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Negotiating for Pacific survival
Posted by Islands Business: David Sheppard on November 16th, 2011
Islands Business: Last month, Tuvalu and Tokelau declared a state of emergency due to severe water shortages with residents in Tuvalu being rationed 20 litres of water a day per household.
Some islands in the Cook Islands have experienced water shortages and Samoa worked to drill new boreholes for potable water, asking the public to conserve water until the situation returned to normal.
Next month the world will come together in Durban, South Africa, to discuss the causes and impacts of climate change and the...
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As Glaciers Melt, Bhutan Faces Increased Risk of ‘Mountain Tsunamis’
Posted by Time: Julien Bouissou on November 16th, 2011
Time: The Kingdom of Bhutan, tucked between India and China in the foothills of the Himalaya mountain range, is paying the price for global industrialization. To the north of the country, a chain of Himalayan glaciers is rapidly retreating -- by between 20 m and 30 m per year. Experts blame climate change and predict that by 2035, the glaciers could be gone altogether. Water flows from these melting glaciers until it breaks the natural ice dams that hold it in place. That, in turn, can result in devastating...
World climate change takes toll on China’s seas
Posted by China Daily: An Baijie on November 16th, 2011
China Daily: Climate change around the world has caused sea levels along China's coasts to rise more than 80 millimeters over the last three decades, according to figures in a national report released by the government in Beijing on Tuesday
Such a rise marks an average increase of 2.6 millimeters each year from 1977 to 2009, said the second National Assessment Report on Climate Change.
According to the report, the sea level in China will continue to rise and a total of 18,000 square kilometers of coastal...