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Experts tip less rain.
Victoria faces another disastrous year with record low rainfall tipped and dams to fall to less than 20 per cent capacity by Christmas. Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia. 4 July 2009.
Mopping up after city's deluge will cost millions.
Millions of euro worth of damage was caused yesterday after Dublin was swamped by a record two weeks' worth of rain in one hour. The city's new Lord Mayor Councillor Emer Costello called the deluge "a direct consequence of climate change." Dublin Irish Independent, Ireland. 3 July 2009.
MMWD looks at plan for longer drought.
Faced with the prospect of less frequent rainstorms due to global warming, Marin Municipal Water District planners are considering a more conservative approach to drought projections. Marin Independent Journal, California. 3 July 2009.
Study on carbon-priced Singapore.
The Energy Studies Institute (ESI) has embarked on what will be a landmark study to understand what Singapore would look like in a carbon-priced world. Straits Times, Singapore. 3 July 2009.
Building a secure future in Bangladesh.
While others make plans for overpopulation, global warming mitigation and sustainable development, in Bangladesh, it is time for action. And the leadership is coming from within. BBC. Opinion, 3 July 2009.
An insurance plan for climate change victims.
As Western governments dither at the negotiating table over how to help the world's poorest people cope with climate change, some unlikely saviours have stepped up to the plate: the giants of the global insurance industry. New Scientist, England. 2 July 2009.
Tennessee: Climate game changer.
Two new reports say climate change spells significant challenges for landscapes, wildlife and people in Tennessee, Georgia and the entire Southeast United States. Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tennessee. 2 July 2009.
Cattle corridor in climate scare.
As Uganda feels the impacts of climate change, the worst scenario is reported in the cattle corridor, stretching from the northern region to the southwest region. Kampala Daily Monitor, Uganda. 2 July 2009.
Mother City could face water shortage by 2012.
Climate change scientists at the University of Cape Town say their modelling shows that the western part of the province will become hotter and drier as the effects of climate change intensify. Cape Town Cape Times, South Africa. 2 July 2009.
Earth faces 'Waterworld' as global warming 'lasts centuries.'
Even if greenhouse gas emissions stopped tomorrow the oceans will continue to swell as they warm and as glaciers or ice sheets slide into the sea, according to experts. London Daily Telegraph, England. 2 July 2009.
Asking the impossible.
Having a reliable climate forecast would considerably reduce the scale of the challenges ahead. But certainty is not a necessity for preparedness, as is evident from the 'no regrets' adaptation approaches of local communities in Africa. Nature. Opinion, 2 July 2009.
Blurring the boundaries.
A new book, Understanding Climate Change Adaptation, may be the only non-academic title available that focuses specifically on how informed interventions might help the rural poor adapt to the impacts of climate change. Nature. Opinion, 2 July 2009.
89 months and counting.
On one hand, the month brings confirmation of how warming will drive a huge human upheaval through forced migration. On the other, there is news that the Met Office, responsible for much of the UK's work on modelling global warming, is to lose one quarter of its climate research budget. London Guardian, England. Opinion, 2 July 2009.
Dutch expert offers advice on saving Delta.
Tropical islands and mountain glaciers get all the attention. But the planet's river deltas are the real front lines of climate change. Sacramento Bee, California. 1 July 2009.
Droughts and floods threaten China's economic growth, forecaster warns.
He Lifu, of the National Meteorological Centre, says that events such as droughts, floods and storms had become more frequent and severe since the 1990s and the trend was likely to continue. London Guardian, England. 1 July 2009.
Global food supply far from secure: farming expert.
Africa's farmers need help to access loans, fertilizer and export markets to avoid future food supply crises caused by climate change and commodities speculation, a top agricultural expert said on Tuesday. Reuters. 1 July 2009.
Town 'could disappear in 20 years.'
Mombasa is known all over the world as a city of sun-kissed beaches and luxurious hotels. But in just 20 years, this world-renowned tourist haven may become an island of misery in which vast stretches of land are submerged in sea. Dar es Salaam Citizen, Tanzania. 1 July 2009.
Mississippi River Delta to "drown" by 2100?
The Mississippi River Delta is drowning, according to new research that predicts the surrounding coastline will be inevitably reshaped in coming decades. National Geographic News. 1 July 2009.
Will Galveston's future be under water?
A recent study paints a startling picture of Galveston a hundred years from now. Some scientists worry that the island will be covered in water. Houston KHOU TV, Texas. 1 July 2009.
Flooding risk in Merseyside is set to quadruple if urgent action is not taken to tackle climate change.
Flooding risk in Southport and Formby may quadruple if urgent action is not taken to tackle climate change. Southport Visiter, England. 1 July 2009.
Mountain snow melts earlier, changing growth patterns, due to blowing dust.
The warmth of spring has always begun mountain snowmelt, bringing life-giving water to greening plants. But now, the timing is being thrown off by desert dust stirred as global warming dries larger areas and human activity increases in those regions. Associated Press. 30 June 2009.
Southern California wraps up 4th straight year of below-average rainfall.
Los Angeles is poised today to record its fourth year in a row with below normal rainfall. The dry year dovetails ominously with a climate change report released last week by the White House, a climatologist said. Los Angeles Times, California. 30 June 2009.
Weather disasters may rise in China.
The nation is bracing for a higher risk of more extreme weather as a trend toward increasing weather-related disasters has been recorded since the 1990s, top weather experts have said. China Daily. 30 June 2009.
Climate change hits hard on food production.
Developing countries such as Rwanda need to conserve as much water as they can sustain, in order to counteract the problems of global warming and maintain agriculture at a level commensurate with the needs of the population. Kigali New Times, Rwanda. 30 June 2009.
Thousands in Bangladesh still homeless from cyclone.
More than 350,000 Bangladeshis are still living on embankments, roadsides, school buildings and shelters, without adequate water and sanitation and at greater risk of disease a month after cyclone Aila ravaged parts of the country, the international aid group Oxfam said on Monday. Reuters. 30 June 2009.
Study looks at climate change links to big wildfires.
The increase in area burned by wildfires in the Western United States is a complex relationship between climate and fuels that varies among different ecosystems, according to a study conducted by U.S. Forest Service and university scientists. Bend KTVZ TV, Oregon. 30 June 2009.
Researchers: Louisiana coast will continue to erode.
Louisiana will lose as much as 5,212 square miles of coastline by 2100 because the Mississippi River can't feed enough sediment into marshes to prevent catastrophic land loss, Louisiana State University geologists concluded in a scientific paper published Monday. Associated Press. 30 June 2009.
Rising sea level to submerge Louisiana coastline by 2100, study warns.
A vast swath of the coastal lands around New Orleans will be underwater by the dawn of the next century because the rate of sediment deposit in the Mississippi delta can not keep up with rising sea levels, according to a study published today. London Guardian, England. 30 June 2009.
Against all odds.
Experts from ExxonMobil Upstream Research predict that Louisiana will lose an area the size of Connecticut by 2100, even with large diversion projects. Louisiana officials will have to set priorities and make some difficult decisions about what can and can't be restored. New Orleans Times-Picayune, Louisiana. Editorial, 30 June 2009.
At a loss.
Even under best-case scenarios of building massive engineering projects to restore Louisiana's dying coastline, the Mississippi River cannot possibly feed enough sediment into the marshes to prevent ongoing catastrophic land loss, a study published today concludes. New Orleans Times-Picayune, Louisiana. 29 June 2009.
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