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Drowned Tropical Forests Exacerbate Climate Change
Posted by Daily Climate: Paul Brown on September 11th, 2014
Daily Climate: Big dams built in the tropics to produce hydroelectricity have long been highly controversial - and data gathered in Laos by a French team studying methane emissions confirms that dams can add to global warming, not reduce it.
In many rocky regions low on vegetation and population, such as in Iceland and other northern mountainous regions, the production of electricity from hydropower is clearly a net gain in the battle against climate change.
In Asia, Africa and South America, however, masses...
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Andes’ tropical glaciers ‘going fast’
Posted by Daily Climate: Paul Brown on April 10th, 2013
Daily Climate: The glaciers of the tropical Andes have shrunk by between 30 and 50 percent in 30 years and many will soon disappear altogether, cutting off the summer water supply for millions of people, according to scientists studying the region's climate.
Their findings are particularly significant because glaciers in the tropics – 99 percent of which are in the Andes – are regarded as among the most sensitive indicators of climate change on the planet, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate...