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Here's a note from cartoonist, Josh Lederman about the
following cartoon:
"Some of the characters in this strip include:
Teatoe the frog, BB the bluebird, Fuzz the Spider, Wizzy the Owl, and
Squirly Squirl. They all live in the Atomic Creek. A polluted woodsy area
in the center of Tamale World." __ Josh Lederman
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Stark warning
over climate change
(24 February 2006)
Rising concentrations of greenhouse gases may lead to dramatic sea
level rises, a new malaria epidemic and possible water shortages for as
many as 2.8 billion people, a major Government report has claimed.
‘Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change’ echoes the apocalyptic
scenarios of a ravaged environment recently proposed by environmental
scientist James Lovelock.
The report brings together evidence from a February 2005 conference on
greenhouse gases hosted by the UK Meteorological office. The
conference’s objectives were to try and judge what level of greenhouse
gas would be too much, and what options are avoidable to avoid that level.
Environment secretary Margaret Beckett said the report’s conclusions
would be a shock to many people who had not yet realised that ‘we could
come to a tipping point where change could be irreversible.’
The report goes on to claim that even the EU target of keeping global
warming to two degrees Celsius could have disastrous results, leading to
‘potentially large number of extinctions and ecosystems collapse’ and
widespread ‘hunger and water shortage risks’.
However, the UK’s chief scientific advisor believes that even
accomplishing the two degrees Celsius goal is unlikely to happen. More...
Climate
change seen hurting national parks.
Wednesday July 26th 2006, 12:00 pm
Yosemite National Park, Point Reyes National Seashore and Golden Gate
National Recreation Area won't escape the consequences of global warming
over the next decades, says a new report.
[News
Source]
Clarion call to save amphibians
A third of amphibians are now judged to be at risk
of extinction
Hundreds of amphibian species will become extinct unless a
global action plan is put into practice very soon,
conservationists warn.
Campaigners are forming an Amphibian Survival
Alliance, to raise $400m and carry through a rescue strategy.
More than a third of all amphibian species are
said to be in peril.
In a policy statement issued in the journal
Science, researchers blame a number of factors including habitat
loss, climate change and disease.
"We have a huge crisis but I'm confident
we can produce some real results," said Simon Stuart, from
Conservation International (CI).
read more here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi
/science/nature/5151892.stm
NASA
launches sister satellites on climate research NASA Friday launched
two long-awaited satellites designed to help scientists refine computer
models that forecast the weather and chart global climate change.
EDITORIAL:
Hard living in a toxic city (Minnesota Daily)
(U-WIRE) MINNEAPOLIS -- The word environmentalism often brings to question
environmental sustainability and saving trees. What is ignored is the
notion of environmental justice, a description that seeks to provide equal
protection from toxic waste and hazardous material for all
Earthquakes
Tsunamis... To further fuel the debate of greenhouse effects directly
attributed by...
A University of California,
Riverside research team has uncovered how a female mosquito's first blood
meal triggers its reproductive system to produce eggs, a finding which
could lead someday to new ways of controlling disease-spreading mosquito
populations.
Monday April 10th 2006, 10:00 am
The Arctic Ocean ice pack has not rebounded from record minimums recorded
last summer, causing scientists to worry that the planet's global warming
"canary in the coal mine" is in a tightening spiral of decline.
Health
canada - ABC News: Health Index TOP HEALTH
HEADLINES Warmer World Equals More Infections Global warming does more
than just melt glaciers -- it also allows bacteria and other infectious
critters to thrive...
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