Global Warming- Latest Mississippi River Delta News: June 18, 2013Plans for coastal restoration debated in St. Bernard By Amy Wold, The Advocate (Baton Rouge, La.). June 17, 2013. "CHALMETTE – The crowd at a coastal restoration meeting Monday agreed something has to be done to reverse coastal land loss in Louisiana, but sharply disagreed with how the state’s plans to move forward with large river diversions…" (Re […]
- China's first carbon-trading program shows commitment to address climate changeEDF praises Shenzhen plan to reduce carbon intensity 21% by 2015 EDF welcomed the launch of Shenzhen's emissions trading system, which covers 635 companies and 40% of the city’s total emissions. Tue, 2013-06-18 Contact: Jennifer Andreassen, 202-572-3387, jandreassen@edf.org (SHENZHEN, China – June 18, 2013) China’s first carbon trading pilot program f […]
- Latest Mississippi River Delta News: June 17, 2013Louisiana fishers and coastal restoration advocates expected to pack Monday meeting By Benjamin Alexander-Bloch, The Times-Picayune (New Orleans). June 17, 2013. "Louisiana fishers and coastal restoration advocates are expected to pack a meeting in St. Bernard Parish on Monday to discuss Mississippi River diversions with state officials…" (Read mor […]
- Latest Mississippi River Delta News: June 18, 2013
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- May 2013 DroughtWeather systems moving in an active jet stream flow propagated several upper-level troughs and ridges across the country during May. Cold fronts and warm fronts moving with these upper-level systems brought migrating spells of cooler-than-normal and warmer-than-normal weather to parts of the country. Some of the systems tapped Gulf of Mexico moisture, result […]
- May 2013 WildfiresFor May 2013, 6,331 fires (3rd most on record) burned 106,243 acres (2nd most on record) , which is 16.8 acres burned/fire (4th most on record). For March-May, 15,700 fires (the most on record) burned 226,782 acres (the most on record) , which is 14.4 acres burned/fire (the most on record). For January-May, 18,004 fires (the most on record) burned 247,787 ac […]
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- A better eye on reefsFrom NASA's Earth Observatory The concept behind Landsat is to gather images of Earth’s land surfaces. But in four decades of service to science, the satellites have proven to themselves quite useful for observing some blue parts of the planet, too. The study of coral reefs has been particularly enriched by Landsat. Scientists used earlier generations o […]
- A better eye on reefs
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Food Price Spikes Due to Climate Change
The charitable organization OxFam reports: Climate change is making extreme weather much more likely. As the 2012 drought in the USA shows, extreme weather means extreme food prices. Our failure to slash greenhouse gas emissions presents a future of greater food price volatility, with severe consequences for the precarious lives and livelihoods of people living [...]
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Adapting To Climate Change
Is is possible for humans to adapt to global warming? Probably not; however, we must try. Australia is leading the way. It is important that Australia reduce its carbon pollution to minimise the severity of climate change. However, because some greenhouse gases stay in the atmosphere for about 100 years after they are first [...]
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Update: Greenhouse Gases
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released the 17th annual U.S. greenhouse gas inventory. The final report shows overall emissions in 2010 increased by 3.2 percent from the previous year. The trend is attributed to an increase in energy consumption across all economic sectors, due to increasing energy demand associated with [...]
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Plan For Global Warming
U.S. Scientists Call for Integrated Study of Carbon Cycle Print E-mail The carbon cycle science community in the United States has just finished its planning process for carbon cycle research for the upcoming decade. This reassessment of the U.S. carbon cycle science priorities was initiated by the U.S. Carbon Cycle Interagency Working Group (CCIWG) and [...]
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Arctic Ice Cap is “Heading for Oblivion”