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Australian downpour spreads south, cuts off towns
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on December 28th, 2010
Reuters: Heavy rain across much of eastern Australia left towns cut off by floods on Monday as the storms spread southwards and threatened agriculture and mining, forecasters said.
The deluge over the Christmas weekend has gradually moved south from northeastern Queensland to hit agricultural areas of New South Wales, with further rainfall forecast for coming days.
Up to 250 mm of rain was recorded in the 24 hours to 6 p.m. EST Sunday in parts of Queensland, as the remains of a tropical cyclone that...
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More Blue Crabs, but Chesapeake Bay Is Still at Risk, Report Says
Posted by NYT: LESLIE KAUFMAN on December 28th, 2010
NYT: A group of volunteers washed and bagged oyster shells as part of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation oyster restoration program in Gloucester Point, Va.
The blue crab population is growing again in Chesapeake Bay, but the 64,000 square-mile system of bays, marshes and rivers remains imperiled, according to a report [pdf] released Tuesday by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.
The foundation is a nonprofit advocacy organization that measures the health of this complex system, the largest estuary in the...
More Blue Crabs, but Chesapeake Bay Is Still at Risk, Report Says
Posted by NYT: LESLIE KAUFMAN on December 28th, 2010
NYT: A group of volunteers washed and bagged oyster shells as part of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation oyster restoration program in Gloucester Point, Va.
The blue crab population is growing again in Chesapeake Bay, but the 64,000 square-mile system of bays, marshes and rivers remains imperiled, according to a report [pdf] released Tuesday by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.
The foundation is a nonprofit advocacy organization that measures the health of this complex system, the largest estuary in the...
Brazil: Q&A: “This Time There Will Be No Noah’s Ark”
Posted by Inter Press Service: Daniela Pastrana on December 28th, 2010
Inter Press Service: "The market is not going to resolve the environmental crisis," says theologian and environmentalist Leonardo Boff, professor at Brazil's State University of Rio de Janeiro. The solution, he says, lies in ethics and in changing our relationship with nature.
Boff, who teaches ethics, philosophy of religion and ecology, is one of the leading figures of Liberation Theology, a progressive current in the Latin American Catholic Church. He has written more than 60 books and has dedicated the last 20...
Climate Patterns to Help Predict the Next Big Flood?
Posted by National Geographic: Richard A. Lovett on December 28th, 2010
National Geographic: This article is part of a special National Geographic News series about the global water crisis.
Large flooding events, like the deadly Pakistan flood last summer, will be predictable with the next generation of climate-forecasting models, according to scientists.
Flood risk can be predicted by studying climate patterns, Columbia University hydroclimatologist Upmanu Lall said this month at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) conference in San Francisco.
According to Lall, climate scientists...
CSIRO says climate is warming despite recent weather
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on December 28th, 2010
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Snow storms in the northern hemisphere and torrential rainfall in parts of drought stricken Australia could have you wondering whether there's been a permanent shift in average temperatures.
According to the CSIRO, the recent extreme weather in both northern and southern hemispheres reflect short-term variability's in climate.
Barrie Hunt, an Honorary Research Fellow with CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research , says periodic short-term cooling in global temperatures should not be misinterpreted...