Torres Strait Islanders say they could become Australia's first climate change refugees - 22 Aug 2011 | |
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Concerned that they will become among the world’s first climate change refugees, indigenous Torres Strait Islanders of northern Australia in August 2011 call for the government's action to deal with rising sea levels that are causing accelerated coastal erosion and destruction of crops and infrastructure.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9566000/9566432.stm http://www.islandsbusiness.com/news/index_dynamic/containerNameToReplace=MiddleMiddle /focusModuleID=130/focusContentID=24568/tableName=mediaRelease/overideSkinName=newsArticle-full.tpl http://www.torresnews.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1798:climate-change- not-sinking-in-gela&catid=3 Chinese officials reporting on August 18, 2011 say that nearly 100 kilometers of waters off the coast of southern Guangdong province have been infested with a dark red algae that is spreading as the water temperature rises, with thousands of fish that have died so far due to oxygen-deprived suffocation. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-08/18/content_13144985.htm http://french.china.org.cn/china/txt/2011-08/19/content_23240120.htm Due to increasingly unpredictable weather in southern Pakistan, Reuters news agency reports on August 18, 2011 that mango crop yields have declined over last several years, forcing farmers to cut down decades-old trees and switch to growing other crops. http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/pakistans-mango-orchards-disappearing-as-weather-shifts |
IUCN released 20% of all mammals at risk of extinction - 23 Aug 2011 | |
The world's largest sun-powered boat, the PlanetSolar, docked in Hong Kong - 21 Aug 2011 | |
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