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Global warming threatens Asia’s giant cities - COP15 United Nations Climate Change Conference Copenhagen 2009
"A number of very large cities in Asia are "extremely exposed to threats such as storms and flooding", according to a new report by global conservation organization WWF.
"Climate change is already shattering cities across developing Asia and will be even more brutal in the future. These cities are vulnerable and need urgent help to adapt, in order to protect the lives of millions of citizens, a massive amount of assets, their large contributions to the national GDP," says Kim Carstensen, leader of the WWF Global Climate Initiative, at the organization’s homepage."
Dan’s Wild Wild Science Journal
"Not that it will change any minds. The overwhelming evidence of the last decade has convinced all those it will I think, but just in case there are those who are just beginning to ask questions…
A few months back, I was adding up the record highs and the record lows for some sample years in the 1990’s and 2000’s. A friend tipped me to the raw data. He told me that there was a definite trend, with a marked decrease in record lows and an increase in record highs.
With just a little bit of research, I quickly spotted the pattern. Since the planet is warming due to increased greenhouse gases, it was no real surprise. I really should have written something about it back then, but it would be anecdotal and not science."
Warming drives off Cape Cod's namesake, other fish - USATODAY.com
"Fishermen have known for years that they've had to steam farther and farther from shore to find the cod, haddock and winter flounder that typically fill dinner plates in New England.
A new federal study documenting the warming waters of the North Atlantic confirms that they're right — and that the typical meal could eventually change to the Atlantic croaker, red hake and summer flounder normally found to the south.
"Fishermen are businessmen, so if they have to go farther and deeper to catch the fish that we like to eat, eventually it won't be economical to do that," said Janet Nye, a fishery biologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the lead author of the study."
Yosemite National Park to Have 20% More Wildfires by 2050 - And They'll Be Stronger, Too : TreeHugger
"decreased snowpack and increased lightning strikes are going to cause wildfire flare ups in Yosemite National Park:
According to research published in the International Journal of Wildland Fire, Yosemite is likely to see about a 20% increase in both the number of fires and the area of land which burns at high intensity, from 2020-2049. "
Google, IBM and Microsoft with their heads in the clouds | Greenpeace International
"People could some day recall that it was the Information Technology (IT) industry's advocacy for strong action which tipped the balance at the Copenhagen climate summit. But that's not going to happen unless all of us press them to become climate champions. As our updated Cool IT Challenge leaderboard reveals, IT heavyweights such as Google, Microsoft and IBM are still hesitating to speak up on the urgent need for emissions reductions. "
World leaders accused of myopia over climate change deal | Environment | The Guardian
"The head of the international group leading the fight against climate change has accused countries of pushing science aside in favour of self-serving "political myopia" ahead of the vital Copenhagen summit."
Hundreds evacuated as floods hit Scotland and Wales | UK news | guardian.co.uk
"Hundreds of people were rescued from homes and vehicles after heavy rain and strong winds brought severe flooding to parts Scotland and Wales yesterday.
Around 100 people, many of them elderly, were rescued from flooded properties in Huntley, Aberdeenshire.
The Grampian fire and rescue service was continuing to search homes in the town today in an attempt to ensure nobody remained trapped."
Spanish winemaker Torres warms to environmentalism | Business | guardian.co.uk
"Southern Britain may not be the only place in the world where risk-loving vintners can take a chance on global warming. Climate change is already changing habits at vineyards in southern Europe, forcing some producers, such as Spain's Torres, to buy land in the Pyrenees – "just in case", says the company's chairman, Miguel Torres."
India: Europe can do better - COP15 United Nations Climate Change Conference Copenhagen 2009
"The Times of India reports unnamed Indian climate negotiators to be little impressed by the outcome of last week’s EU summit in Brussels. The summit gave a figure of 100 billion euros as the overall need for international climate funding by 2020, but failed to state how much of this will be provided by the EU."
Greenpeace en la Sagrada Familia, Barcelona « El Blog de Greenpeace
GreenPeace agitating for climate change action on the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona as leaders meet in Barcelona to discuss climate change.
65% of global population demand governments commit to global deal
"Nearly two thirds (65 per cent) of people across the globe believe a new international deal to cut emissions is ‘very important’, according to the 2009 annual Climate Confidence Monitor research released today. "
BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Arctic to be 'ice-free in summer'
"The Arctic Ocean could be largely ice-free and open to shipping during the summer in as little as ten years' time, a top polar specialist has said.
"It's like man is taking the lid off the northern part of the planet," said Professor Peter Wadhams, from the University of Cambridge.
Professor Wadhams has been studying the Arctic ice since the 1960s.
He was speaking in central London at the launch of the findings of the Catlin Arctic Survey. "
'Scary' climate message from past
"A new historical record of carbon dioxide levels suggests current political targets on climate may be "playing with fire", scientists say.
Researchers used ocean sediments to plot CO2 levels back 20 million years.
Levels similar to those now commonly regarded as adequate to tackle climate change were associated with sea levels 25-40m (80-130 ft) higher than today. "
Government climate change figures 'are misleading' - Times Online
"The Government has been accused of exaggerating Britain's success in fighting climate change by presenting "misleading" figures on carbon emissions.\n\nSir Michael Scholar, chairman of the UK Statistics Authority, said that presentation of data by the Department of Energy and Climate Change was "unsatisfactory". "
Forest's death brings higher temps, researchers suspect — The Daily Climate
"Forests of dead beetle-kill could be speeding regional climate change, increasing temperatures and decreasing rainfalls across the American West."
The eco activists who are camping against climate change - CNN.com
"There was no mistaking the target: the eight huge cooling towers at Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station, sending plumes of steam high into the watery blue sky of the English Midlands.
Instead the question in the minds of an estimated 1,000 protestors gathered in the surrounding woods and scrubland was how could they get in and shut it down"
Climate Change - What We Do: Reducing Emissions from Deforestation
"Despite the fact that deforestation is the second leading contributor of carbon emissions worldwide after the burning of fossil fuels, countries currently have few incentives for preserving their forests. However, deforestation is finally gaining attention in international discussions on climate change"
Climate Talks: India Appears to Soften Stance on Greenhouse-Gas Emissions - Environmental Capital - WSJ
"India may be softening its stance on the issue of carbon emission cuts, a move that could shake up the global dynamics ahead of the Copenhagen climate change summit in December."
Gordon Brown to world leaders: Come to Copenhagen - COP15 United Nations Climate Change Conference Copenhagen 2009
"The British Prime Minister Gordon Brown urges world leaders to attend the UN climate conference i Copenhagen to reach agreement and avoid a “catastrophic” future of killer heatwaves, floods and droughts. He sends his message at the Major Economies Forum in London today, and warns that there is no "plan B" to a deal in Copenhagen."
Superfreakonomics on climate, part 1 - Paul Krugman Blog - NYTimes.com
"OK, I’m working my way through the climate chapter — and the first five pages, by themselves, are enough to discredit the whole thing. Why? Because they grossly misrepresent other peoples’ research, in both climate science and economics."
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