Blogging the End of the World™
Source: Congressional Budget Office [pdf] A huge share of the nation’s economic growth over the past 30 years has gone to the top one-hundredth of one percent, who now make an average of $27 million per household. The average income for the bottom 90 percent of us? $31,244. Note: The 2007 data (the most current) […]
By Gerard Wynn, ReutersWednesday, February 23, 2011 LONDON: A string of Arab uprisings are giving a foretaste of the likely havoc that climate change will cause without greater effort to curb greenhouse gas emissions, a British Foreign Ministry official warned. Soaring food prices, stoked by Russia’s drought last year and subsequent ban on wheat exports, […]
By Richard Black Environment correspondent, BBC News23 February 2011 Three-quarters of the world’s coral reefs are at risk due to overfishing, pollution, climate change and other factors, says a major new assessment. Reefs at Risk Revisited collates the work of hundreds of scientists and took three years to compile. The biggest threat is exploitative fishing, […]
By Leigh Coleman and Steve Gorman; Editing by Peter Bohan and Greg McCuneTue Feb 22, 2011 8:20pm EST BILOXI, Mississippi (Reuters) – Marine scientists are examining the deaths of 26 baby dolphins whose carcasses have washed ashore along the U.S. Gulf Coast this year, the bulk of them since last week, researchers said on Tuesday. […]
February 22, 2011 (AFP) — Fifty million “environmental refugees” will flood into the global north by 2020, fleeing food shortages sparked by climate change, experts warned at a major science conference that ended here Monday. “In 2020, the UN has projected that we will have 50 million environmental refugees,” Cristina Tirado, a professor at the […]
By BOB HERBERTFebruary 21, 2011 A 46-year-old teacher in Charlotte, Vt., who has been unable to find a full-time job and is weighed down with debt, wrote to his U.S. senator, Bernie Sanders: “I am financially ruined. I find myself depressed and demoralized and my confidence is shattered. Worst of all, as I hear more […]
21 Feb 2011 (ITN) – Up to 300 people have been forced to evacuate their homes in northern Australia due to rising flood levels caused by Cyclone Carlos. River Daly peaked early in the day, flooding homes in the small town of Nauiyu, south of Darwin. Local reports state animals in the area were snatched […]
By Mike Foster21 Feb 2011 Institutional investors need to shift 40% of their portfolios into climate-sensitive sectors, including infrastructure and agriculture, to safeguard returns against the impact of global warming, according to consultant Mercer. Mercer is the biggest investment consultant in the world. Its approach, backed in a report by global institutions managing $2 trillion, […]
Researchers from SF State’s Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies examine a threat to the ocean’s ability to absorb greenhouse gasses. Climate change and ocean acidification via Ocean Acidification Technorati Tags: ocean acidification,carbon dioxide,climate change,global warming
The lives and livelihood of communities living in arid and semi-arid lands were affected by the worsening drought conditions in 2010. Wajir district, in northern Kenya was the worst hit and continued to record deterioration of pasture, livestock body conditions, and access to water since August 2010. Worsening conditions were also reported in parts of […]
