Blogging the End of the World™
WASHINGTON, D.C., September 14 (AP) — A key federal report into what caused the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history was being readied for release as early as today amid revelations that BP made critical mistakes on the well and failed to tell its partners and the U.S. government when it realized it. An […]
By Brian Williams, The Courier-Mail13 September 2011 HERE’S evidence you do not have to be big and tough to survive everything Mother Nature can throw at you. This endangered mahogany glider survived February’s devastating Cyclone Yasi at Cardwell in north Queensland. With little cover in her tree-top home, she made it through weeks of rain […]
Washington (AFP) Sept 8, 2011 – The weather phenomenon known as La Niña is returning for another season, likely bringing more drought, heavy rains and severe weather to some parts of the world, US forecasters said Thursday. Experts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Climate Prediction Center upgraded last month’s La Niña Watch […]
September 8 (FAO) – The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) averaged 231 points in August 2011, nearly unchanged from July and 26 percent higher than in August 2010. The FFPI hit its all time high of 238 points in February. Firmer cereal prices in August were largely offset by declines in international prices of most […]
By Josh Harkinson1 September 2011 At Trinity Park, a popular picnic spot near downtown Fort Worth, Texas, a scorching summer has killed stately oaks and turned lawns into brittle moonscapes. On the park’s eastern edge, loud diesel generators pump some 4 million gallons of water from the Trinity River, though they’re not supplying the park […]
By Rhett StevensonSeptember 6, 2011 The 20 hottest years on record have all taken place in the past quarter century. The resulting floods, wildfires, and heat waves have all had deadly consequences, and if we don’t reduce carbon emissions immediately, humanity faces bleak prospects. We can no longer ignore this issue. Beginning today, we must […]
By arevamirpal::laprimavera9 September 2011 So says the government corporation Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 5 months after the leak of highly contaminated water was first discovered (in April) at the water intake for Reactor 2 at Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant. So, instead of 4,700 terabecquerels of radioactive iodine and cesium as TEPCO announced back in […]
By Karimeh Moukaddem, www.mongabay.com9 September 2011 In Agbogbloshie, a slum outside the capital city of Accra, Ghana, tons of electronic waste lies smoldering in toxic piles. Children make their way through this dangerous environment, desperate to strip even a few ounces of copper, aluminum, brass, and zinc from worn-out electronics originating from the United States […]
By Andy Coghlan7 September 2011 Huge crabs more than a metre across have invaded the Antarctic abyss, wiped out the local wildlife and now threaten to ruin ecosystems that have evolved over 14 million years. Three years ago, researchers predicted that as the deep waters of the Southern Ocean warmed, king crabs would invade Antarctica […]
Increases in the heaviest 1 percent of all daily precipitation events in the U.S. from 1958 to 2007. Alaska has already seen a 23 percent increase in these events. New England has seen the greatest increase by a significant margin, at 67%. Thirsty for Answers: Preparing for the Water-related Impacts of Climate Change in American […]
