By Staff WritersNov 03, 2010 Washington DC (SPX) Nov 03, 2010 – Should global warming cause sea levels to rise as predicted in coming decades, thousands of archaeological sites in coastal areas around the world will be lost to erosion. With no hope of saving all of these sites, archaeologists Torben Rick from the Smithsonian […]
Geneva (AFP) Nov 3, 2010 – The United Nations on Wednesday launched an appeal for 38.9 million dollars in aid for 120,000 people struck by a five year drought in the east African state of Djibouti. United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos said many people were unable to feed their families, leaving one […]
By Staff WritersBangkok (AFP) Nov 2, 2010 Thailand battled Tuesday to rescue thousands of people stranded in their homes after flash floods – several metres deep in places – swept through a southern city, cutting power and communications. Heavy flooding has already killed more than 100 people around the country since October 10 in what […]
By Louise Gray, Environment CorrespondentPublished: 6:30AM GMT 02 Nov 2010 The Earth will take 100,000 years to recover from global warming if mankind continues to pump greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, geologists have warned. A conference organised by the Geological Society in London this week will bring together scientists from around the world to look […]
Wellington (AFP) Oct 27, 2010 – Pacific island fisheries face collapse in the next 25 years as overfishing, population growth and climate change threaten one of the region’s main economic resources, a study warned Wednesday. The report, [pdf] published by the Noumea-based Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), said the two billion US dollar a […]
Reykjavik (AFP) Oct 29, 2010 – Iceland rejected a mackerel quota proposed by the European Union and Norway, saying it was unrealistic and would not solve the fishing spat in the north Atlantic, its negotiator said on Friday. Iceland rejected a proposal to increase its quota of the fish to 26,000 tonnes, higher than the […]
N’Djamena (AFP) Oct 29, 2010 – The future of rapidly shrinking Lake Chad will have a profound impact on peace and security in central Africa and coordinated action is needed to save it, Chad’s prime minister said on Friday. “Saving Lake Chad requires us all to find a lasting solution not just for the 30 […]
By Mark Kinver Science and environment reporter, BBC News 29 October 2010 A team of researchers have been trying to identify how jellyfish may benefit from marine ecosystems destabilised by climate change and overfishing. There is concern that a rise in jellyfish numbers could prevent depleted commercially important fish stocks recovering to historical levels. However, […]
There have been significant changes in the water mass characteristics of the Beaufort Sea which may impact species distribution and primary production. The freshwater and heat content of the Beaufort gyre has significantly increased relative to the 1970s. The temperature increase has been related to a twofold increase in the temperature of the Atlantic water […]
By Nasir Jaffry (AFP)29 October 2010 ISLAMABAD — International aid agency Oxfam warned Friday that three months into Pakistan’s unprecedented flood crisis funds were drying up, putting millions at risk with swathes of farmland still under water. The stark warning came as the United Nations refugee agency said thousands of people displaced by the floods […]
