http://www.waterconserve.org/ "Water Conserve" is a Water Conservation Portal and Internet Search Tool that provides access to reviewed water conservation news and information Water Conserve a project of Ecological Internet, Inc. info@ecologicalinternet.org (Dr. Glen Barry) http://www.waterconserve.org/img/eilogo85.gif http://www.waterconserve.org/ WA Today: Scientists have made a surprising link between climate patterns in Australia and Antarctica. If you thought the drought affecting south-west WA since the 1970s was extreme, you were right. But just how extreme has been a matter of contention. Now, scientists believe it could be the worst of its kind in 750 years, after making an unexpected discovery. Researchers from the Australian Antarctic Division and Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Co-operative Research ... http://www.watoday.com.au/environment/climate-change/wa-drought-could-be-worst-for-750-years-20100205-niee.html http://www.waterconserve.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=150947 09 Feb 2010 11:00:00 PST climate drought worst | Pacific/Oceania | Australia info@ecologicalinternet.org (WA Today: Chalpat Sonti) AAP: 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. The Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre in Tasmania said it had found a direct link between snowfall in eastern Antarctica and rainfall in Australia's southwest. The heavier it snows in Antarctica, the less it rains in southern WA, the centre ... http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/wa-drought-is-proof-of-climate-change-20100208-nl52.html http://www.waterconserve.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=150869 08 Feb 2010 11:00:00 PST climate drought proof warming | Pacific/Oceania | Australia info@ecologicalinternet.org (AAP: none given) Thanh Nien: Both local and international experts said at a forum on the Mekong River environment organized by the Can Tho University on Wednesday that the dams will seriously threaten food security in riparian countries. Dao Trong Tu, former Vietnam country coordinator for the Mekong River Commission, said three hydropower dams are already under construction in China, and another 11 were planned in Laos and Cambodia. La Chhuon, an expert of Oxfam Australia in Cambodia, said fishermen in ... http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/?catid=3&newsid=55081 http://www.waterconserve.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=150941 08 Feb 2010 11:00:00 PST rainforest dam Mekong | East/South-East Asia | Vietnam info@ecologicalinternet.org (Thanh Nien: none given) Guardian: Climate scientists who worked on the UN panel on global warming have hit out at "sloppy" colleagues from other disciplines who introduced a mistake about melting glaciers into the landmark 2007 report. The experts, who worked on the section of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report that considered the physical science of global warming, say the error by "social and biological scientists" has unfairly maligned their work. Some said that Rajendra Pachauri, the ... http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/feb/08/climate-scientists-melting-glaciers http://www.waterconserve.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=150923 08 Feb 2010 11:00:00 PST climate science glaciers sloppy | Worldwide/General | info@ecologicalinternet.org (Guardian: David Adam) Australian Broadcasting Corporation: A 750-year-old core of ice showing a link between increased snow over Antarctica and drought in south-west Western Australia could provide evidence that the climate is changing because of human activity. Dr Tas van Ommen, from the Australian Antarctic Division, has studied the ice core taken from from Law Dome in eastern Antarctica. His research shows that rainfall over south-west Western Australia has decreased between 15 and 20 per cent since the 1960s, while snowfall at Law ... http://www.abc.net.au/rural/news/content/201002/s2813038.htm http://www.waterconserve.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=150909 08 Feb 2010 11:00:00 PST climate drought human activities | Pacific/Oceania | Australia info@ecologicalinternet.org (Australian Broadcasting Corporation: none given) Mongabay: Everyone knows the tiger, the panda, the blue whale, but what about the other five to thirty million species estimated to inhabit our Earth? Many of these marvelous, stunning, and rare species have received little attention from the media, conservation groups, and the public. This series is an attempt to give these 'forgotten species' some well-deserved attention. The salamander was a mythical creature before it was a real one: the word salamander means a legendary lizard that both ... http://news.mongabay.com/2010/0208-hance_luristannewt.html http://www.waterconserve.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=150977 08 Feb 2010 11:00:00 PST biodiversity forgotten species | Middle East | Iran info@ecologicalinternet.org (Mongabay: Jeremy Hance) Press Trust of India: Against the backdrop of an IPCC report making a wrong conclusion about Himalayan glaciers melting, Prime Minister`s Special Envoy on Climate Change Shyam Saran on Monday harped on more research to generate precise information on the matter. "It is clear that climate is changing. Now we need precise information on the subject," he said. Mr. Saran`s views assume significance in the wake of a report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) wrongly concluding that ... http://beta.thehindu.com/news/national/article102807.ece http://www.waterconserve.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=150894 08 Feb 2010 11:00:00 PST climate science precise information | South Asia | India info@ecologicalinternet.org (Press Trust of India: none given) Agence France-Presse: A drought that has gripped the southwestern corner of Australia since the 1970s is linked with higher snowfall in East Antarctica, a phenomenon that may be rooted in global warming, scientists reported on Sunday. Researchers Tas van Ommen and Vin Morgan of the Australian Antarctic Division said that the drought -- which has seen winter rainfall decline by 15-20 percent -- is extremely unusual when compared with the last 750 years. Hand in hand with the drought is a similarly ... http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100207/sc_afp/climatewarmingaustraliadrought http://www.waterconserve.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=150874 07 Feb 2010 11:00:00 PST climate drougt linked Australia Antarctica | Worldwide/General | info@ecologicalinternet.org (Agence France-Presse: none given) Tribune News Service: For each degree rise in the temperature in the region, Punjab will lose 750 kg per hectare of wheat. This startling revelation emerged at the 13th Punjab Science Congress organised by Panjab University in collaboration with the Punjab Academy of Sciences to thrash out issues related to climate change. Governor of Jammu and Kashmir NN Vohra inaugurated the congress on 'Climate change: Concerns and solutions' at the university auditorium here today. Talking to The Tribune, Prof ... http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20100208/main5.htm http://www.waterconserve.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=150944 07 Feb 2010 11:00:00 PST climate food wheat | South Asia | India info@ecologicalinternet.org (Tribune News Service: Neha Miglani) Reuters: The main impact of climate change will be on water supplies and the world needs to learn from past co-operation such as over the Indus or Mekong Rivers to help avert future conflicts, experts said on Sunday. Desertification, flash floods, melting glaciers, heatwaves, cyclones or water-borne diseases such as cholera are among the impacts of global warming inextricably tied to water. And competition for supplies might cause conflicts. "The main manifestations of rising ... http://www.news24.com/Content/SciTech/News/1132/caab582556cf40b9bfecc9c2b9b05407/07-02-2010-11-21/Blue_jeans_15_000_litres_pair http://www.waterconserve.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=150920 07 Feb 2010 11:00:00 PST climate water impact | Worldwide/General | info@ecologicalinternet.org (Reuters: none given) Telegraph: The legislation will mean owners of weirs and waterways face being ordered to install "eel passes" - a type of chute - or screens that will allow eels to slip past blockages so they can travel upstream to mature, or downstream to spawn. Eels are thought to take up to three years migrating as larvae from the Sargasso Sea to European rivers, where they spend up to 20 years before making the 4,000 mile return journey across the Atlantic to spawn and die. Conservation experts say a ... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/7173052/Eel-bypasses-to-be-installed-across-Britain.html http://www.waterconserve.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=150839 07 Feb 2010 11:00:00 PST river wildlife eel | Europe | United Kingdom info@ecologicalinternet.org (Telegraph: Laura Donnelly) Associated Press: 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. Larry Schweiger, National Wildlife Federation president and chief executive, is visiting Colorado and other states to rally support for federal legislation addressing climate change by mandating cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. The U.S. House has passed a ... http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20100207/NEWS/100209852/1077&ParentProfile=1058 http://www.waterconserve.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=150905 07 Feb 2010 11:00:00 PST climate change effects | North America | United States info@ecologicalinternet.org (Associated Press: Judith Kohler) Guardian: New laws could help save critically endangered eels in English and Welsh rivers, the Environment Agency said today. The legislation will require eel passes and screens to be installed in rivers as barriers may prevent from going up or downstream. ­European eels, a traditional east London dish, need to move both ways in the water so they can give birth and grow, but weirs and sluice gates can stop them from migrating. In the river Thames alone the eel ­population has fallen by ... http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/feb/07/laws-help-rare-eels http://www.waterconserve.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=150872 07 Feb 2010 11:00:00 PST river wildlife eels | Europe | United Kingdom info@ecologicalinternet.org (Guardian: none given) Telegraph: My pulse is racing. I have found a new way to save money on food -- and help to save the planet in the process. I had thought there was nothing more I could do to cut back on bills and waste as I am already a devotee of markets, pound shops, supermarkets' yellow cut-price stickers and recycled leftovers. But the next logical step has just been delivered to my door: a box full of items that supermarkets cannot sell but are still fit to eat. According to Approved Food, the leading ... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/7175927/Food-Inc-saved-from-the-bin.html http://www.waterconserve.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=150805 06 Feb 2010 11:00:00 PST food waste | Europe | United Kingdom info@ecologicalinternet.org (Telegraph: Cassandra Jardine) Independent (UK): An environmentally valuable expanse of Spanish wetlands that dried up through mismanagement of water resources and drought is once again awash with water due to heavy rainfall, an official said Tuesday. Over 1,200 hectares (3,000 acres) of the wetlands of the Tablas de Daimiel National Park are flooded, the highest level since 1997, up from just 67 hectares on January 7, a park spokesman said. The heavy rains also put out an underground peat fire which had raged at the ... http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/heavy-rains-bring-spanish-wetlands-back-to-life-1891368.html http://www.waterconserve.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=150797 06 Feb 2010 11:00:00 PST climate drought heavy rain | Europe | Spain info@ecologicalinternet.org (Independent (UK): none given) Inter Press Service: Ethiopia is building a 240-metre high dam on the Omo River that is intended to end the country's electricity shortage and supply power to neighbouring countries. Not everyone's happy. The Gilgel Gibe III dam will hold back 14.7 million cubic metres of water. Its 1,870 MW generating capacity will be a significant boost for the Ethiopian Electric Power Company (EEPCO) which has plans to extend electricity supply within the country and export power to other countries in East ... http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=50241 http://www.waterconserve.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=150828 06 Feb 2010 11:00:00 PST dam critics | Africa | Ethiopia info@ecologicalinternet.org (Inter Press Service: Ips Correspondent) Guardian: A controversial UK cull of ruddy ducks, a US native that has been compared to a "feathered lager lout" for its displays of thuggish and amorous behaviour, has cost the British taxpayer more than £740 for each dead bird. Figures from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) show that shoots of the chestnut-coloured bird have cost taxpayers £4.6m, yet only 6,200 have been killed. The disclosure has sparked an outcry from ornithologists and animal activists ... http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/feb/07/ruddy-duck-cull-waste-money http://www.waterconserve.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=150821 06 Feb 2010 11:00:00 PST wildlife ruddy duck cull | Europe | United Kingdom info@ecologicalinternet.org (Guardian: Graham Mole) Agence France-Presse: Winter Olympics chiefs will not sanction a desperate last-minute venue switch despite unseasonably warm temperatures continuing to curse Cypress Mountain, the host of the freestyle events at the Games which begin on Friday. The host city enjoyed highs of 11 degrees again on Saturday while meteorological officials said that the warm weather, which has led to 300 dumper trucks and even helicopters being used to transport snow from higher elevations, will continue right up to the opening ... http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jOod_vyCDO8SWK4uw5RObLBQOPJQ http://www.waterconserve.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=150816 06 Feb 2010 11:00:00 PST climate snow lack | North America | Canada info@ecologicalinternet.org (Agence France-Presse: Dave James) Time Magazine: Basic biology suggests that plants might grow faster in a world with more carbon dioxide, and field experiments bear that out: when you pump extra CO2 into a field or a forest, trees and other vegetation tend to get bigger. There are plenty of caveats attached: without other nutrients, the size and health of CO2-enriched plants can be compromised, and in some cases noxious weeds like poison ivy do better than the greenery you might prefer. But perhaps the biggest question of all is ... http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100206/hl_time/08599196056700 http://www.waterconserve.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=150799 06 Feb 2010 11:00:00 PST climate forest carbon tree growth | North America | United States info@ecologicalinternet.org (Time Magazine: Michael D. Lemonick) Christian Science Monitor: The fire burning deep below Centralia, Pa., is just one of numerous coal fires burning in at least 20 states today, with thousands more worldwide. They gobble up resources, spew dangerous emissions, and scar the land. Yet little is known about their impact on climate change or human health due to carbon dioxide and mercury emissions, say experts. Approximately 200 underground coal fires burn in about 20 states, according to Glenn Stracher, a researcher at East Georgia College in ... http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2010/0205/Centralia-Pa.-coal-fire-is-one-of-hundreds-that-burn-in-the-U.S http://www.waterconserve.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=150768 05 Feb 2010 11:00:00 PST coal fire burn underground | North America | info@ecologicalinternet.org (Christian Science Monitor: Mark Clayton) Canadian Press: 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. CIDA President Margaret Biggs offered that candid assessment of the state of the undeveloped world and what Canada can to do help, in a speech Thursday to University of Ottawa students. Biggs, who rarely speaks publicly, also said a tough road lies ahead in rebuilding ... http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hz-3oLt-z5t_f0Cap3FaDE4iP6kQ http://www.waterconserve.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=150752 05 Feb 2010 11:00:00 PST climate hunger food | Worldwide/General | info@ecologicalinternet.org (Canadian Press: Mike Blanchfield) Reuters: Temperatures in Tibet rose last year to the highest level since records began for the remote Himalayan region, which scientists say is particularly vulnerable to global warming, state media reported on Friday. The average temperature in Tibet in 2009 was 5.9 degrees Celsius (42.6 degrees Fahrenheit), 1.5 degrees higher than "normal," the official China Daily newspaper reported, citing latest figures from the regional climate center. It did not detail how the "normal" level was ... http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE6140HT20100205 http://www.waterconserve.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=150749 05 Feb 2010 11:00:00 PST climate heat record high temperature Tibet | East/South-East Asia | China info@ecologicalinternet.org (Reuters: http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE6140HT20100205?sp=true) Scientific American: Methane trapped in Arctic ice (and elsewhere) could be rapidly released into the atmosphere as a result of global warming in a possible doomsday scenario for climate change, some scientists worry. After all, methane is 72 times more powerful as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide over a 20-year timescale. But research announced at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union this December suggests that marine microbes could at least partially defeat the methane "time bomb" sitting ... http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=defusing-the-methane-time-bomb http://www.waterconserve.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=150734 05 Feb 2010 11:00:00 PST methane greenhouse gas time bomb | North America | United States info@ecologicalinternet.org (Scientific American: Christopher Mims) Inter Press Service: At dawn, 65-year-old Indian share farmer Gundicha Rout goes to the stone water trough in his backyard to wash his face and prepare for paddy husking. He reaches out for the water, dipping into a thin film of oil on its surface. As he swishes the water in his mouth, there is a bitter metallic taste. It has been like this in Patharakata hamlet in Rampei village, Cuttack district in Orissa state, located in India's mineral-rich central eastern belt, during the three years since ... http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=50230 http://www.waterconserve.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=150702 05 Feb 2010 11:00:00 PST air pollution iron industry | South Asia | India info@ecologicalinternet.org (Inter Press Service: Manipadma Jena) Reuters: The U.N.'s panel of climate experts said on Friday it was reviewing whether it wrongly said that more than half of the Netherlands is below sea level in a new glitch after exaggerating the thaw of Himalayan glaciers. "We are looking into it," said Brenda Abrar-Milani, a spokeswoman for the Geneva-based Secretariat of the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). A 2007 report stretching to about 3,000 pages includes the sentence that "the Netherlands is an ... http://in.reuters.com/article/topNews/idINIndia-45940520100205 http://www.waterconserve.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=150695 05 Feb 2010 11:00:00 PST climate Himalaya science glacier | South Asia | info@ecologicalinternet.org (Reuters: Alister Doyle) New Republic: Sometime around 2050, there are going to be nine billion people roaming this planet--two billion more than there are today. It's a safe bet that all those folks will want to eat. And that's... an incredibly daunting prospect. Right now, an estimated one billion people go hungry each day. So add two billion more people, a limited supply of arable land, plus the fact that rising incomes will boost demand for meat and dairy products, plus the fact that many key natural resources (fisheries, ... http://www.tnr.com/node/72936 http://www.waterconserve.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=150589 04 Feb 2010 11:00:00 PST food population scarcity | Worldwide/General | info@ecologicalinternet.org (New Republic: Bradford Plumer) Daily Monitor: Environmentalists have raised an alarm over the rapid destruction of wetlands and warned of dire consequences if immediate action is not taken to arrest the situation. Particular concern has been raised over rapid depletion of the eco-system around Lakes Victoria and Kyoga which have lost a significant portion of the wetlands around them that act at natural purifiers and breeding ground for fish. Nationwide, wetland cover has drastically reduced from about 37,575 square ... http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/-/688334/854616/-/whxpc9/-/index.html http://www.waterconserve.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=150607 04 Feb 2010 11:00:00 PST wetland warming destruction | Africa | Uganda info@ecologicalinternet.org (Daily Monitor: Zahra Abigaba and Esther Oluka) Canadian Press: Errors in an authoritative report about the impact of global warming on Himalayan glaciers should not detract from the overall conclusions drawn in the study, the U.N. climate chief said Thursday. Yvo de Boer acknowledged that some mistakes were made in the 2007 report by the U.N.-affiliated Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change but argued that the science behind global warming was robust and that the report itself was helping countries combat it. The IPCC report warning ... http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iU1HHrHodo1iC_7gRr8SHWOYuhUA http://www.waterconserve.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=150592 04 Feb 2010 11:00:00 PST climate science robust | Worldwide/General | info@ecologicalinternet.org (Canadian Press: Nirmala George) Australian: The embattled chief of the UN climate change panel has admitted that a mistake in a landmark 2007 report has damaged the body's credibility. But Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, refused to apologise for the erroneous claim that global warming could melt Himalayan glaciers by 2035. The admission came as former British chief scientist David King backed away from his sensational claim that a foreign intelligence agency or wealthy US ... http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/pachauri-admits-damage-to-un-climate-change-panel/story-e6frg6so-1225826520504 http://www.waterconserve.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=150496 04 Feb 2010 11:00:00 PST climate science IPCC Pachauri | Worldwide/General | info@ecologicalinternet.org (Australian: none given) BBC: The new study has shown how spider silk captures water from the air and gathers it into jewel-like droplets. As well probing the science of this natural phenomenon, the researchers went on to design a new material with similar properties to the spider silk. They report in the journal Nature that copying spider silk could lead to the development of more "smart materials". Such materials could eventually be used as catalysts or filters to draw substances out of chemical ... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8496559.stm http://www.waterconserve.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=150633 04 Feb 2010 11:00:00 PST spider science | Worldwide/General | info@ecologicalinternet.org (BBC: none given) Australian Broadcasting Corporation: ELEANOR HALL: The Federal Government might be shaping its climate change policy around reducing carbon dioxide emissions but research from the US Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has found an increase in stratospheric water vapour may be responsible for nearly a third of the global warming that took place during the 1990s. It also found that a 10 per cent drop in vapour slowed down the rate of global warming by a quarter over the last decade. Timothy McDonald spoke about ... http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2010/s2810120.htm http://www.waterconserve.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=150613 04 Feb 2010 11:00:00 PST climate water vapor | Pacific/Oceania | Australia info@ecologicalinternet.org (Australian Broadcasting Corporation: none given) Telegraph: The Centre for Ecology and Hydrology measured animal life and water quality in half a million ponds across the country, from tarns in the Lake District to garden pools. Mostly as a result of pollution from farms, sewers and roads, more than 80 per cent of ponds were judged to be in a "poor" or "very poor state". Invasive species like water primrose and the paving over of more gardens is also a problem. As a consequence rare species of frogs, dragonflies and aquatic ... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/7156498/Most-of-Britains-ponds-in-a-terrible-state.html http://www.waterconserve.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=150590 04 Feb 2010 11:00:00 PST water polluted ponds | Europe | United Kingdom info@ecologicalinternet.org (Telegraph: none given) New Zealand Herald: Anyone who sets out to discredit a piece of published work can do so by finding a single factual error. No matter how peripheral the mistake may be, it undermines public confidence in the work. People naturally wonder, if the authors were careless on this point how much else might be wrong? More than one mistake has been found recently in the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, set up by the United Nations to provide authoritative reports on global warming, ... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/opinion/news/article.cfm?c_id=466&objectid=10623715 http://www.waterconserve.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=150582 04 Feb 2010 11:00:00 PST climate science anecdotes | Worldwide/General | info@ecologicalinternet.org (New Zealand Herald: Editorial) Canwest News Service: Canadian ambassador Gary Doer on Wednesday cautioned United States policy-makers against imposing punitive climate-change measures against Alberta's oilsands, saying Ottawa's decision to adopt identical greenhouse-gas emissions targets has strengthened Canada's opposition to American states planning to target carbon-intensive fuels. The Harper government's decision to align its emissions target with the Obama administration's goal is "useful," Doer said, in Canada's ongoing battle ... http://www.thestarphoenix.com/business/emissions%20targets%20mean%20should%20punish%20Canada%20oilsands%20Envoy/2518925/story.html http://www.waterconserve.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=150621 03 Feb 2010 11:00:00 PST oil sands emissions targets | North America | info@ecologicalinternet.org (Canwest News Service: Sheldon Alberts) Mongabay: A claim published in the Sunday Times over the veracity of a statement published in an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report may land the British newspaper in hot water. On Sunday, Jonathan Leake, Science & Environment Editor of the Sunday Times, accused the IPCC of making a "bogus rainforest claim" when it cited a report warning that up to 40 percent of the Amazon could be "drastically" affected by climate change. Climate change skeptics immediately seized on ... http://news.mongabay.com/2010/0204-amazongate.html http://www.waterconserve.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=150555 03 Feb 2010 11:00:00 PST climate rainforest die-back | South/Central America/Caribbean | info@ecologicalinternet.org (Mongabay: Rhett Butler) Inter Press Service: The Amazon jungle "is very close to a tipping point," and if destruction continues, it could shrink to one third of its original size in just 65 years, warns Thomas Lovejoy, world-renowned tropical biologist. Climate change, deforestation and fire are the drivers of this potential Amazonian apocalypse, according to Lovejoy, biodiversity chair at the Washington DC-based Heinz Centre for Science, Economics and the Environment, and chief biodiversity adviser to the president of the World ... http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=50194 http://www.waterconserve.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=150474 03 Feb 2010 11:00:00 PST Amazon rainforest diminishment | South/Central America/Caribbean | Brazil info@ecologicalinternet.org (Inter Press Service: Stephen Leahy) Agence France-Presse: Global warming is good news for trees, which are thriving in higher temperatures and longer growing seasons, but bad news for ducks and other waterfowl, whose wetland habitat may dry up and disappear, two studies show. A study by researchers at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) in Maryland indicates that higher temperatures, longer growing seasons and increased levels of carbon dioxide brought by climate change are helping trees in temperate climates to grow ... http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100203/sc_afp/usclimateenvironmentforestry http://www.waterconserve.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=150523 03 Feb 2010 11:00:00 PST global warming ecosystem | North America | United States info@ecologicalinternet.org (Agence France-Presse: Karin Zeitvogel) Guardian: Eight out of 10 ponds in Britain are in a "terrible state", according to the biggest ever survey of the country's nature-rich small water pools. England, Scotland and Wales are thought to have about half a million public "ponds", from tarns in the Lake District and wild mountain pools to patches of water on village greens. But mostly as a result of pollution from farmland, roads and villages, the study by the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology and the charity Pond Conservation ... http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/feb/03/uk-ponds http://www.waterconserve.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=150516 03 Feb 2010 11:00:00 PST water ponds bad condition | Europe | United Kingdom info@ecologicalinternet.org (Guardian: Juliette Jowit) Khaleej Times: Protection of wetlands is key to human survival and UAE plays a central role in this endeavour, a panel of scientists observed at the World Wetlands Day seminar organised by Dubai Municipality (DM). Being a crucial stopover junction for thousands of migratory birds from across the world, wetlands in the UAE play a key role in the survival of hundreds of avian species as well as other forms of life, environmentalists stressed at the conference themed 'Caring for wetlands -- and answer ... http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2010/February/theuae_February90.xml&section=theuae&col= http://www.waterconserve.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=150506 03 Feb 2010 11:00:00 PST wetland protection | Middle East | United Arab Emirates info@ecologicalinternet.org (Khaleej Times: Shafaat Ahmed) United Press International: Scientists say the loss of wetlands due to climate change across central North American prairies will negatively affect millions of waterfowl. The researchers said they've discovered the region is much more sensitive to climate warming than previously thought, posing a bleak future for waterfowl that depend on wetlands for food, shelter and the raising of their young. "The impact to the millions of wetlands that attract countless ducks to these breeding grounds in spring makes ... http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2010/02/03/Climate-change-effects-on-prairies-studied/UPI-11711265211024/ http://www.waterconserve.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=150528 03 Feb 2010 11:00:00 PST climate prairies | North America | United States info@ecologicalinternet.org (United Press International: none given) Guardian: It seems hard to believe that a handful of tree trunks dragged from frozen bogs in Siberia could undermine the argument about man-made climate change. But that is the claim that has been made by sceptics in recent months. The claim is wide of the mark, but in the 1,073 emails stolen from the University of East Anglia last November the row over the trees and what they tell us about climate change is played out in detail. The scientists are shown clinging to their data to prevent it ... http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/feb/03/yamal-data-climate-change-hacked-email http://www.waterconserve.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=150527 03 Feb 2010 11:00:00 PST climate science tree rings | Europe | Russia info@ecologicalinternet.org (Guardian: Fred Pearce) Jamaica Gleaner: Global warming could lead to Palisadoes going under water if Jamaicans do not take care of the wetlands, an expert from the Port Royal Marine Laboratory has warned. The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) yesterday used Jamaica's observance of World Wetlands Day as an opportunity to increase the public's awareness of wetlands. The agency and lab officials provided attendees with insight into wetlands, also known as swamps, during a visit to the University of the ... http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20100203/lead/lead2.html http://www.waterconserve.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=150505 03 Feb 2010 11:00:00 PST climate wetlands water | South/Central America/Caribbean | Jamaica info@ecologicalinternet.org (Jamaica Gleaner: Laura Redpath) Telegraph: Dr Rajendra Pachauri, the head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), said the assertion in its 2007 report had "cost us dear' in the fight against global warming and helped boost the efforts of sceptics. Despite the IPCC previously admitting it had made a mistake in its assessment on climate change, Dr Pachauri refused to personally apologise for the error because he was not responsible for that part of the report. In an interview published on Wednesday, the ... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/climatechange/7142074/UN-climate-change-chief-admits-glacier-mistake-has-cost-us-dear.html http://www.waterconserve.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=150484 03 Feb 2010 11:00:00 PST climate science glacier error | Worldwide/General | info@ecologicalinternet.org (Telegraph: Andrew Hough) Guardian: The Brazilian government has given the green light to the construction of a controversial hydroelectric dam in the Amazon rainforest that environmentalists and indigenous activists claim will displace indigenous tribes and further damage the Amazon basin. Brazil's environment ministry granted the Belo Monte dam project an environmental licence late on Monday paving the way for tenders from companies interested in constructing the world's third largest hydroelectric plant, on the ... http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/feb/02/brazil-amazon-rainforest-hydroelectric-dam http://www.waterconserve.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=150424 02 Feb 2010 11:00:00 PST Amazon dam Belo Monte | South/Central America/Caribbean | Brazil info@ecologicalinternet.org (Guardian: Tom Phillips) Mongabay: The approval of the hydro-electric Belo Monte Dam from the Brazilian environmental agency, IBAMA, has raised condemnations from environmentalists and indigenous groups. The dam will divert the flow of the Xingu River, a tributary of the Amazon River, which runs through the Amazon in northeast Brazil. According to critics the dam will destroy vast areas of pristine rainforest, disrupt sensitive ecosystems, and relocate 12,000 people. "The government is trying to steamroll this project, ... http://news.mongabay.com/2010/0202-hance_belomonte.html http://www.waterconserve.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=150422 02 Feb 2010 11:00:00 PST Amazon river massive dam | South/Central America/Caribbean | Brazil info@ecologicalinternet.org (Mongabay: Jeremy Hance) New York Times: Forests in the eastern United States appear to be growing faster in response to rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, a new study has found. The study centered on trees in mixed hardwood stands on the western edge of the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland that are representative of much of the those on the Eastern Seaboard. All are growing two to four times as fast as normal, according to a study published in Tuesday`s issue of The Proceedings of the National Academy of ... http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/02/science/earth/02trees.html http://www.waterconserve.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=150393 02 Feb 2010 11:00:00 PST tree climate growth | North America | United States info@ecologicalinternet.org (New York Times: Leslie Kaufman) Scientific American: Through the rain-pocked window of his Prius heading east on the Queensboro Bridge, Stuart Gaffin sees a black, watery sea of missed opportunities. "Look at all those. Another 100,000 square feet!" Gaffin, a climatologist at Columbia University's Center for Climate Systems Research, is on his way to the Con Edison power plant in Queens's Long Island City neighborhood. His view from the 40-meter-high bridge is bleak, and not just because of the rain. "Just sitting there," ... http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=green-roof-climate-change-mitigation http://www.waterconserve.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=150510 02 Feb 2010 11:00:00 PST sustainable buildings green roofs | Worldwide/General | info@ecologicalinternet.org (Scientific American: Katie Moisse) Telegraph: "We need to greatly increase the amount of wetland that we have because it is incredibly important for our biodiversity and for ensuring that we maintain some of the very valuable species and plants that we have," he said. England used to be covered in wetland but most of it was drained for agricultural land. There is now just 350,000 hectares left, just 10 per cent of what existed 500 years ago. Wetlands provide habitat for rare birds like avocet as well as thousands of ... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/7138281/Wetlands-to-be-recreated-in-England.html http://www.waterconserve.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=150494 02 Feb 2010 11:00:00 PST England wetlands recreated | Europe | United Kingdom info@ecologicalinternet.org (Telegraph: Louise Gray) Times (UK): Brazil has approved the controversial construction of a giant hydroelectric dam in the heart of the Amazon, defying a 20-year protest by indigenous and environmental campaigners who say that the project will devastate the surrounding rainforest and threaten the survival of local tribes. The Belo Monte project on the Xingu river, an Amazon tributary, was started in the 1990s but abandoned amid widespread protests at home and abroad. The rock star Sting led a campaign against the plan ... http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article7012769.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=3392178 http://www.waterconserve.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=150461 02 Feb 2010 11:00:00 PST fury giant Belo Monte Amazon rainforest dam brazil | South/Central America/Caribbean | Brazil info@ecologicalinternet.org (Times (UK): none given) Environment News Service: World Wetlands Day 2010 Links to Climate Change, Biodiversity Environment News Service (ENS) World Wetlands Day 2010 Links to Climate Change, Biodiversity GLAND, Switzerland, February 2, 2010 (ENS) - Today, World Wetlands Day is being celebrated with the full recognition of Africa's Lake Chad as a wetland of international importance, fulfilling a commitment made 10 years ago by the four nations that share the continent's fourth largest lake. The declaration today by ... http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/feb2010/2010-02-02-01.html http://www.waterconserve.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=150444 02 Feb 2010 11:00:00 PST wetlands biodiversity climate change | Worldwide/General | info@ecologicalinternet.org (Environment News Service: none given)