are heading towards extinction,
scientists say. Based on predictions of sea ice extent from climate
change models, the penguins are likely to see their numbers plummet
by 95% by 2100. That corresponds to a decline to just 600 breeding
pairs in the world.
Read
more. Source: BBC |
Climate shift 'killing US trees'
(Jan 24, 2009)
Old growth trees in western parts of the US are probably being
killed as a result of regional changes to the climate, a study
has suggested. Analysis of undisturbed forests showed that the
trees' mortality rate had doubled since 1955, researchers said.
They warned that the loss of old growth trees could have implications
for the areas' ecology and for the amount of carbon that the forests
could store.
Read
more. Source: BBC |
US vows 'huge' marine protection
(Jan 6, 2009)
The US is to establish what it calls "the largest area of protected
sea in the world" around its Pacific islands. Commercial fishing
and mining will be banned in the protected zones which include
the Marianas Trench, the deepest area of ocean on the planet.
The area totals 500,000 sq km (190,000 sq miles) of sea and sea
floor.
Read
more. Source: BBC |
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