Blogging the End of the World™
A demonstrator was killed and three others were wounded when police fired to disperse hundreds of people protesting against water cuts in the southern city of Aden, witnesses said on Monday. It was the third night in a row that people living in the Khor M’kassar district had rallied to protest about their lack of […]
The eighth largest oil field in the world will be dead by the end of next year. Shall I repeat that, or did you get it the first time? Like the “Time to Die” speech of Rutger Hauer at the end of Blade Runner, the Cantarell complex has surely seen its share of ocean storms, […]
By MARIA SUDEKUM FISHER (AP) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The world’s only naturally migrating whooping cranes, and the species’ best chance for survival, died at about twice their normal rate last year and will likely see an overall drop in their numbers, a worrying sign for the once near-extinct bird that has been making a […]
By Emily Bazar, USA TODAY More Americans are having their power shut off as the weak economy makes it harder to pay bills. “We see record numbers of households becoming disconnected or in danger of disconnection,” says Mark Bixby, energy director of Rockford, Ill. Five years ago, his office distributed federal funds annually to about […]
By Mahim Pratap Singh Drought, increased reliance on cash crops and lack of fodder are the primary reasons Jhabua (M.P.): A combination of drought, increased reliance on technology-intensive cash crops and lack of fodder has resulted in Jhabua farmers selling off their cattle, most of which are smuggled to Gujarat, according to sources. The weekly […]
By Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica Federal environment officials investigating drinking water contamination near the ranching town of Pavillion, Wyo., have found that at least three water wells contain a chemical used in the natural gas drilling process of hydraulic fracturing. Scientists also found traces of other contaminants, including oil, gas or metals, in 11 of 39 […]
Siachen Glacier in Ladakh has receded by about 800 m in the last 20 years and is facing threat of climate change caused by military activities in the region, claims a UN official. Considered most strategic in terms of defence needs of the country and manned round-the-clock at temperatures of minus 50 to 60 degrees […]
Electricity supply to Nasiriyah drops by 50% as Euphrates river dries up By Martin Chulov in Nasiriyah, Iraq A water shortage described as the most critical since the earliest days of Iraq’s civilisation is threatening to leave up to 2 million people in the south of the country without electricity and almost as many without […]
Photo taken on Aug. 23, 2009 shows the scenery of Yulong Snow Mountain in Lijiang, southwest China’s Yunnan Province. Affected by the Global warming, Yulong Snow Mountain’s glaciers are melting at an unprecedented rate in recent 20 years. The Yulong Snow Mountain is a famous scenic spot in China. The snow-capped mountain had 13 peaks […]
Changes in rainfall combined with increased potential evaporation are expected to result in reduced runoff across most of Australia. In some cases reductions could be be severe. For example, by 2050 average streamflow is projected to drop 7-35% in Melbourne, 10-25% in the Murray-Darling Basin and 31% in the Stirling catchment (WA). These estimates of […]
