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‘Climate change will lead to more rains, high temperature in Gujarat’
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on September 12th, 2012
Times of India: Daytime temperatures in Surat and other cities of Gujarat are set to rise by two degree centigrade by 2030 and the rainfall will increase by 6 to 14 per cent by the end of this century on account of green house emissions. These are the findings of a study conducted by Indian Institute of Science (IIS) Bangalore that were shared at a state level consultation meet organized by Surat Climate Change Trust (SCCT) on Wednesday.
Another research by Mckenzie said that India would have 68 cities with more...
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Melting Himalayas May Magnify Water Scarcity
Posted by LiveScience: Becky Oskin on September 12th, 2012
LiveScience: Many politically unstable areas of South Asia are "water-stressed," meaning the areas are facing water scarcity due to poor infrastructure or simply lacking enough water to meet demand.
The potential impacts of climate change on water scarcity could further inflame political tensions, finds a new report, "Himalayan Glaciers: Climate Change, Water Resources, and Water Security," released today (Sept. 12) by the National Research Council (NRC). Funding was provided by the Central Intelligence Agency....
New UK Green Party Leader Reveals Her Strategy
Posted by Ecologist: Bibi van Der Zee on September 12th, 2012
Ecologist: The leadership election was, basically, a giant question to the membership. Where next? The ballot papers went out. The members voted. And Natalie Bennett, says Bibi van der Zee, appears to be the answer.
When Caroline Lucas stood down as leader of the Green Party in May, things were looking a little confused. The party was sitting on a string of successes -- an MP, two MEP, a city council -- that had seemed, for a while, to be moving towards a genuine breakthrough. But now momentum had stalled...
Arctic Ice At Lowest Level In Decades
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on September 12th, 2012
National Public Radio: Ice covering the Arctic Ocean is at its lowest levels in decades, or quite possibly centuries. The new low has smashed the previous record, set in 2007. Scientists blame a long-term warming trend in the Arctic, and say that the change could alter weather patterns throughout North America and Europe.
Something fishy California: rotten smell traced to Salton Sea
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on September 12th, 2012
Guardian: It smelled like rotten eggs, but the source of what California officials called a "very large and unusual odour event" has been traced to rotten fish.
The stench, which began on Sunday and spread throughout southern California, prompting hundreds of complaints and thousands of jokes, came from the inland lake known as the Salton Sea, air quality officials said on Tuesday.
The smell reached Los Angeles, 150 miles to the north, astounding experts who at first doubted it was scientifically possible...