Blogging the End of the World™
The number of affected families has risen to almost 380,000, of whom more than 10,700 still are temporarily sheltered in 58 evacuation centers. By Vittorio HernandezJanuary 24, 2011 (AHN) The death toll in the Philippines from floods and landslides continues to go up. According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, the fatality […]
By Rob HastingsWednesday, 26 January 2011 In a remarkable feat of endurance, a polar bear has been tracked swimming for nine days continuously in a desperate bid to reach new ice floes, covering 426 miles in the process. The bears are excellent swimmers and are known to travel long distances in search of seals. But […]
By Bonnie Malkin, Sydney24 Jan 2011 Australia is facing more flood chaos as a ‘floodwater lake’ the size of Luxembourg is bearing down on scores of towns in the southern Australian state of Victoria, threatening tens of thousands of homes. Over the past two weeks, swollen rivers following torrential rains have merged to create a […]
By Victoria Colliver, Chronicle Staff WriterSunday, January 23, 2011 A record number of sea otter bodies were found on California coastlines last year, a trend that leaves scientists and conservationists concerned for the future of the furry ocean animals. About 304 carcasses were found in 2010, according to preliminary numbers released by the U.S. Geological […]
By Leanne YohemasJanuary 24, 2011 About 250 million years about 95 per cent of life was wiped out in the sea and 70 per cent on land. Researchers at the University of Calgary believe they have discovered evidence to support massive volcanic eruptions burnt significant volumes of coal, producing ash clouds that had broad impact […]
By Julio GodoyJan 24, 2011 PARIS (IPS) – Despite repeated warnings by environmental and climate experts that reduction of fossil fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions is fundamental to forestalling global warming, disaster appears imminent. According to the latest statistics, unprecedented climate change has Earth hurtling down a path of catastrophic proportions. The Paris-based International […]
By Matt Chorley, Political CorrespondentSunday, 23 January 2011 Fish from the Lake District will be moved to cooler waters in Scotland under radical plans – which will be unveiled this week – aimed at coping with climate change. The first seven of more than 100 reports by government agencies and utility companies will set out […]
The figure shows the standardized melting index anomaly for the period 1979 – 2010. In simple words, each bar tells us by how many standard deviations melting in a particular year was above the average. For example, a value of ~2 for 2010 means that melting was above the average by two times the ‘variability’ […]
NEW YORK, 24 Jan 2011 (AFP) – International accords on saving vulnerable forests are having little impact because they do not attack the core causes such as growing demand for biofuels and food crops, a new report said. With Africa and South American alone losing 7.4 million hectares (18.3 million acres) of forest a year, […]
By Nichola Saminather; editors: Paul Tighe, Suresh SeshadriJanuary 23, 2011, 8:03 AM EST an. 24 (Bloomberg) — Australia faces an “enormous” economic impact from the worst floods in Queensland state in almost 40 years, with coal exports likely to be one of the “biggest casualties,” Treasurer Wayne Swan said. “Queensland’s rapid development has meant that […]
