According to a new global water security index by UK-based consulting group Maplecroft, 10 nations (including five in Africa) are at “extreme risk” because of limited access to clean, fresh water. The study also suggested that the effects of climate change and population growth will place additional stress on water supplies, creating potential instability in affected regions.
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Water shortages leave affected nations at ‘extreme’ security risk
Thursday, August 12th, 2010Russian wheat harvest decimated by heat wave, drought
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010Russia, one of the world’s largest exporters of wheat, has been hit hard by the hottest summer recorded in over 100 years. The heat wave, which has caused severe droughts and wildfires, has destroyed one-fifth of the wheat crop in Russia and threatens to destroy more. As Mil Arcega of VOA reports, analysts say the prolonged drought will lead to higher bread prices around the world:
Extreme weather unfolding worldwide
Wednesday, August 4th, 2010These past few months have been filled with extreme weather in many parts of the world, and climatologists are trying to figure out what to make of it. VOAs Carolyn Presutti has the story:
State of the Climate in 2010: Hot
Friday, July 30th, 2010Congress debates it. Nations argue about how to address it. But its existence is “unmistakable” according to the 2009 State of the Climate report released Wednesday. Global warming is happening. State of the Climate, which drew on work by 300 scientists in 160 research groups in 48 countries, confirms that the past decade of 2000-2009 was the warmest on record, and that Earth has been growing warmer over the past 50 years.
Put Solar On It campaign challenges heads of state
Monday, July 12th, 2010Climate activists have launched a campaign calling on world leaders to take tangible clean energy action by putting up solar panels on the presidential digs. The advocates are enlisting the public’s help in the Put Solar On It movement by providing a way to send an online note to U.S. President Barack Obama, India’s President Pratibha Patil, China’s President Hu Jintao, Mexico’s President Felipe Calderon, Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron and Australia’s Julia’s Gillard.
Researchers planning a hot time in the arctic
Monday, June 28th, 2010
Scientists at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory aren’t content to wait to see the effects of global warming in the arctic. Now, they are planning to speed up the process to get a sneak peek. ORNL is plotting a large-scale, long-term ecosystem experiment to try to accelerate understanding of the effects of increased temperatures on the icy layers of arctic permafrost. Scientists will purposely warm a test area in order to assess response to a change in climate conditions.
Guidebooks designed to help agencies deal with climate change
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010
Climate change isn’t just about coping with warmer temperatures or rising sea levels. Experts also anticipate real health issues such as heat illness, asthma, food and water-borne diseases, respiratory ailments, and even mental illnes
Amid various threats, Gulf Coast population soared since 1960s
Wednesday, May 26th, 2010Between 1960 and 2008, the population in coastline counties along the Gulf of Mexico soared by 150 percent, more than double the rate of increase of the nation’s population as a whole. This area, which faces ongoing challenges in Gulf hurricanes and new threats from the BP oil spill, is now is home to nearly 14 million residents, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report issued today.
Global warming really will make you sick
Friday, May 14th, 2010
Timothy grass (Photo: Mary Jelks, University of Tulsa)
Graham’s unhappiness stalls climate change bill
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
Senator Lindsey Graham. Image: lgraham.senate.gov
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