Climate change hits poor in Africa, South Asia hardest: World BankOctober 4th, 2009 ISTANBUL - Climate change could depress the economic output of Africa and South Asia by as much as five percent per year, the World Bank warned Sunday. The effects of a warming of the Earth's temperature by even two degrees Celsius could put up to 400 million people at risk of hunger and leave up to two billion lacking enough water resources.
Four giant stone-age axes found in African lake basinSeptember 12th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A team of archaeologists has found four giant stone hand axes from the dry basin of Lake Makgadikgadi in the Kalahari Desert in Africa, dating back to the Stone Age, which suggests that the region was once much drier and wetter than it is today. The discovery of the axes is part of the finding of thousands of stone tools on the lake bed, which sheds new light on how humans in Africa adapted to several substantial climate change events during the period that coincided with the last Ice Age in Europe.
Early birds may not catch the worm, thanks to climate changeSeptember 5th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Reports indicate that climate change may affect critical water resources that support prey for 75 migratory bird species in the Great Basin in the US. As climate change either freshens wetlands or drier weather makes them saltier, the distribution and availability of waterbird prey species may impact which waterbirds can use the wetlands and when.
Aid agency: Climate change causing 'deeply worrying' food shortages for millions in NepalAugust 28th, 2009 Millions in Nepal facing hunger as climate changesKATMANDU, Nepal — Millions of people in Nepal face severe food shortages because global climate change has disrupted weather patterns and slashed crop yields in the Himalayan nation, an international aid agency warned Friday. Changing weather patterns have dramatically affected crop production in Nepal, leaving farmers unable to properly feed themselves and pushing them into debt, Oxfam International said in a report released in Katmandu.
UN weather agency reports a 'weak to moderate' El Nino has developed in the Pacific OceanAugust 19th, 2009 UN reports 'weak to moderate' El Nino in PacificGENEVA — A "weak to moderate" El Nino weather system has developed in the tropical Pacific Ocean and could create unusual weather patterns around the world through March, a U.N. agency said Wednesday.
Stressed crops emit more methane emissions than previously thoughtAugust 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists at the University of Calgary (U of C) in Canada have found that methane emission by stressed crops could be a bigger problem in global warming than previously thought. According to a U of C study, when crops are exposed to environmental factors that are part of climate change - increased temperature, drought and ultraviolet-B radiation - some plants show enhanced methane emissions.
Plants under stress emit more methane, worsen global warmingAugust 18th, 2009 TORONTO - Methane emission by plants in dry or drought prone areas could aggravate global warming more than previously suspected, says a new study. A University of Calgary (U-C) study warns that plants exposed to environmental factors -- rising temperature, drought and ultraviolet-B radiation -- show enhanced methane emissions.
Human-induced land cover changes can influence regional climateAugust 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists have analyzed seven different climate models to come to the conclusion that human-induced land cover changes (LCCs), such as the clearing of forests for farming, can affect climate. To study the regional and global effects of LCC, A.
Inspectors detect citrus virus in psyllid found by plant-sniffing dog in CaliforniaAugust 6th, 2009 Infected citrus pest confirmed in Calif.FRESNO, Calif. — State agriculture officials say tests on bugs found by a dog inspecting packages at a FedEx facility showed they carried a disease capable of devastating the state's citrus industry.
Mars had a wetter and warmer climate in the recent pastJuly 3rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Findings by NASA's Phoenix Mars mission indicates that the Red Planet had a wetter and warmer climate in the recent past, and could again in the future. Phoenix ended communications in November 2008 as the approach of Martian winter depleted energy from the lander's solar panels.
Changing climate displaces people around the worldJune 12th, 2009 BONN - Sena Alouka from Togo, Peter Triloff from Germany and Ana Romero of Mexico have one thing in common - they all have to deal with farmers who can no longer cope with climate change. Alouka grew up in a village called Tsiko, on the banks of river Wuto in northern Togo.
Warmer weather favors "weedy" species of birdsJune 10th, 2009 WASHINGTON - An analysis has revealed that warmer weather has favored "weedy" species of birds, those that are adapted to a wide range of habitats and therefore easily extend their ranges. Ecologists at the University of California, San Diego, US, did the analysis.
El Nino climate condition could develop this summer, forecasters sayJune 8th, 2009 Forecasters say El Nino may be developingWASHINGTON — A new El Nino could be approaching. Sea-surface temperatures have been warming in the tropical Pacific Ocean, suggesting the potential for the development of the El Nino climate phenomenon this summer, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Blagojevich says judge's decision to bar travel for reality show saved him from eating bugsApril 23rd, 2009 Blagojevich says judge saved him from eating bugsCHICAGO — Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich says he was willing to eat bugs for his children, but a federal judge saved him from that.
How fast climate warming could kill drought-stressed treesApril 14th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists have discovered in experiments that the widespread die-off of drought-stressed trees across the southwestern United States during future droughts will occur at least five times faster if climate warms by 4 degrees Celsius. The experiments were conducted at the University of Arizona's Biosphere 2.
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