Climate Change Denial » Climate Change: the Slippery, Shape Shifting, Jelly Mould Threat. Forthcoming IPCC Report Calls for Control of Fossil Fuel Consumption. Distinguished climatologist Michael E.
Mann discusses the dangers of ignoring the conclusions in the leaked draft of the synthesis report - Bio Dr. Michael E. Mann is Distinguished Professor of Meteorology at Penn State University, with joint appointments in the Department of Geosciences and the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute (EESI). The U.N.’s latest report on climate change is terrifying. Yep, we know that greenhouse gas emissions are through the roof, and that climate change is already happening in a big, bad way, and that it’s only getting worse.
But did you see the news stories about the latest draft report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)? They are positively horrifying! We are royally f#! @%$#cked, everybody. 'Incredible' rate of polar ice loss alarms scientists. Heavy rain, flash floods and landslides hit South. Parts of South Korea experienced huge amounts of rainfall and flooding on August 24 and 25, 2014.
Heavy rain was brought by the same system that caused severe floods in Japan last week. At least 1 person was killed and four others were missing after a bus was swept away by floods near the southern city of Changwon yesterday. Four people were killed in Busan, the second largest South Korean city, after their car became flooded in a tunnel. Heavy rain also triggered landslides that demolished a senior citizens’ center, Yonhap reported.
According to the same agency, Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Co. _WebsiteBrochure_French_000.pdf. Eight ways climate change is making the world more dangerous. Forget the future.
The world already is nearly five times as dangerous and disaster prone as it was in the 1970s, because of the increasing risks brought by climate change, according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organisation. The first decade of the 21st century saw 3,496 natural disasters from floods, storms, droughts and heat waves.
That was nearly five times as many disasters as the 743 catastrophes reported during the 1970s – and all of those weather events are influenced by climate change. The bottom line: natural disasters are occurring nearly five times as often as they were in the 1970s. But some disasters – such as floods and storms – pose a bigger threat than others. 1) We're going to need a bigger boat – or flood defences Flooding and mega-storms were by far the leading cause of disaster from 2000-2010. Interactive Wildfires Map Tracks the Blazes in the U.S. Japan landslides kill 27 in Hiroshima. 20 August 2014Last updated at 02:20 ET Houses at the scene have been buried in mud and rocks At least 27 people have been killed in landslides that struck Japan's Hiroshima prefecture, officials say.
The landslides happened in a residential area near a mountain in the Hiroshima city outskirts. They were triggered after the equivalent of a month's rain fell in the 24 hours up to Wednesday morning, Japan's weather agency said. Images from the scene showed houses buried in mud and rocks, as rescue teams worked their way towards homes. "According to the National Police Agency, the death toll has risen to 27 and 10 others are still unaccounted for," a disaster management official told AFP news agency. Environnement : la population mondiale a (déjà) épuisé ses ressources 2014. (Boursier.com) — A compter d'aujourd'hui, la population mondiale vit "à crédit" sur ses ressources naturelles 2014...
Earth Overshoot Day. In 8 Months, Humanity Exhausts Earth's Budget for the Year August 20 is Earth Overshoot Day 2013, marking the date when humanity exhausted nature’s budget for the year.
We are now operating in overdraft. For the rest of the year, we will maintain our ecological deficit by drawing down local resource stocks and accumulating carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Just as a bank statement tracks income against expenditures, Global Footprint Network measures humanity’s demand for and supply of natural resources and ecological services. And the data is sobering. Maroc: Conférence sur le changement climatique et le développement en octobre. Changement climatique : Rencontre au Pérou pour un consensus mondial.
Publié le : 16 août 2014 - Avec agences, LE MATIN Un sentiment d'urgence habite les 195 pays représentés à la Conférence des Parties.
Ph. Bientôt des mines près de chez vous. Il y a un an, le ministère de l’Économie et du Redressement productif accordait à l’entreprise Variscan, filiale d’une société minière domiciliée en Australie, un premier « permis de recherches de mines » (PER).
L'homme est le principal responsable de la fonte des glaciers depuis 1990. Une étude publiée jeudi impute à l'homme plus de deux tiers de la fonte des glaces depuis vingt-cinq ans, contre un quart seulement sur la période 1851-1990.
Les émissions de gaz à effet de serre liées aux activités humaines sont devenues les principales responsables de la fonte des glaciers et donc de l'élévation du niveau des mers, selon une étude publiée jeudi 14 août par la revue Science. Attribution of global glacier mass loss to anthropogenic and natural causes. The US Forest Service is running out of money to fight wildfires. It's only August, but the US Forest Service has nearly exhausted this year's budget to fight wildfires. The agency will need to divert $500 million from programs to prevent wildfires On Tuesday, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the Forest Service would blow through its firefighting budget by the end of August — months before the fiscal year ends in October. Once that happens, the agency will need to divert as much as $500 million from other programs that are intended to prevent future wildfires.
The agency is currently grappling with 30 large fires in California, Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. Deadly floods return to Serbia and Bosnia. 6 August 2014Last updated at 18:14 ET Many bridges have been damaged or swept away by rivers bursting their banks At least one person has reportedly been killed as floods hit Serbia and Bosnia, three months after heavy flooding killed almost 80 people in the region.
The latest floods, caused by heavy rains, have damaged roads, bridges and hundreds of homes in western Serbia and in central and northern Bosnia. "We are sniffing methane" - vast methane plumes di... - The Watchers. Just a week into the methane sampling program and SWERUS-C3 Arctic expedition scientists have discovered vast methane plumes escaping from the seafloor of the Laptev continental slope. These early glimpses of what may be in store for a warming Arctic Ocean could help scientists project the future releases of the strong greenhouse gas methane from the Arctic ocean, their press release states.
Results of preliminary analyses of seawater samples pointed towards levels of dissolved methane 10–50 times higher than background levels. Methane megaflare on Laptev Sea slope at around 62m depth. SWERUS-C3 expedition. Cratères géants en Sibérie : le changement climatique en cause ? Trois cratères se sont déclarés ces dernières semaines dans le Nord de la Sibérie, dans la Péninsule de Yamal, le District de Taz, et enfin la péninsule de Taymyr. Les proportions de ces trous béants sont assez impressionnantes, avec par exemple pour le plus large des trois une profondeur de 70 m et un diamètre de 30 m. Les conséquences du changement climatique D’après de nombreux scientifiques, il s’agit en réalité de la résultante du changement climatique.
Effectivement, dans ces régions froides de l’hémisphère nord existe ce que l’on appelle le pergélisol, un sol constamment gelé sur des centaines de mètres de profondeur. Food Poster_FR .pdf.