BBC9 August 2010 Waters have exceeded the danger level at a key flood barrier in Pakistan’s southern province of Sindh. The Sukkur Barrage flooding means Sindh faces as much devastation as that seen further north in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab provinces, say experts. Enraged survivors have been physically attacking government officials in flood-hit areas, amid […]
Caption by Michon ScottAugust 9, 2010 In the summer of 2010, the Russian Federation had to contend with multiple natural hazards: drought in the southern part of the country, and raging fires in western Russia and eastern Siberia. The events all occurred against the backdrop of unusual warmth. Bloomberg reported that temperatures in parts of […]
By JOHN FLESHER, AP Environmental Writer Mon Aug 9, 5:33 am ET BARATARIA, La. – To assess how heavy a blow the BP oil spill has dealt the Gulf of Mexico, researchers are closely watching a staple of the seafood industry and primary indicator of the ecosystem’s health: the blue crab. Weeks ago, before engineers […]
By ANDREW C. REVKINAugust 5, 2010, 4:50 pm A research team organized by Thomas Kunz of Boston University has concluded in a new paper that a common, beneficial bat species is likely to be completely wiped out across much of the Northeastern United States within 20 years due to a spreading fungal infection. The basics […]
By Jeremy Hance, www.mongabay.com August 08, 2010 Government officials are pointing to the drought and wildfires in Russia, and the floods across Central and East Asia as consistent with climate change predictions. While climatologists say that a single weather event cannot be linked directly to a warming planet, patterns of worsening storms, severer droughts, […]
By Nastassia Astrasheuskaya and Alexei Anishchuk; Editing by Mark Heinrich and Paul TaylorMon Aug 9, 2010 9:36am EDT (Reuters) – Scorching heat and acrid smoke have nearly doubled death rates in Moscow, a city official said Monday, as a shroud of smog from raging forest and peat fires beset Russia’s capital for a third week. […]
By Ben Raines, Press-Register Monday, August 09, 2010, 5:00 AM HORN ISLAND, Miss. — Weeks after BP capped its runaway well, a greasy band of oil appeared on the grasses fringing Garden Pond, a previously pristine interior marsh. Glops of deep brown oil floated on the surface of the saltwater pond Saturday and appeared to […]
From the Ecologist, part of the Guardian Environment NetworkFriday 6 August 2010 09.49 BST Environmental groups including the Soil Association and Buglife are making a renewed call for an end to the use of neonicotinoid pesticides, which are among the most commonly used pesticides worldwide, after a new study linked them to a decline in […]
By Alan Buis, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.August 07, 2010 Drought and the worst heat wave Russia has seen in 130 years have sparked a devastating outbreak of wildfires across the nation this summer, primarily in the country’s western and central regions. According to wire service reports and Russia’s Emergency Situations Ministry, as of Aug. […]
By Conor Humphries and Daniel Flynn in Paris; Editing by Jon HemmingSun Aug 8, 2010 2:00pm EDT MOSCOW (Reuters) – Moscow doctors said they were wary of diagnosing patients with heat and smoke-related illnesses out of fear they will lose their jobs, hinting at Russia’s long record of covering up the impact of disasters. […]
