Arkiv for kategorien ‘South America’


Climate Change Has Intensified the Global Water Cycle

fredag, 27. april 2012

ClimateCentral: Climate scientists have been saying for years that one of the many downsides of a warming planet is that…

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Global Perspectives: How Dry Weather in Argentina Could Affect Chicken Prices in Chicago

torsdag, 23. februar 2012

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By Codi Yeager , Circle of Blue:  Though farmers are improving farm practices and productivity, the planet’s growing population —…

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Tropical Cyclones to Cause Greater Damage

torsdag, 2. februar 2012

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Tropical cyclones will cause $109 billion in damages by 2100, according to Yale and MIT researchers in a paper published in…

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Argentina tries to combat a drier future

onsdag, 1. februar 2012

(AlertNet) – For almost two months, an intense drought has been damaging crops in Argentina, especially corn and soy, threatening…

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The Amazon basin in transition

torsdag, 19. januar 2012

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Agricultural expansion and climate variability have become important agents of disturbance in the Amazon basin

The Amazon basin in transition

Eric A.…

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Peru’s Glaciers Melting, Decreasing Water Supply 20 Years Earlier Than Expected

onsdag, 28. december 2011

Treehugger: A new study in the Journal of Glaciology shows that the glaciers in Peru’s Cordillera Blanca mountain range are melting…

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El Salvador flood among its worst in history

lørdag, 22. oktober 2011

Weather Underground: A week of torrential rains across Central America have triggered extreme floods and landslides that have killed 105 people,…

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Glacial Balance in the Andes

onsdag, 27. juli 2011

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“Glacial Balance” will take us on a journey along the Andes – from Argentina to Colombia, dropping in on the…

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Causes of Melting Tropical Glaciers Over Past 10,000 Years Identified

fredag, 24. juni 2011

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The causes of melting of tropical glaciers over the past 10,000 years have at last been unveiled by a team…

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Global Fire Information

lørdag, 11. juni 2011

Natural Resources and Environment- GFIMS home 2011-06-11 14-18-43 firms global fires

The Global Fire Information Management System (GFIMS) integrates remote sensing and GIS technologies to deliver MODIS hotspot/fire locations and burned…

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ClimateSignals South America

fredag, 29. april 2011

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ClimateSignals Tag Archive South America

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Landslide from heavy rains kills 20 in Colombia

torsdag, 14. april 2011

An avalanche of mud smashed into a local bus in Colombia, killing at least 20 people after heavy rains battering…

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Devastation caused by Colombian floods worse than feared

onsdag, 30. marts 2011

DEVASTATION caused by floods in Colombia is worse than previously thought, warns children’s charity Plan UK.

More than 2.3 million Colombians…

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Brazil rains kill more than 600 as epidemic feared

mandag, 17. januar 2011

Rains that devastated a mountainous region north of Rio de Janeiro have killed at least 626 people.

Continue: Reuters

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Two million Colombians caught up in devastating floods

torsdag, 16. december 2010

MOSQUERA, Colombia (AlertNet) – The stench from the flood waters submerging the fields that have turned into lakes in this…

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Videos: A climate journey in Ecuador and Peru

fredag, 10. december 2010

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The Andes: Retreat of the glaciers

In the first of a four-part video series on climate change in Ecuador and Peru,…

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Glacier breaks in Peru, causing tsunami in Andes

tirsdag, 13. april 2010

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A huge glacier broke off and plunged into a lake in Peru, causing a 75-foot (23-meter) tsunami wave that swept…

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Heatwave roasts Rio, kills 32 in southern Brazil

torsdag, 11. februar 2010

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The worst heatwave to hit Rio de Janeiro in 50 years turned the city into a pre-Carnival furnace Wednesday, and…

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