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Ancient Megadroughts Preview Warmer Climate: Study
24-Feb-2011
Date: 24-Feb-11
Country: USA
Author: Deborah Zabarenko

Ancient megadroughts that lasted thousands of years in what is now the American Southwest could offer a preview of a climate changed by modern greenhouse gas emissions, researchers reported on Wednesday.The scientists found these persistent dry periods were different from even the most severe decades-long modern droughts, including the 1930s "Dust Bowl." And they determined that these millennial droughts occurred at times when Earth's mean annual temperature was similar to or slightly higher than what it is now.

 

Climate Change Fuels "Dire" Threat To Coral Reefs
24-Feb-2011
Date: 24-Feb-11
Country: USA
Author: Deborah Zabarenko

Globally warmer seas, rising carbon dioxide emissions and local factors like over-fishing have pushed the threat level on the world's coral reefs into the danger zone, environmental advocates said on Wednesday.More than 75 percent of all reefs -- which harbor fish, attract tourists and shelter marine biodiversity -- are currently threatened, the advocates from U.S. government and non-governmental organizations said in releasing a report, "Reefs at Risk Revisited."

 

U.N. "Climate Vulnerability" List Urged To Guide Aid
24-Feb-2011
Date: 24-Feb-11
Country: NORWAY
Author: Alister Doyle

A climate "vulnerability index" to judge which developing countries are most at risk from global warming and in need of aid is among the proposals submitted to a U.N. body ahead of new climate talks in April.The proposal is among submissions to the United Nations that also show a deep split between rich and poor countries about how to oversee billions of dollars to help developing nations adapt to impacts such as droughts, heatwaves, floods or rising seas.

 

Pemuda Diajak Kampanyekan Perubahan Iklim
23-Feb-2011
Rabu, 23 Februari 2011 20:33 WIB |

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Pemerintah mengajak semua elemen masyarakat termasuk kalangan muda ikut peduli dan mengkampanyekan penanganan perubahan iklim.Hal tersebut dikatakan Utusan Khusus Presiden untuk Perubahan Iklim Rachmat Witoelar pada acara "Forum International Youth Forum on Climate Change" yang diselenggarakan KNPI dan "World Assembly of Youth" (WAY) di JCC Senayan Jakarta, Rabu.