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Indo-Pak ‘natural partners’ to combat climate change: Qureshi
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on September 25th, 2010
Indian Express: Noting that the climate change may have contributed to the devastating floods in Pakistan, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi suggested that India and Pakistan were natural allies in combating the problem plaguing both countries. "If we need to look into climate change, can we do it alone?" Qureshi said, speaking at the Asia Society yesterday in New York. "The most natural partners on issues of climate change are India and Pakistan. We share water...the Himalayan glaciersif ...
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Kilimanjaro’s vanishing ice due to tree-felling
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on September 25th, 2010
New Scientist: AGGRESSIVE tree-felling on mount Kilimanjaro could be partly to blame for its vanishing ice cap. The ice on Kilimanjaro's summit has shrunk to just 15 per cent of its extent in 1912, leading campaigners to hold it up as a symbol of climate change. But other factors are also at play. For instance, the air at the summit is getting drier, reducing the snowfall that replenishes the ice and reflects solar radiation. Now Nicholas Pepin from the University of Portsmouth, UK, and ...
Documentary shows dramatic shrinking of the Aral Sea
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on September 25th, 2010
Independent: A new documentary which premiered Tuesday at a film festival in Spain graphically depicts the dramatic dessication of the Aral Sea in Central Asia. "Aral, the Lost Sea," combines archive footage from the Soviet era with present-day images to show how the Sea is drying up. The film, by acclaimed Spanish director Isabel Coixet for the "We Are Water Foundation," was shown at the San Sebastian film festival. Once the world's fourth-largest inland body of water but now a ...
Safe drinking water is the issue that affects us all
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on September 25th, 2010
Asahi Shimbun: One major environmental question facing humanity is whether and how it can avoid conflict over water resources. The Asahi World Environmental Forum 2010, a public discussion forum organized by The Asahi Shimbun, which focused on issues concerning water, was held Sept. 13 and 14 at Hotel Okura in Tokyo. On the first day, a team of international experts discussed ways to solve the growing problem of water scarcity due to the surge in the world's population and global warming. * * ...