By Bary Alyssa Johnson21 July 2013 (Latinos Post) – The Iberian lynx has seen severe population decline over the past hundred or so years and now the species faces extinction as a very real future possibility. This species of lynx, which now numbers only 250 in the wild, has been decimated in southern Europe over […]
BEIJING, 21 July 2013 (AP) – Flooding in China this year has left at least 337 people dead and 213 missing, due mainly to unusually wet summer weather, the government said Sunday. Floods this year have struck across 30 provinces and municipalities and affected more than 47 million people, according to the Office of State […]
21 July 2013 (Reuters) – Officials evacuate 200 villages after monsoon rains cause flooding in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh. Andrew Raven reports. [TRANSCRIPT] Flash floods sweep across southern India, washing out roads and forcing villagers from their homes. Fed by monsoon rains, the floodwaters inundated much of the coastal state of Andhra Pradesh. […]
By Aaron Huertas9 July 2013 (The Mercury) – The Mercury has published two opinion pieces in recent months that attack Pennsylvania State University climate researcher Michael Mann. Columnist Gil Spencer and contributor Steve Goreham both conveyed misinformation about climate science, but I find their personal attacks directed at Dr. Mann most troubling. I refer to […]
By Dana Liebelson and Chris Mooney17 July 2013 (Mother Jones) – The Central Intelligence Agency is funding a scientific study that will investigate whether humans could use geoengineering to alter Earth’s environment and stop climate change. The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) will run the 21-month project, which is the first NAS geoengineering study financially […]
By Chip Taylor 14 March 2013 (Monarch Watch) – The World Wildlife Fund-Mexico / Telcel Alliance, in collaboration with Mexico’s National Commission of Natural Protected Areas (CONANP), held a press conference late on the 13th of March 2013 to announce the results of the status of the monarch populations that overwinter in the oyamel forests […]
By Amy Joi O’Donoghue18 July 2013 SKULL VALLEY, Tooele County (Deseret News) – The blistering heat and thirst were greater enemies than the people lingering next to the watering trough. A solitary, gray stallion fought through his instincts to flee and instead wandered closer and closer, beaten down by perhaps days upon days without life-sustaining […]
20 July 2013 (Reuters) – Continuous heavy rainstorms in China trigger floods, forcing local residents to evacuate. Lily Grimes reports. [TRANSCRIPT] Two small children are pulled to safety as floods hit Shandong Province in eastern China on Friday, 19 July 2013. State television reports torrential rain left at least 10 villagers trapped by flood water […]
By Andrew Winston 17 July 2013 (Harvard Business Review) – “Tackling climate change is one of America’s greatest economic opportunities.” So proclaims the Climate Declaration, a public statement signed by a fast-growing list of U.S. corporate giants, including GM, Nike, Intel, Starbucks, Unilever, eBay, Swiss Re, and even The Weather Channel. This new attempt to […]
By Neal Ungerleider19 July 2013 (Fast Company) – Before he passed away, British futurist James Martin predicted a massive real estate boom in fortified “Climate Change Cities,” where the global elite go to escape the ravages of rising sea levels and unstable weather patterns. Fabulously wealthy British futurist James Martin spoke about climate change at […]
