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Tropical Cyclones to Cause Greater Damage

alex — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:48:21 +0000

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

Rare minerals dearth threatens global renewables industry

alex — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:41:13 +0000

Guardian: Shortages of a handful of rare minerals could slow the future growth of the burgeoning renewable energy industries, and…

Argentina tries to combat a drier future

alex — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:34:05 +0000

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

The era of cheap water is over

alex — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:48:27 +0000

Deloitte: The growing demand for water is making conservation and efficient use central issues, particularly as governments, utilities and the…

Private Sector Initiative – database of actions on adaptation

alex — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:12:55 +0000

UNFCCC

While climate change poses a number of risks to vulnerable communities and businesses around the world, many opportunities are unfolding…

How climate change, urbanization are changing disaster aid

alex — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:08:26 +0000

LONDON (AlertNet) – Picture this: a terrible drought forces you to abandon your meager plot of farmland, so you migrate…

Arctic Report Card: Update for 2011

alex — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:59:29 +0000

What’s new in 2011?

Persistent warming has caused dramatic changes in the Arctic Ocean and the ecosystem it supports.

Ocean changes include…

UK Climate Change Risk Assessment

alex — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:47:26 +0000

UK Defra: The Government published the UK Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA) on 25 January 2012, the first assessment of its…

Researchers find unprecedented, man-made trends in oceans acidity

alex — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:06:51 +0000

Humans have released ~500 billion tons of carbon to the atmosphere. About 30% have been taken up by the oceans.

University…

Major Study of Ocean Acidification

alex — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:32:57 +0000

A UC Santa Barbara marine scientist and a team of 18 other researchers have reported results of the broadest worldwide study of…

Sea level rise threatens millions in Mekong Delta rice belt

alex — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:14:48 +0000

Ecologist: Some 60 million people depend on the Mekong River for their livelihoods but sea level rise and severe weather…

Arctic oil and natural gas resources

alex — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:50:15 +0000

eia: The Arctic holds an estimated 13% (90 billion barrels) of the world’s undiscovered conventional oil resources and 30% of…

The future of food

alex — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 10:11:55 +0000

Guardian: How can we feed the 2.5 billion more people – an extra China and India – likely to be…

Fossil fuel subsidies: a tour of the data

alex — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:49:34 +0000

Guardian: One of the most surprising and alarming issues in the climate and energy arena is the fact that the…

NASA Finds 2011 Ninth Warmest Year on Record

alex — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:36:54 +0000

NASA Interactive: Global Temp 1884 – 2011

NASA: The global average surface temperature in 2011 was the ninth warmest since 1880,…

2011 disasters in numbers

alex — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:21:34 +0000

UNISDR: 302 human impact disasters claimed 29,782 lives; affected 206 million and inflicted record economic damages of $366 billion in…

State of the Climate

alex — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:48:08 +0000

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

alex — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:44:53 +0000

World Economic Forum

Economic imbalances and social inequality risk reversing the gains of globalization, warns the World Economic Forum in its…

The Amazon basin in transition

alex — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:10:29 +0000

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

The Amazon basin in transition

Eric A.…

China report spells out “grim” climate change risks

alex — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:11:50 +0000

(Reuters) – Global warming threatens China’s march to prosperity by cutting crops, shrinking rivers and unleashing more droughts and floods,…