Global Warming
How to Remove Snow from your Surroundings Quickly
With the drastic changes in the climatic conditions today, the weather has really become unpredictable. But no matter how surprising our weather has always turned out, we can prepare appropriately for it, especially when welcoming the winter season. It’s always better to prepare well for the coming of snow than to start working on it...
Climate Change vs. Global Warming
These terms are often interchangeably used by those describing the conditions of the Earth’s temperature. Understanding the causes and effects of the two will help to distinguish the difference between climate change and global warming. Global warming is caused when the sunray penetrates the Earth’s ozone layer, releases its heat and the heat is unable...
The Politics of Solar Power Future
For a good number of years now since the world woke up to the need for alternatives to fossil fuels, it is really surprising that not so much have really been achieved, especially by our governments. This is despite the strides that have been made in solar power technology. There have also been increases in...
How Plants Can Survive Climate Change
With climatic change plants are now in real danger of facing increased and unusual temperatures in the near future. But there seems to be hope, with the discovery that certain plants could adapt to climates by activating and deactivating certain genes that better preserve them in such conditions. Epigenetics The ability to activate and deactivate...
How to assess the sustainability of building materials
Building your own home gives you a great deal of choice and flexibility over many aspects of your construction project. From the design of your property to the way in which it’s built, you have full control. Of course, it is this – and ending up with the home of your dreams – that makes...
IUCN Calls for Protection of Caribbean Reefs
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) urged to take “urgent measures” to protect coral reefs in the Caribbean, which is threatened by pollution and aggressive fishing practices in the area. In a report presented at the V World Conservation Congress that began yesterday in the South Korean island of Jeju, IUCN warned...
Two Endangered Hawksbill Turtles Found Dead in El Salvador
Two hawksbill turtles, one of which was electronic monitoring because the species is endangered, were found dead in the Pacific in El Salvador, reported today by a variety of sources. The specimens were found yesterday in the waters of the Bay of Jiquilisco, Usulutan (center), said spokesman for the Ministry of Environment and Natural...
Alerts for Risk of Wildfires in Seven Counties of Aragon
The 112 SOS Aragon Emergency Center, along with the Prefectures in Teruel, has turned a red alert on Friday, plus the pre-alert risk of wildfires in the seven counties of the Autonomous community. The alert provided by the Department of Environment in Aragon, in collaboration with the Meteorological Agency, warned of a situation of...
Twenty Years of Struggle Against Global Warming
PARIS – Twenty years of fight against global warming and too few concrete results against CO2 emissions: formally adopted in 1992 at the Earth Summit in Rio, the UN process against climate change today arouses little optimism. “Climate change is like being in a car and try to stop before reaching the edge of...
Global Warming Paradox: Himalayan Artificial Glaciers
People living on the slopes of the Himalayas called him “the man of the glaciers.” With his inventions, Cheawang Norphel, engineer of 77 years, is fighting at the local effects of global warming that threatens dozens of villages. The glaciers are retreating and is missing the water that is used to irrigate the fields...
Vibrio in Alaska, the Fault of Global Warming
Climate change is already having an impact on safety of food production and if nothing is done to time, the trend will only get worse. This is asserted by Todd Ewen, a professor at Michigan State University, who presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a series...
Himalayan Glaciers Grow Despite Global Warming
Studies have found that glaciers in parts of the greater Himalayas are growing, despite the worldwide trend of the melting of ice due to warmer temperatures. In the Karakoram mountain range on the border of Pakistan and China, researchers said that the Himalayan glaciers have defied global warming and became larger over a decade. Three dimensional...
