Daily Archives: May 14, 2011

Climate change threatens far more than our environment. It’s already led to the spread of infectious diseases and respiratory ailments across the globe and contributed to thousands of deaths through heat waves and other extreme weather events. It’s even fueled … Continue reading →

Grist writers are getting increasingly desperate, which makes them more fun. What if a hurricane even nastier than Katrina — made stronger by the warmer climate — were to barrel through Florida and leave a trail of destruction in its … Continue reading →

Stopping the use of coal for electricity generation is the answer to halting global warming. This is the view of an internationally acclaimed scientist, known as the `father of climate change’, who spoke at Massey University yesterday. Dr James Hansen … Continue reading →

Mining to blame for islands to sink beneath waves Two small islands in South Asia’s first marine biosphere reserve have sunk into the sea primarily as a result of coral reef mining, experts say. The islets were in a group … Continue reading →