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Scientists find industrial pollutants in Eastern Lake Erie carp
Posted by Science Centric: None Given on January 22nd, 2011
Science Centric: Researchers from Upstate New York institutions, including the University at Buffalo, have documented elevated levels of two industrial pollutants in carp in eastern Lake Erie, adding to the body of scientific work demonstrating the lasting environmental effects of human activity and waste disposal on the Great Lakes.
The two contaminants the scientists studied were polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), manmade organic compounds once used in products including motor oils, adhesives, paints, plastics,...
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Europe Begins to Run Short of Water
Posted by Inter Press Service: Pavol Stracansky on January 22nd, 2011
Inter Press Service: Half of the Czech Republic’s population could face water shortages because of climate change, a top climate change expert has warned.
The country has become one of the driest in the EU, according to local media, and climatologists say the land, and crucial underground water supplies, are drying up.
Professor Michal Marek, head of the EU-funded CzechGlobe climate change research project, told IPS: "The Czech Republic is already seeing the effects of climate change in more frequent extreme weather...
Huge majority oppose England forest sell-off, poll finds
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on January 22nd, 2011
Guardian: The vast majority of the public oppose the government's plan to sell off all or part of the publicly owned forests and woodland in England.
A YouGov poll found that 84% of people agreed the woods and forests should be kept in public ownership for future generations, while only 2% disagreed.
The plan has already prompted a mass demonstration in the ancient Forest of Dean, and an online petition organised by the campaign group 38 Degrees has attracted more than 164,000 names so far.
"Most...
2.4 billion extra people, no more land: how will we feed the world in 2050?
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on January 22nd, 2011
Independent: The finite resources of the Earth will be be stretched as never before in the coming 40 years because of the unprecedented challenge of feeding the world in 2050, leading scientists have concluded in a report to be published next week.
Food production will have to increase by between 70 and 100 per cent, while the area of land given over to agriculture will remain static, or even decrease as a result of land degradation and climate change. Meanwhile the global population is expected to rise from...
United States: Moutain species at risk in climate change
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on January 22nd, 2011
United Press International: Changes both man-made and natural have sent populations of birds in Kenya's highlands plummeting, and many conservations say they fear some may not recover.
An increasing number of settlers who have moved to the country's highlands to farm in the last two decades have affected bird habitats and reduced bird populations by cutting down forests and turning grasslands into fields, The New York Times reported.
Climate change in adding to the problem, sending some populations into steep decline,...