December 17, 2007 – 11:17 pm
Plantation in China’s Huairou district
Wang Shu and Jia Hepeng
14 December 2007
Source: SciDev.Net
[BEIJING] Climate change has helped plants in China become more robust, according to a study by Chinese scientists.
Scientists at the Beijing Normal University studied the link between climate factors and changes in plants’ net primary productivity — a term used to evaluate the net [...]
December 15, 2007 – 2:30 am
TreeHugger
Image courtesy of kaet44
Speaking at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Konrad Steffen of the University of Colorado, Boulder, painted a grim picture of Greenland’s current state, describing the amount of ice it lost over the past year as “the equivalent of two times all the ice in the Alps or a layer [...]
December 12, 2007 – 2:55 am
TreeHugger
Image courtesy of Don McPhee According to a new report ranking the world’s cities in the order of which will be most vulnerable to coastal flooding by 2070, all but one of the 10 were found to be in developing countries in Asia. The combined effects of climate change, urbanization and population growth are expected [...]
December 10, 2007 – 1:50 am
Campaign posters at the Bali conference
Imelda V. Abano
7 December 2007
Source: SciDev.Net
[BALI] Greenhouse gas emissions must start declining within the next 10–15 years and urgent cuts of at least 50 per cent are needed by 2050, climate scientists have declared.
More than 200 experts signed the ‘Bali Climate Declaration by Scientists’ on the fourth day (6 December) [...]
December 6, 2007 – 2:10 am
A Malawian maize farmer
Jia Hepeng
4 December 2007
Source: SciDev.Net
[BEIJING] International agricultural research must be accelerated to find solutions for the world’s poor amid rising food prices, say food research experts.
Joachim von Braun, director general of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), made the call today (4 December) at the launch of IFPRI’s biannual report in [...]
December 5, 2007 – 3:14 pm
TreeHugger
With critics arguing that it would cost too much to successfully tackle climate change, I’d suggest they consider taking a look at the fact that low water in the Great Lakes, caused by a combination of long-and short-term natural effects, could wind up costing big bucks to the economy. Because with Lakes Michigan and Huron [...]
December 4, 2007 – 2:45 am
TreeHugger
As we’ve noted before, the building boom along Mexico’s coasts does not bode well for biosphere reserves and threatened species in this country of incredible biodiversity. But we were surprised to learn that Mexico now invests close to four dollars per hectare in conservation, matching Costa Rica, the highest spender in Latin America, in terms [...]
November 26, 2007 – 6:10 am
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Tap Water is Worth the Dip, Because Bottled Is a Cul de Sac.
This past Saturday night, I spent the evening at Barnes & Noble, reading,
thinking and dreaming up possibilities. Of the many books I looked into, the
one I brought home was “The Dip” by Seth Godin.
“The Dip” calls itself “a little book that teaches [...]
November 16, 2007 – 2:13 am
Climate Crisis Coalition
By Arthur Max, The Associated Press, November 12, 2007. “The UN’s top climate official challenged world policymakers Monday to map out a path to curb climate change, charging that to ignore the urgency of global warming would be ‘nothing less than criminally irresponsible.’ Yvo de Boer issued his warning at the opening of [...]
November 8, 2007 – 3:02 am
T. V. Padma
6 November 2007
Source: SciDev.Net
New satellites could help predict
flooding caused by cyclones
India is planning to establish a centre for climate change research to provide data for modelling and monitoring climate change in the country.
The news was announced at a meeting of the Indian Academy of Sciences in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday (2 November).
The centre will [...]
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