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Scientists: Agriculture Major Player in Climate Change
Posted by Voice of America: Joe DeCapua on January 20th, 2012
Voice of America: India could eventually lose more than 5 percent of its growing season as a result of climate change. Here, an Indian woman cuts crops in Burha Mayong on May 26, 2011. Scientists say agriculture must be "front and center" in climate negotiations.
A team of scientists is urging that agriculture be a top priority in climate change negotiations, saying it’s vital for global food security and for reducing carbon emissions. The recommendations appear in the January 20th issue of Science magazine....
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From forest sell-off to Thames airport plans – this government has a seriously anti-environmental agenda
Posted by Guardian: Martin Harper on January 20th, 2012
Guardian: "Quite frankly, when it comes to environmental policy the Treasury has often been at best indifferent, and at worst obstructive."
Who said these words? Was it George Monbiot? Jonathon Porritt? Caroline Lucas? Actually it was George Osborne in 2009 talking about his predecessor at number 11.
The speech, entitled A Sustainable Government: a Sustainable Economy, went on to promise: "That attitude is going to change if the government changes. I want a Conservative Treasury to be in the lead of...
How the Dutch make ‘room for the river’ by redesigning downtown
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on January 20th, 2012
ClimateWire: For centuries, the Dutch have built higher and higher dikes to keep waters at bay in a country where 55 percent of housing is located in areas prone to flooding. But climate change has convinced them this approach will no longer work, so the country is embarking on a mammoth task of moving dozens of dikes back to make room for swelling rivers.
Now the oldest city in the Netherlands is being hailed for its plans to move the country's biggest river, building more efficient flood defenses and at...
Ecologists gain insight into the likely consequences of global warming
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on January 20th, 2012
ScienceDaily: A new insight into the impact that warmer temperatures could have across the world has been uncovered by scientists at Queen Mary, University of London.
The research, published in the journal Global Change Biology on January 20, found that the impact of global warming could be similar across ecosystems, regardless of local environmental conditions and species.
The team, based at Queen Mary's School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, went to Iceland to study a set of geothermally-heated streams....