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United Kingdom: Climate ‘affecting wetland birds’
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on February 20th, 2010
BBC: Climate changes are behind a dramatic shift in the numbers of wetland birds visiting the UK, a study suggests. The numbers of birds, including ring plovers and pochards, wintering in the UK have fallen by around a half in the past decade, according to the RSPB. However, other species such as avocets and little egrets have increased their numbers during the winter months. The wildlife charity said mild winters meant some species did not have to travel as far for suitable ...
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Arctic dust from melting glaciers could affect climate, health
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on February 20th, 2010
Deutsche-Presse Agentur: Dust topped the agenda of scientists meeting in California Friday, where a symposium tackled such issues as how newly freed-up dust from Arctic glaciers would affect climate and human health. "When the glaciers in the north melt, their run-off carries the fine, ground-up rock that had been buried in the ice," atmospheric researcher Joseph Prospero of the University of Miami told the German Press Agency dpa. "This sand is then carried by storms into the air, and can be transported as ...
Philippines Bracing for the Worst in Drought
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on February 20th, 2010
New York Times: A drought in the Philippines has destroyed millions of dollars worth of crops, reduced the country`s water supply and is threatening widespread blackouts as power companies contend with low water levels in hydroelectric dams, officials said Friday. "It is such a difficult situation because we have just survived the typhoons in October that destroyed 1.5 million metric tons of rice and countless basic infrastructure," Joel Rudinas, an under secretary at the Department of Agriculture, ...