Climate Change: latest news and comment

02.05.2008 Demand for biofuels is destroying tribal peoples’ land and lives, according to a new report. Palm oil is one of the most destructive crops followed by sugar cane, soy, corn, manioc and jatropha.
From: Survival

01.05.2008 In the United States, even the people with the lowest usage of energy are still producing, on average, more than double the global per-capita average, an MIT class has estimated.
From: Science Daily

01.05.2008 At least 30 million people's water supply would be affected by the anticipated loss of Andean glaciers which are dwindling ever faster.
From: Living in Peru

30.04.2008 Why some say travellers should think twice before boarding.

30.04.2008 Pop star Lily Allen is backing a campaign to boost green energy in homes and businesses around Britain.

29.04.2008 The bark beetle is devastating North American trees because global warming has created a perfect climate for them. The ability of northern forests to take up and store atmospheric carbon is not just compromised; it is reversed.
From: Climate Progress

29.04.2008 Arctic scientists are preparing for the possibility that the North Pole could lose all its ice cover for a time in 2008.
From: New Scientist

28.04.2008 The significant shifts driven by climate change in the polar regions present new opportunities and pressures for development. These are challenges which demand holistic, integrated responses (PDF briefing).

28.04.2008 Both carbon dioxide and methane emissions rose sharply in 2007. The extra methane could be the first sign of the anticipated release of this gas from thawing Arctic permafrost.
From: NOAA

27.04.2008 Scientists must work harder at making the public aware of the stark difference between good science and "denialist spin" when it comes to climate change, says the Director of the Research Institute for Climate Change and Sustainability at the University of Adelaide, Australia.