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An ever-growing demand for resources

alex — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:57:19 +0000

WWF: An ever-growing demand for resources by a growing population is putting tremendous pressures on our planet’s biodiversity and is…

Land Matrix

alex — Sat, 12 May 2012 14:22:17 +0000

The Land Matrix is an online public database of large-scale land deals. It provides a visualisation of records documenting land deals…

Top scientists urge governments to solve environmental ‘dilemmas’

alex — Sat, 12 May 2012 13:01:39 +0000

NAS: National science academies from 15 countries issued joint statements today calling on world leaders who are about to meet…

One planet to share

alex — Fri, 11 May 2012 14:50:06 +0000

The Asia-Pacific Human Development Report 2012

UNDP: The Asia-Pacific region must continue to grow economically to lift millions out of poverty,…

Unsustainable water use threatens agriculture, business and populations in China, India, Pakistan, South Africa and USA – global study

alex — Thu, 10 May 2012 18:17:25 +0000

Maplecroft: The viability of water supplies throughout key regions of China, India, Pakistan, South Africa and the US are under…

“Map of Life”

alex — Thu, 10 May 2012 18:01:01 +0000

Yale360: U.S. scientists this week unveiled a new online resource that maps the distribution of species worldwide and will ultimately…

‘We have seen the enemy’: Bangladesh’s war against climate change

alex — Thu, 10 May 2012 17:03:25 +0000

Guardian: Devastating cyclones, floods and ruined crops have made Bangladesh ‘the world’s most aware society on climate change. Go !

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Q&A: carbon capture and storage

alex — Thu, 10 May 2012 16:59:36 +0000

Guardian: How does it work, which countries are leading technological developments, and what is the future for CCS? Go !

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Climate Change Threatens Crucial Marine Algae

alex — Wed, 09 May 2012 07:58:35 +0000

(IPS) – Without major reductions in the use of fossil fuels, sunlight is to kill an unknown number of ocean…

India Faces Climate Change Risks

alex — Tue, 08 May 2012 11:34:39 +0000

ThinktoSustain.com: The geographical location and diversity make India highly susceptible to climate change impacts. With over sixty percent of the…

Climate change: what do models predict for Europe?

alex — Mon, 07 May 2012 14:11:38 +0000

EEA: Records show temperatures have increased in Europe – but what changes can we expect to see in the future?…

Global warming: New research emphasizes the role of economic growth

alex — Fri, 04 May 2012 17:29:02 +0000

TerraDaily: It’s a message no one wants to hear: To slow down global warming, we’ll either have to put the…

Antarctic ice-sheet loss driven by basal melting of ice shelves

alex — Tue, 01 May 2012 21:09:09 +0000

H. D. Pritchard, S. R. M. Ligtenberg, H. A. Fricker, D. G. Vaughan, M. R. van den Broeke & L.…

Climate Change Has Intensified the Global Water Cycle

alex — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:13:35 +0000

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

Tracking Clean Energy Progress

alex — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:49:43 +0000

IEA: The report, Tracking Clean Energy Progress, highlighted the rapid progress made in some renewable technologies, notably the solar panels easily…

People and the planet

alex — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:27:22 +0000

Royal Society: Rapid and widespread changes in the world’s human population, coupled with unprecedented levels of consumption present profound challenges…

Precise Data On Arctic Sea Ice Thickness

alex — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:05:51 +0000

ESA: After nearly a year and a half of operations, CryoSat has yielded its first seasonal variation map of Arctic…

Climate Change Likely To Impact Corn Market

alex — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 07:16:22 +0000

RTT: The journal Nature Climate Change contends that factors such as market policies or oil prices have comparatively little effect…

Global Wind

alex — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 07:51:13 +0000

The global wind industry will install more than 46 GW of new wind energy capacity in 2012, according to a…

New groundwater maps for Africa

alex — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:17:25 +0000

BGS: Robust quantitative groundwater maps for Africa were developed to highlight areas more likely to be resilient to climate change…