By Philippe Cousteau, Special to CNN27 March 2013 (CNN) – My grandfather Jacques Cousteau and my father Philippe dedicated their lives to revealing the ocean’s wonders and helping us understand our connection to this vast expanse of water. Their work inspired generations and filled people with awe. Times have changed and so have circumstances and […]
By Matt Canham19 March 2013 WASHINGTON (The Salt Lake Tribune) – Count Utah Rep. Chris Stewart among the skeptics of climate change science and President Barack Obama’s attempts to use federal regulations to curb carbon emissions. That position puts freshman House member Stewart well within the mainstream of Republican politics, but his views now hold […]
By ROSS RAMSEY23 March 2013 (The New York Times) – In big Texas cities, the state’s water shortage can seem like someone else’s problem. Drought has been in the news a long time, but rates haven’t gone up. Water still comes out when you turn on the tap. The golf courses are still green, and […]
By John Vidal, environment editor 25 March 2013 (guardian.co.uk) – Climate scientists have linked the massive snowstorms and bitter spring weather now being experienced across Britain and large parts of Europe and North America to the dramatic loss of Arctic sea ice. Both the extent and the volume of the sea ice that forms and […]
By John H. Cushman Jr.25 March 2013 WASHINGTON (InsideClimate News) – When the State Department hired a contractor to produce the latest environmental impact statement for the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, it asked for a Web-based electronic docket to record public comments as they flowed in each day. Thousands of comments are expected to be […]
By Pallab Ghosh, Science correspondent, BBC News 25 March 2013 (BBC) – The UK government’s chief scientist has said that there is already enough CO2 in the atmosphere for there to be more floods and droughts over the next 25 years. Prof Sir John Beddington said there was a “need for urgency” in tackling climate […]
By Olga Dobrovidova25 March 2013 (RTCC) – Climate change was back in the spotlight for the Russian media last week, with doomsday-style predictions of more extreme weather events, rapidly warming Arctic and growing global average temperatures. The scary headlines literally say stuff like Arctic temperatures might rise by up to 7 degrees by 2100 compared […]
25 March 2013 (AAP) – Victorians will face greater danger from heatwaves because of climate change and inadequate planning, a new report says. On the back of Australia’s hottest summer on record, and with heatwaves predicted to become more frequent, the state must upgrade its preparation and emergency responses, says the Victorian Council of Social […]
By Jacqueline L. Urgo24 March 2013 MANTOLOKING, New Jersey (Philadelphia Inquirer) – Buddy Young and his crew wait pensively on a dock, two-way radios in hand, for a “picker” boat a half-mile out on Barnegat Bay to report on precisely what the long-arm boom mounted to the front of the vessel managed to pull from […]
4 March 2013 (NIWA) – February rainfall totalled less than 15 mm (and also less than 15 percent of February normal) in parts of Northland, Auckland, and the Bay of Plenty. It was the driest February on record for Leigh (north Auckland), and Milford Sound. In the case of Leigh, it was also the driest […]
