Southeast Asia Fisheries Development Center Scientist Emerita and Zoological Society of London (ZSL) Chief Mangrove Scientific Advisor Dr. Jurgenne Primavera reported that the ‘region has the highest rate of mangrove loss.’
A study released by Dr. James Hansen, the dean of climate scientists and director of the Nasa Goddard Institute for Space Studies, concludes that the recent heat waves and extreme summers likely were caused by climate change.
In 2010 an ice island measuring 250 square km (100 square miles) broke off the same glacier.
Earlier study has found broad trends linking earlier spring weather, rising temperatures and increased forest fires, suggesting that climate change may play a role in fires like the Waldo Canyon blaze outside of Colorado Springs, which has burned more than 18,000 acres and consumed about 300 homes.
The three tangibles seen that could cause collapse of the ecosystem as early as this century include climate change, population growth and environmental destruction, scientists warned in the journal Nature.
‘Political controversy over climate change cannot be attributed to the public’s limited ability to comprehend science,’ according to Dan Kahan, Professor of Psychology at Yale Law School.
The World Bank in a report said political considerations, entrenched behavior and a lack of appropriate financing systems are the chief obstacles to environmentally friendly development.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in its report said, man-made global-warming gases are already affecting some types of extreme weather.
Green Groups are turning to social networking to drive their campaign for Earth Hour.
Climate change which is caused by greenhouse gases are likely to result in annual costs of nearly US$ 2 trillion in damage to the oceans by 2100, according to a new Swedish study.