Climate Change

Siachen Glacier shrinking, says study

The Siachen Glacier has been reduced by 5.9km in longitudinal extent between 1989 and 2009 because of rising temperatures, says a study published recently.

Publication Date: 
04/01/2013
Dawn (Pakistan)
Tags:
Glaciers, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Water Resources, Ganga, Sutlej, Chenab, Climate Adaptation, Pakistan, South Asia, Himalaya, Brahmaputra, Yangtze-kiang, Global Warming, Glacial Melt, Heat Waves, Agriculture, Extreme Weather Events, Floods, Natural Disasters
Climate Change

Climate change and older Americans: State of the science

Older adults make up 13% of the U.S. population, but are projected to account for 20% by 2040. Coinciding with this demographic shift, the rate of climate change is accelerating, bringing rising temperatures; increased risk of floods, droughts, and wildfires; stronger tropical storms and hurricanes; rising sea levels; and other climate-related hazards. Older Americans are expected to be located in places that may be relatively more affected by climate change, including coastal zones and large metropolitan areas.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2013
Janet L. Gamble, Bradford J. Hurley, Peter A. Schultz & et al
Environmental Health Perspectives
121
1
15-22
Tags:
Climate Change, Aged, United States Of America (US), Extreme Weather Events, Global Warming, Heat Waves, Hurricanes, Droughts, Floods, Rainfall, Climate Adaptation
Climate Change

Wildlife in a warming world: confronting the climate crisis

The climate crisis is already changing the playing field for wildlife and urgent action is needed to preserve America’s conservation legacy, according to a new report released by the National Wildlife Federation.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2013
Amanda Staudt, Corey Shott, Doug Inkley, Isabel Ricker
National Wildlife Federation
Tags:
Wildlife, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Global Warming, Extreme Weather Events, Heat Waves, Drought, Forests, Ecosystems, Mountains, Arctic, Mississippi, River Basin, Floods, United States Of America (US), Sea Level Rise, Marine Ecosystems
Agriculture

"Peak farmland" is here, food crop area to fall - study

The amount of land needed to grow crops worldwide is at a peak and an area more than twice the size of France can return to nature by 2060 due to rising yields and slower population growth, a group

Publication Date: 
18/12/2012
Alister Doyle
Reuters
Tags:
Land, Agriculture, Biofuel, Food Crops, Food Security, Livestock, Animal Feed, China, Russia, Europe, Egypt, FAO, Soil Salinisation, Floods, Drought, Desert Spread, Heat Waves, India, Farmers
Climate Change

Cloud nein

When the worst drought in 60 years hit America’s corn belt this summer, many people wondered if it was caused by climate change.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2012
Economist (London)
Tags:
Drought, Climate Change, Heat Waves, Global Warming, United States Of America (US), Europe, Russia, IPCC, Climate Impacts
Climate Change

Evidence for man-made climate change getting stronger: U.N.

Evidence that global warming is man-made is getting stronger, the head of a U.N.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2012
Alister Doyle
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
Climate Change, Global Warming, IPCC, Green House Gases, Floods, Drought, Heat Waves, Sea Level Rise, Glacial Melt, Antarctica, Greenland, Bangladesh, New York, Climate Impacts, Kyoto Protocol
Climate Change

No going back

With nations doing little to slow climate change, many people are ramping up plans to adapt to the inevitable.

Publication Date: 
29/11/2012
Olive Heffernan
Nature
491
7425
659-661
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Adaptation, Bangladesh, South Asia, Sea Level Rise, Climate Mitigation, Public Participation, Australia, Water Harvesting, Water Management, United Kingdom (UK), Heat Waves, Global Warming, Disaster Management, Africa, Floods, Drought, Mozambique, Poverty
Climate Change

WMO provisional statement on the state of global climate in 2012

According to the World Meteorological Organization’s (WMO) Provisional Statement on the State of Global Climate in 2012, released at the Doha Climate Change Conference on 28 November 2012, the years 2001-2011 were among the warmest on record and the first ten months of 2012 yielded above-average temperatures globally.

Publication Date: 
28/11/2012
World Meteorological Organization
Tags:
Climate Change, El Nina, Atmosphere, Extreme Weather Events, Green House Gases, Droughts, Floods, Cyclones, Heat Waves
Climate Change

Seas rising faster than projected, low areas threatened: Report

Sea levels are rising 60% faster than UN projections, threatening low-lying areas from Miami to the Maldives, a study said on Wednesday.

Publication Date: 
28/11/2012
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Sea Level Rise, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Maldives, Global Warming, IPCC, Greenland, Antarctica, Glacial Melt, Green House Gases, Floods, Drought, Heat Waves
Climate Change

Global climate risk index 2013

This new edition of the Global Climate Risk Index presented by Germanwatch at the UN climate summit in Doha analyses to what extent countries have been affected by extreme weather events and has taken into account the most recent available data from 2011 as well as for the period 1992-2011.

Publication Date: 
27/11/2012
Sven Harmeling, David Eckstein
Germanwatch
Tags:
Climate Change, Extreme Weather Events, Climate Impacts, India, Global, Floods, Storms, Heat Waves, COP 18 (Doha)

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