Latin American and Asian cities lead way in planning for global warming
Cities worldwide are increasingly aware of the need to prepare for the effects of climate change, including increased variability in temperatures and extreme weather events, but are often hampered by limited financial resources and political commitment. However, Quito, Ecuador, not considered a global leader by most measures, is at the forefront of metropolises worldwide: in planning for climate change.
When Sand Moves
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution oceanographers found that when sand moves, whether carried by tides, winds, or waves, it carries bacterial DNA with it.
Consumption driving unprecedented environment damage: UN
Of 90 key goals to protect the environment, only four have seen good progress, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) said in a planetary assessment issued only every five years…
Jobs-short Spanish town to build on ‘paradise’ beach
A jobs-starved town in southern Spain has sparked uproar by agreeing on a scheme to build 350 homes and a batch of hotels with 1,400 rooms on unspoiled land along a “paradise” beach, by the Andalusian town of Tarifa. The indignation is also a symptom of the damage done to Spain’s coastline in decades of unrestrained construction.
Climate Change Led to Collapse of Ancient Indus Civilization, Study Finds
A new study combining the latest archaeological evidence with state-of-the-art geoscience technologies provides evidence that climate change was a key ingredient in the collapse of the great Indus or Harappan Civilization almost 4000 years ago. Once extending more than 1 million square kilometers across the plains of the Indus River from the Arabian Sea to the Ganges, the Indus civilization was the largest of the first great urban cultures that also included Egypt and Mesopotamia.
Lost Villages, Pictures by Neil A White
The Holderness coastline, UK, eroding faster than anywhere else in Europe, is a bleak landscape of shrinking villages and abandoned buildings.
State of the Sea at the Start of Hurricane Season
The 2012 hurricane season in North and Central America arrives with a muddled outlook. Sea surface temperatures are not particularly warm or cool, and the Hurricane Research Division of NOAA announced, that it is expecting a near-normal season, with nine to fifteen named storms and four to eight hurricanes. Regardless of the predictions, the key to hurricane season is vigilance. “The important issue is hurricane preparedness along the coasts…”
Opposites Attract: Where Desert Meets Water
On the western edge of the Asian country of Turkmenistan, a vast desert meets the world’s most expansive inland water body, the Caspian Sea.
Discovery of Historical Photos Sheds Light On Greenland Ice Loss
A chance discovery of 80-year-old photo plates in a Danish basement is providing new insight into how Greenland glaciers are melting today.