 13/5/2008 - | Massive deforestation of mangroves may have worsened scale of disaster in Burma, Mongabay
Weeks after the devastating cyclone Nagris struck Myanmar's Irrawaddy Delta
on May 2nd, scientists and the media are debating the role in the scale of the
disaster played by the region's deforestation of mangroves. According to recent ... Archived Copy |
| 13/5/2008 - | Australia Spends Millions to Rescue Reef, Reuters
Australia will spend A$3.8 billion ($3.5 billion) to fight climate change,
including A$200 million to rescue the Great Barrier Reef, as part of a four-year
plan outlined in the government's budget on Tuesday.
More than A$1 ... Archived Copy |
| 13/5/2008 - | Wind to fuel Sydney's desal plant, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Sydney's desalination plant will be powered by a south-west New South Wales
wind farm under what Premier Morris Iemma has called Australia's biggest green
energy industry contract.
The 63-turbine Capital Wind Farm, run by Babcock ... Archived Copy |
| 13/5/2008 - | Mysterious Arctic whale under threat from changing habitat, Guardian
Polar bears may get more attention – and later this week a court-ordered
decision by the US government will almost certainly see them listed as a
threatened species – but new research suggests the narwhal, the mysterious whale
with a ... Archived Copy |
| 12/5/2008 - | Antarctic Melt Releasing DDT, Tainting Penguins, National Geographic
Poisonous chemicals that had been locked in ice for decades are now being
released as climate change melts Antarctic glaciers, researchers report.
The chemicals, including the pesticide DDT, are seeping into the polar ecosystem ... Archived Copy |
| 12/5/2008 - | Arctic ice seen shrinking to smallest size recorded, Daily Yomiuri
Ice sheets in the Arctic Ocean could shrink this summer to the smallest area
on record since satellite observation of the sheets began in 1978, according to
researchers.
Researchers at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency made ... Archived Copy |
| 12/5/2008 - | Myanmar: Destruction of Mangrove forests increased devastating impact of Cyclone Nagris, Indo-Asian News Service
A new report has established that the devastating impact of Cyclone Nargis,
which hit Burma on May 2, could have been lessened if mangrove forests had been
conserved along the nations coastlines.
According to a report in ENN ... Archived Copy |
| 12/5/2008 - | How Bangladesh Is Preparing for Climate Change, Spiegel
Dutch engineers are helping people in Bangladesh build dikes, polders and
water-retaining structures to protect them against recurring floods. Despite
climate change, the country could even grow. Ultimately, though, the greatest
threat ... Archived Copy |
| 12/5/2008 - | Japan scientists warn Arctic ice melting fast, Reuters
Arctic ice is melting fast and the area covered by ice sheets in ocean could
shrink this summer to the smallest since 1978 when satellite observation first
started, Japanese scientists warned in a report.
Ice sheets in the Arctic ... Archived Copy |
| 12/5/2008 - | Canada: Salmon crisis threatens ecology and culture, Vancouver Sun
Salmon don't hit the headlines as often out here on the West Coast as they
did in the 1980s and '90s, when they were being overfished.
They ought to again, though, given what's now happening out in the Pacific Ocean
and this ... Archived Copy |
| 12/5/2008 - | Canada: Polar research is coming in from the cold, Globe and Mail
High above the Arctic Circle, in one of Canada's coldest corners, is a
snow-encrusted bright blue warehouse that's increasingly become a hot spot for
the world's scientists.
The Polar Continental Shelf Project, located at the ... Archived Copy |
| 11/5/2008 - | How the world's oceans are running out of fish, Guardian
It is early morning in Barcelona's La Boqueria market and the fish
stallholders are setting out their wares. Mounds of pink and grey glisten down
the dim alleys - shoppers and tourists peering at the fins and tentacles. It is
not like ... Archived Copy |
| 11/5/2008 - | Alaska: White House vs white bear: Judge says Bush must decide whether to save the polar bear as the ice melts, Independent
It's a classic stand-off between one of the world's best loved animals and
one of its most unpopular leaders, between the planet's largest bear and its
most powerful man. And it comes to a head this week.
On Thursday, by order of ... Archived Copy |
| 11/5/2008 - | Malaysia: No more clearing of mangrove forest, New Straits Times
There will be no more clearing of mangrove swamps in Sabah for development.
State Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Masidi Manjun said:
"Mangrove swamps have been cleared for large-scale development projects. No ... Archived Copy |
| 11/5/2008 - | Canada: Environmentalists, energy companies look to U.S. for decision on polar bears, Canadian Press
Canadian environmentalists and energy companies will be looking to the
American government this week for a decision that will affect everything from
the economy of remote northern communities to how this country's energy is sold
in the ... Archived Copy |
| 10/5/2008 - | Pesticide DDT shows up in Antarctic penguins, Reuters
The pesticide DDT, banned decades ago in much of the world, still shows up in
penguins in Antarctica, probably due to the chemical's accumulation in melting
glaciers, a sea bird expert said on Friday.
Adelie penguins, known for ... Archived Copy |
| 10/5/2008 - | Australian scientists study impact of climate change on Southern ocean, Radio Australia
Australian scientists in Hobart are researching one of the smallest marine
animals to find out what impact climate change is having on the southern ocean.
Linda Hunt reports, krill play an important role in the food web of the ... Archived Copy |
| 10/5/2008 - | Australia: Labor ignored warning over desal plant costs, Age
PIPING recycled sewage to reservoirs in Melbourne's east would be a cheaper
and less environmentally damaging solution to the city's water crisis than
desalination, the State Government was told two years ago.
The conclusion was ... Archived Copy |
| 9/5/2008 - | Cost of offshore wind farms soaring, Marketplace
Renita Jablonski: One of Britain's leading energy companies has warned wind
power is becoming unprofitable in the U.K. From London, Stephen Beard reports.
Stephen Beard: Centrica says the economics of offshore wind farms are now ... Archived Copy |
| 9/5/2008 - | Tiny krill could help unlock global climate change secrets, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Scientists in Hobart are starting small in their bid to discover the answers
to one of the world's biggest problems: they are researching krill in the hope
of finding out what impact climate change may be having in the Southern ... Archived Copy |
| 9/5/2008 - | US Micronesian lawmakers push need for plan to combat climate change, Radio New Zealand International
US affiliated-Pacific island lawmakers have ended their three-day general
assembly on Guam with a plan to further discuss global warming when they meet
again in November.
The Association of Pacific Island Legislatures’ 27th ... Archived Copy |
| 8/5/2008 - | Myanmar: Cyclone 'is a sign of things to come', Australian
A TOP Indian advocacy group that monitors climate change in south Asia warned
last night that the Nargis cyclone that devastated Burma was "a sign of things
to come", as climate change caused extreme weather to increase in ... Archived Copy |
| 8/5/2008 - | Return of the population timebomb, People and Planet
It has become taboo over recent years, but population, not consumption,
really is the key to managing our use of the world's resources, says John
Feeney,
Only since 1800, in the last 0.01 per cent of the history of Homo sapiens, has ... Archived Copy |
| 8/5/2008 - | Scientists find toxic chemicals in penguins, Telegraph
An alphabet soup of toxic chemicals may be seeping into the oceans as
glaciers melt through global warming.
They include Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and other industrial chemicals
which have been linked to health problems in ... Archived Copy |
| 8/5/2008 - | S. Africa moves to restrict coastal development, Reuters
South Africa moved on Thursday to curb coastal property developments to help
protect vast stretches of coastline from environmental damage.
A property boom in Africa's biggest economy led to a rise in multi-million
dollar ... Archived Copy |