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Other NewsEditorialsClimate change should have effect on politics.Azaleas are budding and daffodils can be found in full bloom along rural roads around West Alabama. Is that proof of global warming? Hardly, but that doesn’t mean evidence of sustained, rapid climate change isn’t mounting. Tuscaloosa News 02 Feb India must mitigate climate change.Striking a balance between economic development and environmental protection is essential. But the challenge is formidable given the new uncertainties thrown up by climate change. New Delhi Times of India 19 Jan Yakima Valley must prepare for hotter years.Put aside the debate over whether natural cycles or human intervention cause climate change. Truth is, the planet is in the midst of a warming trend, and our future economic health requires steps to deal with it. Spokane Spokesman-Review 17 Jan South Florida counties propose draft plan to deal with global warming and rising sea levels.Developing a plan to deal with climate change may strike some as another example of government run amok. We believe projecting and planning is prudent. South Florida Sun-Sentinel 14 Jan Natural disasters: The rising cost of catastrophes.With earthquakes in Japan and New Zealand, floods in Thailand and Australia and tornadoes in America, last year was the costliest on record for natural disasters. Disasters are inevitable; their consequences need not be. Economist 13 Jan Embrace Cuomo's energy plans.New Yorkers didn’t seem to mind so much when weekend temperatures soared into the 60s, but climate change, and the wild weather patterns it produces, is very much on the radar screen of Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Lower Hudson Valley Journal News 10 Jan India's climate change choices.The greatest problem facing India is global warming. War, internal subversion and a global economic meltdown are all very serious threats, but they can be stopped or contained. New Delhi Times of India 07 Jan Climate change is here.Three eminent universities, in a 460-page report to the state Energy Research and Development Authority last week, pretty much stated the obvious. They said New York state’s climate is changing. Catskill Daily Mail 04 Jan OpinionGreen claims for wind power are a lot of hot air.The big freeze has not just caused major disruption across the country. It has also exposed the hollowness of fashionable green rhetoric about global warming. London Daily Express 06 Feb Once, men abused slaves. Now we abuse fossil fuels.Pointing out the similarities (and differences) between slavery and the use of fossil fuels can help us engage with climate change in a new way. The Guardian 03 Feb Avoiding a yo-yo future.It’s official. In mid-January, NASA reported that nine of the 10 warmest years ever recorded have occurred in the 21st century, making the past decade the warmest yet. We know why this is happening: It's us. Global warming is my fault, and yours. Vancouver Sun 03 Feb Declining fisheries will affect us all soon enough.The warning signs of a growing crisis are clear: the Atlantic bluefin tuna spawning population, estimated at just 40 per cent of its peak in 1974, is now a “species of concern,” along with its cousin, the Pacific bluefin. In British Columbia, ling cod have nearly disappeared. Vancouver Sun 01 Feb The price of climate change.Last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture updated its Plant Hardiness Zone Map for the first time since 1990. Albany Times Union 01 Feb Are we outgreening our economy?The overwhelming threat that millions of small-scale farmers in Rushinga, Muzarabani, Masvingo, Gokwe, Sanyati, Kezi, Beitbridge or Plumtree, fishermen in Kariba, Chivero, Manyame, women, children and slum dwellers face, is climate change in all its facets. Harare NewsDay 30 Jan Climate change does in fact exist.So what about global warming and climate change? What are the facts? Medicine Hat News 28 Jan Global warming in Vancouver means even more rain in January.January weather is changing in Vancouver. If you’ve been hoping that climate change would bring us lots more rain, you’re in luck. Vancouver Observer 28 Jan |
Climate change could expose Australians to toxic contamination.Increased flooding, most recently in Queensland and northern NSW, could pump more contaminants into groundwater, rivers, oceans, the food supply and atmosphere as bigger storms overwhelm landfills designed for a different era, scientists warn. International Business Times 06 Feb Giant crack in Antarctica about to spawn New York-size iceberg.With a gargantuan crack slowly splitting it apart, Antarctica's fastest-melting glacier is about to lose a chunk of ice larger than all of New York City, according to scientists, who say "this glacier is really important," and will add mightily to sea level rise. National Geographic News 06 Feb Research team monitors disappearance of Arctic tundra in Canada's Yukon.The latest research suggests that sizable chunks of the Yukon's alpine/tundra world are being taken over by shrub cover that is crowding out those plants that many Arctic animals depend on. Climate warming may well be a reason why this is happening. Edmonton Journal 06 Feb Glaciers, BC's hydro's melting 'batteries.'Scientists are trying to figure out how rising temps will change the alpine run-off that helps power the province. Vancouver Tyee 06 Feb Giants of the New Zealand forest give climate clues.New Zealand scientists using the rings on kauri trees to look at climate patterns are tipping global warming to bring more big weather extremes in the coming years. Australian Associated Press 06 Feb Even after rain, Texas drought persists.Recent heavy rains, including a record-breaking downpour Saturday in Austin, began to refill reservoirs across drought-stricken Texas and pushed the Dallas-Fort Worth area off a federal drought map. But water levels remain low, and many places are still parched. Wall Street Journal 06 Feb Artificial glaciers helping combat climate change.Artificial glaciers are being built in the Himalayas to combat the growing affect climate change is having on natural glaciers. Toronto CTV 06 Feb Tree rings show extreme weather on the rise.If history is anything to go by, periods of droughts and flooding rains could become more common in south-eastern Australia and New Zealand, according to a new study. Australia ABC News 06 Feb Say goodbye to the classic Kiwi summer.More floods, droughts and extreme weather events associated with the El Nino and La Nina cycles can be expected in New Zealand in a warming world, Auckland researchers predict. Auckland New Zealand Herald 06 Feb Global Warming: USGS to assess Arctic impacts.Scientists are just in the early stages of understanding the implications for ecosystems in the region. A new multidisciplinary study by the U.S. Geological Survey may help understand how dynamic ecosystems and their wildlife communities will respond to rapid change in the Arctic. Summit County Citizens Voice 06 Feb Could drought threaten South Africa's rooibos tea?South Africa's rooibos tea only grows in a small area and erratic weather patterns - blamed by some on climate change - mean the plant and the new industry are now under threat. BBC 05 Feb Mexico drought chokes cattle, crops.The worst drought on record in various parts of Mexico has destroyed millions of acres of cropland and left millions of livestock without food, leading to fears about potential food shortages at a time when U.S. states like Texas are also suffering unusually dry weather. Wall Street Journal 05 Feb Winter wildfires a rarity for Reno area but warming climate could make them more common.With a warming climate, invading vegetation and more people living in fire-prone areas, could big winter wildfires become the norm? Some experts say the possibility is there. Reno Gazette-Journal 05 Feb Ssssscotland here we come!Grass snakes from England are colonising Scotland as climate warms. Glasgow Herald 05 Feb University researcher find clues to climate change in caves.Across the sweep of a thousand years, as ancient cities bloomed and died in southern Mexico, the water in Juxtlahuaca Cave went drip, drip, drip. Now a UNLV researcher is studying stalagmites, charting 2,500 years of rainfall and drawing new links between human history and climate change. Las Vegas Review-Journal 05 Feb Why Jog Falls have been reduced to a trickle.Prabhakar Bhat is part of a government team studying the nature of forests in the Malenaad. They found that the tropical rainforest is rapidly changing character, due to "changing rain patterns and systematic degradation," according to Bhat. Mumbai Daily News and Analysis 05 Feb New zones alter what can be planted on Maryland's Eastern Shore.For more than four decades, Lin-I-Farms has sold its share of dusty millers, a plant known to grow only from May to September. But in recent years, farm owner Linda Shockley has noticed that they have started surviving year-round. Salisbury Daily Times 05 Feb Is climate change bringing the Arctic to Europe?A loss of sea ice could be a cause of the bitter winds that have swept across the UK in the past week, weather experts say. London Independent 04 Feb Texas drought forces a town to sip from a truck.Spicewood Beach is one of the first four subdivisions, made up of about 1,100 people, in drought-stricken Burnet County to run so low on water that it had to be hauled in by truck. New York Times 04 Feb Looking forward, Fiji turns to its canoeing past.As the world potentially sinks deeper into recession and issues of climate change are felt even in the smallest of Fiji’s outer islands, going back to canoeing traditions of the past could prove a financial way forward. New York Times 04 Feb New USDA map shows Holland as warmer than Grand Rapids.An updated map released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows that the Holland area in Michigan doesn’t get as cold in the winter as Grand Rapids does. The Holland area wasn’t the only one classified slightly warmer, based on the new data. Holland Sentinel 04 Feb Lawmakers push for sea level rise study in Hampton Roads.With its low-lying military bases and waterfront houses, Hampton Roads is more vulnerable to sea-level rise than most of the United States. Newport News Daily Press 04 Feb The coral question: is the cold or heat more lethal?More frequent extreme weather events, both hot and cold, are predicted to freeze and fry coral in coming decades. New York Times 04 Feb Tapeworms and climate change.There’s at least one species that may thrive on our warming planet: that’s the tapeworm that spends most of its life inside the stickleback fish. Living On Earth 04 Feb Warming seas and corals: A new conundrum.In research conducted off western Australia, scientists found that coral growth in that region had accelerated through the 20th century as ocean temperatures warmed. The effect was most pronounced at higher latitudes where the ocean tends to be colder — a strong indication that the warming caused by human release of carbon dioxide is benefiting corals in that region. New York Times 04 Feb Global experts question claims about jellyfish populations.Recent media reports have created a perception that the world’s oceans are experiencing increases in jellyfish due to human activities such as global warming and overharvesting of fish. Santa Barbara Independent 04 Feb Glaciers face new threat as ice is stolen.Glaciers across the globe, at risk from climate change, now face a new threat, a U.N. report says -- ice thieves. United Press International 04 Feb Poor, minority residents face most health risks with climate change.Poor, urban and minority residents are most at risk for health problems linked to climate change, according to a new California Department of Public Health analysis of Los Angeles and Fresno counties. California Watch 03 Feb |
