Amazon Deforestation In Brazil Hits Record Low, Says Government
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest has dropped to its lowest level in 24 years, the government said Tuesday.www.huffingtonpost.com
Human Waste Deposits May Aid Understanding Of Climate Change, Scientists Say
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UN Climate Change Conference Opens In Doha, Qatar
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The growing impact and dangers of global warming
This is primarily caused by putting more carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere through the burning of fossil fuels and mass deforestation. The combination of ... In 1998, 2005 and 2007, dry and hot weather led to the Amazon rainforests nearly ...www.wsws.org
In Indonesia and Malaysia, as demand for palm oil grows, so do environmental ...
Long a preferred cooking ingredient in developing countries, palm oil is now in greater demand in Western markets because of its low price and long shelf life. Derived from the fruit of oil palm trees, it can now be ... In 2011, the export of palm oil ...www.washingtonpost.com
Soybean and livestock farming behind deforestation
Using a combination of field surveys and observation by satellite, the INPA is proceeding with a project to accurately measure the amount of carbon held by the Amazon's forests. Through photosynthesis, trees ... Full-scale development at the mine began ...ajw.asahi.com
October 2012 Weather Makes It 5th Warmest Such Month On Record
After setting a record low in September, sea ice extent doubled during October but still only managed to recover to the second-lowest extent on record for October, ranking just above 2007. In recent years research has shown there ..... Along with <a ...www.huffingtonpost.com
Global Carbon Dioxide Levels Hit New Record in 2011, Survey Shows
The WMO, the United Nations' weather agency, said the three gases, which are closely linked to human activities such as fossil fuel use, deforestation and intensive agriculture, had increased the warming effect on the climate by 30 percent between 1990 ...www.huffingtonpost.com
Cooking Gas Revolution - Stakeholders Take Campaign to Rural Areas
It is thus not surprising that rural areas record the highest use of traditional and wood fuel stoves. With less than one kilogramme per capita consumption, Nigeria ranks among the lowest liquefied petroleum gas consuming states in Africa despite its ...allafrica.com
Brazil's Amazon rangers battle farmers' burning business logic
Then comes the burning as fires are set every few hundred metres under the canopy, filling the skies with a haze and reducing the tall green forest to low grey ash. Next is the clearing. Bulldozers push the ash into heaps ... Some believe slower ...www.guardian.co.uk
UN Says Growing Emissions Gap Threatens Global Temperature Goals
The UN said yesterday that the level in the atmosphere of the three main greenhouse gases reached a record, and a Nov. 19 World Bank study ... "The sobering fact remains that a transition to a low carbon, inclusive green economy is happening far too ...www.businessweek.com
Senate Lawmakers See Opportunity To Revamp Energy Policy
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Climate Change Threatens Pandas' Bamboo Food, Study Suggests
The Non-.com Amazon. Along with <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/06/brazil-amazon-rainforest-deforestation-levels_n_1130554.html" target="_hplink">deforestation</a>, climate change also poses a serious threat to South America's Amazon ...www.huffingtonpost.com
Like a bathtub with the drain pulled
The next week came the report about Great Lakes record low levels. As someone who ... It was published before Haiti was devastated by an earthquake, but made mention of its deforestation having an effect on possible future disasters. The climate map ...www.thealpenanews.com
New Zealand's Green Tourism Push Clashes With Realities
The report compares international data on criteria like habitat loss, greenhouse gas emissions, deforestation and protected marine areas.www.nytimes.com
Hurricane Sandy Shows We Need To Prepare For Climate Change, Cuomo And ...
NEW YORK -- A day after New York City experienced its worst storm surges in recorded history, Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the city may need to respond to climate change with steps like storm barriers.www.huffingtonpost.com
Climate Science in Lieu of Climate Action Is Unconscionable
And beyond science, this is also what we see before our own eyes -- more frequent and more intense storms, flooding, sea level rise, record heat waves, drought, loss of sea ice and glaciers, crop failure, water shortages, wildfires, coral bleaching ...www.huffingtonpost.com
Mitt Romney Heckled: 'End Climate Silence!'
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A Climate Change To-Do List for the Next President
If we needed any reminder of that fact, Hurricane Sandy should have provided it—especially coming on the heels of devastating drought, record-breaking temperatures through the spring and summer, and a record low in the extent of Arctic sea ice. What ...www.businessweek.com
Weather Journal: Another Storm Possible Next Week
As a footnote: Driven by a warmer-than-average June, the hottest ever July, and a warmer-than-average August, the summer of 2012 will go down in the history books as the third-warmest summer on record for the lower 48 states, the nation's second ...blogs.wsj.com
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Amazon deforestation record low
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