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World’s Glaciers Melting at Record Rate
Posted by Climate News Network: Alex Kirby on August 5th, 2015
Climate News Network: The world’s glaciers are melting fast—probably faster than at any time in recorded history, according to new research. Measurements show several hundred glaciers are losing between half and one meter of thickness every year—at least twice the average loss for the 20th century—and remote monitoring shows this rate of melting is far more widespread. The World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS), based at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, has compiled worldwide data on glacier changes for more...
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Landmark paper underestimated methane leaks from gas production, study says
Posted by InsideClimate: Lisa Song on August 5th, 2015
InsideClimate: A dispute between two environmental scientists is creating a controversy over how much methane is leaking from natural gas production and is contributing to global warming. In a new report, Touché Howard, a methane gas expert and air quality consultant, says the flaws he found in a commonly used methane detector caused an acclaimed 2013 study to underestimate the amount of methane emitted by natural gas production. Howard's paper was published today in the peer-reviewed journal Energy Science &...
Climate change threatens food production in Nigeria
Posted by Business Day: None Given on August 5th, 2015
Business Day: Changing rainfall patterns and higher temperatures resulting from climate change will threaten food production across the country as more than 50 percent of farmers are yet to commence planting due to inadequate rainfall.
As a result, Nigeria farmers especially those in the north have expressed fears that the change in weather being experienced this year might affect food production in the country.
African farmer Mogaji, chief executive officer, X-Ray Farms in an interview with BusinessDay...
How the West was burned: Thousands of wildfires ablaze in California alone
Posted by Mashable: None Given on August 5th, 2015
Mashable: Drought and lightning are making for a combustible combination in California. The state is suffering through its fourth straight summer of drought, and this may be known as the summer of smoke.
A staggering 10,000 national, state and local firefighters are battling fires that are popping up by the hundreds each week, the majority of which are sparked by lightning strikes from daily thunderstorms erupting over mountainous terrain, which drop little rain and cause a lot of trouble. To put the number...
Oklahoma Gov. Fallin Cites ‘Direct Correlation’ between Disposal Wells, Earthquakes
Posted by Oklahoman: Adam Wilmoth on August 5th, 2015
Oklahoman: Gov. Mary Fallin on Tuesday acknowledged a link between Oklahoma's earthquake swarm and wastewater disposal wells used by the energy industry.
"We all know now there is a direct correlation between the increase in earthquakes we've seen in Oklahoma and the disposal wells, based upon many different factors, whether it is volume or location or whether it is on a fault line, how deep that disposal well goes into the earth itself," Fallin said Tuesday.
"Oklahoma recognizes there is an earthquake...
Australian Court Revokes Coal Mine Approval
Posted by Inside Climate News: Megan Darby on August 5th, 2015
Inside Climate News: Australia`s federal court revoked the approval of a AU$16 billion (US$11.8 bn) coal mining and railway project on Wednesday.
The environment department has to reconsider Indian conglomerate Adani`s case for the controversial Carmichael project, which could take six to eight weeks.
Green lawmakers urged the minister, Greg Hunt, to block the development, citing concerns about its impacts on the Great Barrier Reef and the climate.
“Adani’s Carmichael coal mine plan would have been a climate...