News & Press
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Indigenous People Vulnerable to Climate Change
Wednesday, February 22nd 2012
Scientists say extreme weather events have accompanied a rise in global temperatures. Droughts, heavy rains and floods have put indigenous people around the world at risk. They’re studying how extreme weather events can trigger more disease outbreaks.
“I would say that indigenous people are particularly vulnerable to climate change impacts because of their close relationship with the local environment and ecosystems and also their dependence on those lo...
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Researchers: Climate Change Fueling Summer Extremes
Monday, February 20th 2012
Researchers say that extreme summer temperatures are occurring more frequently, and will become normal by mid-century if the world continues on a business-as-usual schedule of emitting greenhouse gases.
By analyzing observations and results obtained from climate models, a study led by Phil Duffy of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California showed that previously rare high summertime (June, July and August) temperatures are already occurring more f... -
Nitrogen Pollution Likely to Increase Under Climate Change
Friday, February 17th 2012
Scientists have recently found humanity's nitrogen footprint on watersheds once thought to be isolated and pristine, indicating our impact on the world is more widespread than previously imagined.
These findings show that natural nitrogen equilibriums have shifted drastically and are now driven largely by human factors. This world awash in nitrogen can have devastating effects on health, ecology and the climate.
Nitrogen is an important element to all... -
Cities and Flooding: A Guide to Integrated Urban Flood Risk Management for the 21st Century
Wednesday, February 15th 2012
The Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery suggests that Urban flooding is a serious and growing development challenge. It is a global phenomenon which causes widespread devastation, economic damages and loss of human lives.
The occurrence of floods is the most frequent among all natural disasters globally. In 2010 alone, 178 million people were affected by floods. The total losses in exceptional years such as 1998 and 2010 exceeded $40 billion. -
Climate Change Mitigation and Afforestation
Monday, February 6th 2012
Researchers from Germany and Hungary suggest; afforestation in larger forest blocks could affect climate on a regional scale and may reduce the projected climate change in a drought-threatened study region.
Increased forest cover affects the climate to a very different extent, depending on the region. In some areas, half of the projected precipitation decrease can be offset and the total number of drought events may be reduced, assuming complete afforestation of...
