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http://environment.independent.co.uk/climate_change/article2640428.ece


From Lisa

A sudden swell in sea levels could be catastrophic for more than a billion people living in low-lying areas, according to researchers with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

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New UNEP Report Shows Just How Hot It's Getting. Lives and Livelihoods of Hundreds of Millions if not Billions in Many Parts of the World Influenced by Ice and Snow Losses Linked to Climate Change.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741681711ms49

Die EU-Kommission schlägt einem Pressebericht zufolge weit reichende Schutzmaßnamen gegen den globalen Klimawandel vor.

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UNEP-Report rechnet Folgen der Erwärmung vor.
http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741681691ms49

Atop Greenland's Suicide Cliff, from where old Inuit women used to hurl themselves when they felt they had become a burden to their community, a crack and a thud like thunder pierce the air. "We don't have thunder here. But I know it from movies," says Ilulissat nurse Vilhelmina Nathanielsen. "It's the ice cracking inside the icebergs." Greenland's ice cap is melting, and faster than scientists had thought possible.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/060607EB.shtml

Schalt ab!...für's Klima Unter der Schirmherrschaft des bekannten Autors und Fernsehjournalisten Dr. Franz Alt ruft die Bürgerinitiative "Schalt ab!...für's Klima" alle Einwohner Deutschlands zu einer gemeinsamen Stromabschaltaktion während des G8-Gipfels auf. Vom 6. bis 8. Juni 2007 soll an drei Tagen jeweils von 19:45 bis 20:00 Uhr der Strom abgeschaltet werden. Die UmweltBank macht mit -- Machen auch Sie mit!

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http://climateprogress.org/2007/06/04/2006-second-most-extreme-weather-ever/


Informant: NHNE

Hundreds of millions of livelihoods will be affected by declining snow and ice cover as a result of global warming. The risks facing people include rising sea levels and losing access to drinking water, a UN study concludes.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/060507EB.shtml