Tipping Elements in the Earth System: How Stable is the Contemporary Environment?
A Special Feature of the “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences” presents the latest scientific insights on so-called tipping elements in the planetary environment.
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Sea Level Rise could reach 1.9 Metres this century
A new scientific study warns that sea level could rise much faster than previously expected. By the year 2100, global sea level could rise between 75 and 190 centimetres, according to a paper published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
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Running dry? Climate change in drylands and how to cope with it.
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Global Climate Risk Index 2010 - reflecting most severely affected countries over almost two decades Weather-related loss events and their impacts on countries in 2008 and in a long-term comparison.
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Two-Degree Temperature Rise Could Flood Wide Areas of Planet, Study Says
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/12/17-7
Maude Barlow on the World Water Crisis
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2009/12/17-0
Six Reasons Why Earth Won't Cope for Long
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/12/17-0
Scientists Warn Doing Nothing Will Likely Lock in Worst Consequences of Climate Change
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/01/27
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Margaret+Munro
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Maude+Barlow
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=John+Gibbons