Melting Snowpack Thins Wolverine Population
CANWEST - The ferocious wolverine - strong enough to kill prey as large as a moose - may not be tough enough to survive climate change.… Read More
Western Australia Drought is ‘Proof of Climate Change.’
AUSTRALIAN AP - The author behind a new study linking 30-year drought in Western Australia with heavy snowfall in Antarctica says it is strong evidence man-made greenhouse gases have provoked dramatic climate change. … Read More
To Save Amazon Rainforest, Expert Pushes Smarter Farming to Replace Slash-and-Burn
AP - It's a simple system, long practiced in the U.S., of rotating crops instead of simply chopping down forest. But here in the state of Mato Grosso ("thick forest"), where ranchers and farmers have destroyed more of the Amazon than anywhere else, it's a relatively new idea.… Read More
Conservationist: Colorado Sees Climate Change Effects
AP - The head of one of the country's largest conservation groups is warning that Colorado is in the "bull's eye of climate change" and says the state's hunters and anglers are seeing firsthand the effects of warmer temperatures.… Read More
Study: Eastern Trees in the Midst of a Growth Spurt
Two decades' worth of careful measurements of hardwood forests in Maryland show their growth has accelerated significantly over the past two decades. Is it good for global warming?… Read More
Scant Arctic Ice Could Mean Summer ‘Double Whammy’
REUTERS - Arctic ice cover is important to the rest of the world because the Arctic is the globe's biggest weather-maker, sometimes dubbed Earth's air-conditioner for its ability to cool down the planet. … Read More
Butterflies Losing Habitats Due to Climate
REUTERS - Arctic ice cover is important to the rest of the world because the Arctic is the globe's biggest weather-maker, sometimes dubbed Earth's air-conditioner for its ability to cool down the planet. … Read More
Climate Change Likely to Make It Harder to Feed 1 Billion Hungry
CP - Poor countries are still gripped by the food crisis of two years ago and climate change will only make things tougher in the coming years, says the head of Canadian International Development Agency.… Read More
