World-News

The Associated Press: "A chunk of ice spreading across seven square miles has broken off a Canadian ice shelf in the Arctic, scientists said Tuesday. Derek Mueller, a researcher at Trent University, was careful not to blame global warming, but said the event was consistent with the theory that the current Arctic climate isn't rebuilding ice sheets."

http://www.truthout.org/article/seven-square-mile-ice-sheet-breaks-loose-canada



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=ice+sheet
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Arctic

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/21/climatechange.scienceofclimatechange


From Mast Sanity/Mast Network

Deborah Zabarenko, Reuters, reports: "The world's wetlands, threatened by development, dehydration and climate change, could release a planet-warming 'carbon bomb' if they are destroyed, ecological scientists said on Sunday."

http://www.truthout.org/article/wetlands-could-unleash-carbon-bomb



The "Green New Deal"

Andrew Simms, BBC News: "Now, a unique new group of specialists in finance, energy and the environment is arguing for a Green New Deal that will deliver a comprehensive solution to the triple crunches of the credit crisis, high energy prices and climate change."

http://www.truthout.org/article/the-green-new-deal-climate-crisis-roosevelt-revisited



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=wetlands
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=credit+crisis
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=oil+crisis
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Deborah+Zabarenko

Anticipating that natural disasters will soon pose even greater threats to children and their families due to global climate change, Save the Children issued a new report urging the international community to invest now in projects that will reduce the devastating impact of future disasters.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741683997ms110



Better World Links

Better World Links is probably the most comprehensive and important set of links for NGOs on the web and a central tool for change.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741683993ms110

Zahl der Naturkatastrophen durch Klimawandel heute vier Mal höher als vor 40 Jahren.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741683982ms110



Verheerende Hitzeperioden für Australien prophezeit

Garnaut Klimabericht zeichnet dramatisches Zukunftsszenario. http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741683991ms110



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Klimawandel

ACTION ALERT UPDATE
PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY!

Dear Al Gore, We Need the Full Truth Regarding Actions Sufficient to Avert Catastrophic Climate Change

By Climate Ark, http://www.climateark.org and EcoEarth.Info, http://www.ecoearth.info

July 14, 2008

TAKE ACTION
Encourage Mr. Gore to tell the full truth regarding the magnitude of actions required for climate change solutions, including advocating for an end to coal and ancient forest logging, and personal sacrifice including reduced consumption

http://www.climateark.org/shared/alerts/send.aspx?id=al_gore_full_truth

Al Gore is a global hero for the work he has done since leaving government to promote awareness regarding climate change. Yet I am sure he would agree that this and other long- standing awareness building efforts have failed woefully to turn such awareness into sufficient climate policy actions. Mr. Gore's efforts continue to do a disservice to prospects for achieving global ecological sustainability by downplaying the immense social and personal transformations necessary, including personal sacrifice, to build a low-carbon economic system that does not further undermine our shared biosphere. And frankly, it is sad to see someone of Mr. Gore's skills, resources and contacts not choose to lead by example and seek to dramatically reduce his own carbon emissions. Tell Mr. Gore if he really believes climate change is truly a global emergency threatening civilization, he should be leading by example and organizing mass protests in support of a rigorous and sufficient biocentric climate plan.

TAKE ACTION NOW:
http://www.climateark.org/shared/alerts/send.aspx?id=al_gore_full_truth

DISCUSS THIS ALERT:
http://www.climateark.org/blog/2008/07/alert_mr_gore_climate_awarenes.asp

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/antarctic-ice-shelf-collapse-imminent-866504.html


Informant: Teresa Binstock



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Antarctic+ice+shelf
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Geoffrey+Lean
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Geoffrey+Lean

Without strong and early action by Australia and all major economies we are likely to face severe and costly impacts on Australia’s prosperity and enjoyment of life, according to the Garnaut Climate Change Review’s Draft Report, released.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741683964ms109

WWF: Klima-Fußabdruck deutscher Reisen zu hoch. "Klima-Transparenz" gefordert.
http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741683956ms109



"Point of no return": Strategie für die Energieversorgung!

Bis spätestens 2030 muss die Menschheit den Ausstieg aus der fossilen Energieerzeugung geschafft haben, sonst wird der "Point of no Return", der Kipppunkt, mit ziemlicher Sicherheit überschritten.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741683953ms109

The gradual disintegration of the world's coral reefs under climate change will have significant impacts on food supplies, international tourism, water quality, and the safety of coastal communities.

http://theseoultimes.com/ST/?url=/ST/db/read.php?idx=6893



A third of world's reefs at risk of extinction

Almost a third of the world's reef-building corals are threatened with extinction, according to the first comprehensive assessment of their conservation status.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24003121-30417,00.html



Vanishing zooplankton spells disaster for fishing

The Scottish fishing industry could be facing disaster as a result of a dramatic collapse in zooplankton, "the tiny organisms at the bottom of the marine food chain", according to a conservation charity.

http://news.scotsman.com/scitech/Vanishing-zooplankton-spells-disaster-for.4278670.jp



Fall in tiny animals a 'disaster'

Experts on invertebrates have expressed "profound shock" over a government report showing a decline in zooplankton of more than 70% since the 1960s.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7499834.stm




Informant: Teresa Binstock



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=coral+decline
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=coral+reefs