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Australia: Risk of flooding rises with global warming, says study
Posted by Toronto Star: Raveena Aulakh on June 9th, 2015
Toronto Star: Peak rainfall during storms will intensify as the climate changes and temperatures rise, leading to increased flash flood risks, especially in urban areas, new research from Australia indicates.
Scientists at the University of New South Wales in Sydney analyzed about 40,000 storms from three decades in Australia and found that warming temperatures are dramatically disrupting rainfall patterns within storms.
“We have known for a long time that as temperatures increase you can hold more moisture...
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Comments Off on Australia: Risk of flooding rises with global warming, says studyKeystone XL could be worse for climate change than US claims, say researchers
Posted by Toronto Star: Raveena Aulakh on August 10th, 2014
Toronto Star: The world’s most debated pipeline could be worse for global warming than previously believed, a new economic analysis says.
Keystone XL could produce four times more greenhouse gases than the U.S. State Department calculated in January — those estimates did not take into account that the added oil from the pipeline is likely to decrease prices and increase consumption — which would probably create more pollution, researchers say.
“There is no indication that the State Department took the market...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Keystone XL could be worse for climate change than US claims, say researchersNot preparing for climate change will be costly, expert warns
Posted by Toronto Star: Raveena Aulakh on June 17th, 2014
Toronto Star: There is much to do, little time.
“The more we wait, the more it is going to cost us,” Mark Egener, a disaster management consultant, said in an interview. “Climate change isn’t waiting for anyone, so why we are not preparing for it the way we should? I don’t have an answer.”
That was one message that came out of the annual World Conference on Disaster Management held in Toronto this week.
Egener, who specializes in climate change and spoke at the conference, said the reality of not planning...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Not preparing for climate change will be costly, expert warnsUN report on climate change rings alarm on warming polar regions
Posted by Toronto Star: Raveena Aulakh on March 31st, 2014
Toronto Star: The world is warming up and the impact of climate change is already being seen across the globe, an authoritative new UN climate report says.
But in this part of the world, which is barely out of the clutches of a long and wicked winter, the report sounds like a conundrum.
Make no mistake, the world is warming up, especially the Arctic, said John Stone, an IPCC lead author and adjunct professor at Carleton University.
“What we have experienced this winter is just weather,” said Stone. “It...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on UN report on climate change rings alarm on warming polar regionsClimate change forcing thousands in Bangladesh into slums of Dhaka
Posted by Toronto Star: Raveena Aulakh on February 16th, 2013
Toronto Star: Taslima Masud faces a dilemma every morning: should she prepare food or stay hungry to avoid illness?
“The kitchen is so close to the toilet,” she says. “When I cook, I can’t smell the curry but I can smell the toilet. It disgusts me every day, but there is nothing I can do except . . . not cook. And I have to cook.”
Masud, 19, lives in Korail, Dhaka’s largest slum. Its roughly 70,000 residents dwell in the shadow of the affluent Gulshan neighbourhood, with its mansions, restaurants and western-style...
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