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60 percent of lower 48 states now in drought
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on November 22nd, 2012
Associated Press: The worst U.S. drought in decades has deepened again after more than a month of encouraging reports of slowly improving conditions, a drought-tracking consortium said Wednesday, as scientists struggled for an explanation other than a simple lack of rain.
While more than half of the continental U.S. has been in a drought since summer, rain storms had appeared to be easing the situation week by week since late September. But that promising run ended with Wednesday's weekly U.S. Drought Monitor report,...
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Climate change is affecting all regions in Europe, warns agency
Posted by Silicon Republic: None Given on November 22nd, 2012
Silicon Republic: The European Environment Agency has today warned that climate change is impacting all regions in Europe, with the past decade being the warmest on record. In its report, Climate Change, Impacts and Vulnerability in Europe 2012, the European Environment Agency found that the last decade (2002-2011) has been the warmest on record in Europe, with land temperatures 1.3°C warmer than the pre-industrial average. Earlier this week, the World Bank published a report in which it warned global temperatures...
Pakistan on the ‘dark side of climate change’
Posted by The News International: Shahid Husain on November 22nd, 2012
The News International: Former Environment Minister for State and Regional Councilor of the IUCN Malik Amin Aslam said that Pakistan was in control of the situation surrounding the refugees of climate change.
He made the observation at the "Dialogue with Business on Resilience, Climate Change and the Private Sector in Sustainable Coastal Management" event, organised by the IUCN on Tuesday at a local hotel.
He pointed out that Pakistan was one of the first countries affected in the world and on the "dark side of climate...