Bad
- Glaciers in extinction: “Climate change is affecting
not only the glaciers of the Arctic but also the last vestiges barely managing
to hold on in the Pyrenees. It is estimated that in only 26 years (from 1980 to
2006), the Pyrenean glaciers, most of them in Aragon and principally in the
Monte Perdido and Maladeta massifs, lost 55% of their area and were reduced to
a total of about 285 hectares. Since then, they have continued to shrink…”
(‘ronda Ibéria’, Set.14, pág. 38). This ads to/and concludes my Ice Watch program (see http://glacierwatch.blogspot.com)
- 100.000 million Euros will be the costs of the damage
caused by the climate changes, counting from today to 2050 (TVE24h, 14.09.14).
- Caxemira faces the worse floods of the century: more than 200 dead.
- A study in Norway reveals that the natural desasters ocurred in 2013 dislocated 3 times more peolple (22 million) than armed conflicts(http://www.tsf.pt/PaginaInicial/Vida/Interior.aspx?content_id=4129140)
- Caxemira faces the worse floods of the century: more than 200 dead.
- A study in Norway reveals that the natural desasters ocurred in 2013 dislocated 3 times more peolple (22 million) than armed conflicts(http://www.tsf.pt/PaginaInicial/Vida/Interior.aspx?content_id=4129140)
Photo: Monte Perdido, Spain
Better
- Paraguaçú’s Altantic crossing to Brazil will most probably continue
in October 2014. Due to the high costs and difficulty in finding enough
support/ers, the crossing to Natal will take place using other means…
- Environment has more heavy-weights allies: the former
New York City Mayor, Mike Bloomberg; and Leonardo DiCaprio.
Bloomberg (http://www.mikebloomberg.com/index.cfm?objectid=BF2DE17A-C29C-7CA2-F80654D50A62B42D) said recently: "Cities account for more than 70% of global greenhouse gas emissions and two-thirds of the world's energy use today, and their total population is projected to double by 2050" (more on http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/31/us-climate-un-bloomberg-idUSBREA0U02Q20140131).
Leonardo DiCaprio will be UN ambassador on the fight against climate changes.
Bloomberg (http://www.mikebloomberg.com/index.cfm?objectid=BF2DE17A-C29C-7CA2-F80654D50A62B42D) said recently: "Cities account for more than 70% of global greenhouse gas emissions and two-thirds of the world's energy use today, and their total population is projected to double by 2050" (more on http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/31/us-climate-un-bloomberg-idUSBREA0U02Q20140131).
Leonardo DiCaprio will be UN ambassador on the fight against climate changes.
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