By Michael McCarthy, Environment EditorTuesday, 20 July 2010 The frog-killing disease which is sweeping parts of the world is now wiping out amphibian species before they have even been described, new research has shown. Dramatic declines in amphibian populations in the Americas and Australia have been known since the late 1980s, exemplified by the […]
Report says Afghan city and region will need six times more water by 2050, as Oxfam warns of violence over scarce resource By John Vidal, environment editor, www.guardian.co.uk Monday 19 July 2010 09.25 BST Kabul and its surrounding region are perilously short of water and may not be able to supply a fast-growing, more affluent […]
July 18, 2010 (NNPA) – If global warming is a scientific fact, then we’d better be prepared for the earth to become a more violent place. That according to a recent Iowa State University study that shows as the earth’s average temperature rises, so too does violent tendencies in humans. Using U.S. government data on […]
July 18th, 2010 In anticipation of possible rise in sea levels caused by Global Warming and Climatic Extremity, Singapore engaged the services of Delft Hydraulics, a Netherlands-based water research and consulting organisation in 1997. Delft Hydraulics subsequently set up a research centre with the National University of Singapore and the Public Utilities Board. With their […]
Jakobshavn Glacier, 14 July 2001 Jakobshavn Glacier, 10 July 2010 For most of the past century, the Jakobshavn Glacier, or Jakobshavn Isbræ, along the west coast of Greenland has extended out into the ocean as a long, narrow ice tongue. The glacier drains a large portion of Greenland’s ice sheet, and consequently, the […]
Coral reefs are suffering widespread damage in what is set to be one of the worst years ever for the delicate and beautiful habitats. By Richard Gray, Science CorrespondentPublished: 9:30AM BST 18 Jul 2010 The phenomenon, known as coral bleaching because the reefs turn bone white when the colourful algae that give the coral its […]
By Louise Gray, Environment CorrespondentPublished: 12:42PM BST 18 Jul 2010 The two pictures show an “alarming” retreat in ice over more than 80 years. The first was taken in 1921 by British mountaineer George Mallory, who later died trying to conquer Everest. The Asia Society commissioned the same picture to be taken of the main […]
The combined global land and ocean average surface temperature for June 2010 was the warmest on record at 16.2°C (61.1°F), which is 0.68°C (1.22°F) above the 20th century average of 15.5°C (59.9°F). The previous record for June was set in 2005. June 2010 was the fourth consecutive warmest month on record (March, April, and May […]
Boulder, Colo. (UPI) Jul 15, 2010 – Indian Ocean sea levels are rising unevenly, posing a threat to residents in some densely populated coastal areas and islands, a new study says. The study, led by researchers at the University of Colorado in Boulder and the National Center for Atmospheric Research, attributes the sea-level rise […]
By Staff WritersQue Dien, Vietnam (AFP) July 14, 2010 The rivers that should nourish his thirsty rice paddies are too salty, and the rains are late this year. Dang Roi does not know if he will be able to salvage anything from this spring’s crop. Vietnam is the world’s second-biggest rice exporter and the Mekong […]
