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Drought in the Mekong Basin Hampers Southeast Asia Economy

alex — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:39:25 +0000

A short monsoon and low rainfall have cut the region’s economic lifeblood to a trickle

One of the worst droughts in…

Floods kill 20, destroy dams in Kazakhstan

alex — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:40:53 +0000

Around 20 people died and thousands were evacuated in Kazakhstan on Friday after severe floods destroyed two dams in the…

Environmental Science & Technology: Top policy paper for 2009

alex — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:35:26 +0000

This year, Environmental Science & Technology is honoring 10 papers published in 2009 as the year’s best. They were selected…

KENYA: Thousands hit by flooding

alex — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:48:30 +0000

ISIOLO-NAIROBI, 10 March 2010 (IRIN) – At least 10,000 people in Kenya have been displaced by flooding, mainly in the…

Klima og økologi

alex — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:40:32 +0000

Selvom klimatopmødet ikke gav de resultater, der var lagt op til, er klimaspørgsmålet ikke mindre aktuelt, og der vil fortsat…

Klimaforandringer sætter skub i udryddelse af arter

alex — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:57:03 +0000

Verdens dyr og planter udryddes nu hurtigere, end nye arter kan udvikles – for første gang siden dinosaurerne forsvandt fra…

InterAcademy Council Asked to Review Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

alex — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:30:58 +0000

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — The InterAcademy Council (IAC), a multinational organization of the world’s science academies, has been requested to conduct…

Ban announces independent review of UN-backed climate body

alex — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:12:52 +0000

10 March 2010 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the head of the United Nations-backed panel tasked with preparing regular scientific…

Key climate change reports

alex — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:13:13 +0000

http://www.alertnet.org/thefacts/reliefresources/126460205312.htm

China: ACT NOW, INVESTIGATE LATER

alex — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:44:29 +0000

China’s top climate negotiator said on Wednesday that the cause of global warming was still not clear but the problems…

Nye fiskearter strømmer til Grønland

alex — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:58:38 +0000

Forskere har opdaget 57 nye fiskearter i havet omkring Grønland

Forskere ved Statens Naturhistoriske Museum ved Københavns Universitet, har sammen med…

Violent Backlash Against Climate Scientists

alex — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:36:42 +0000

UXBRIDGE, Canada, Mar 9, 2010 (Tierramérica) – Climate change science has come under full-scale attack in a last-ditch effort to…

Obama pushes climate change in White House meeting

alex — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:16:53 +0000

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62833H20100310?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2Fenvironment+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Environment%29

I-landenes forbrug bag 23 procent af u-landenes CO2

alex — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:30:47 +0000

CO2-udslippet i u-landene vokser voldsomt, ikke mindst i Indien og Kina. Men 23 procent af udledningen skyldes produktion til i-landene,…

World Water Day 2010

alex — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:23:45 +0000

UN-Water is dedicating World Water Day 2010 to the theme of water quality, reflecting its importance alongside quantity of the…

Carbon Emissions ‘Outsourced’ to Developing Countries

alex — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:52:20 +0000

A new study by scientists at the Carnegie Institution for Science finds that over a third of carbon dioxide emissions…

WB: Overexploitation of groundwater in India

alex — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:13:59 +0000

NEW DELHI, March 5, 2010: India is the largest user of groundwater in the world, with an estimated use of…

New Campaign Aims to Reshape Australia’s Climate Politics

alex — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:17:43 +0000

In Australia, several environmental groups have banded together to encourage a new approach to climate action. They’re steering away from…

Our planet is changing rapidly

alex — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:30:37 +0000

A Met Office review of the latest climate research confirms our planet is changing rapidly and man-made greenhouse gas emissions…

VIETNAM: Record drought threatens livelihoods

alex — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 10:23:25 +0000

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HANOI, 5 March 2010 (IRIN) – As temperatures rise in Vietnam, a nationwide drought has dried up riverbeds, sparked…