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Global warming: Mt Everest’s ice is disappearing

By Graham Land Sat, May 18, 2013 12:35AM UTC 0 Comment

The glaciers of Mount Everest have lost 13% of their mass during the past 50 years, according to a new study. Since the 1960s smaller glaciers (less than one square kilometer) have shrunken by a whopping 43%. Data beginning in the early 1990s also shows declines in snowfall and a significant rise in temperatures. At...

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Climate change: Asian powers eye Arctic resources

By Graham Land Wed, Apr 17, 2013 8:44PM UTC 0 Comment

Arctic ice, pic: Pink floyd88 a (Wikimedia Commons)

Let’s face it: oil companies welcome climate change and are not about to do anything to slow it down. Warmer temperatures in the Arctic mean less ice and therefore easier oil exploration and extraction. As the Arctic melts, countries with growing energy demands are looking north to the Arctic Circle in order to meet their...

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Study: Asian cities at risk from major weather disasters

By AP News Thu, Mar 29, 2012 11:29AM UTC 0 Comment

An aerial view of shows temporary shelters and damage to a village and infrastructure following Cyclone Sidr, which swept into southern Bangladesh in 2007. Pic: AP.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Global warming is leading to such severe storms, droughts and heat waves that nations should prepare for an unprecedented onslaught of deadly and costly weather disasters, an international panel of climate scientists says in a report issued Wednesday. The greatest danger from extreme weather is in highly populated, poor regions of the...

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Aussie Greens to bring carbon tax to world stage

By Rowena Dela Rosa Yoon Wed, Oct 12, 2011 8:13PM UTC 3 Comments

Now that the much-debated carbon tax has passed the House of Representatives, members and supporters of the Australian Greens are looking forward to its historic vote in the Senate next month. The left-wingers are crossing their fingers the bill will be ratified into law. If ratified, the carbon tax will be the trademark victory for...

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Australia’s carbon tax and the political circus

By Rowena Dela Rosa Yoon Thu, Jul 14, 2011 7:18PM UTC 0 Comment

The carbon tax campaign has been making headway like a rambunctious political circus. Dennis Atkins, The Courier-Mail’s national affairs editor, has described the issue as political rather than an issue of policy. He noted it exemplifies the fundamental division between the pro- and anti-Government factions as more public debates are coming up. On Thursday night,...

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