Zimbabwe estimated to be most affected by global warming.

Having experienced since 1987 six of the warmest years on record, with droughts in ten total harvest seasons, climate change is already presenting devastating consequences. Ms Mutsa Chasi of the country’s Environmental Management Agency said, "With predictions that agricultural productivity in Zimbabwe could decrease by up to 30 percent because of increases in climatic extremes, climate change poses one of the most serious food security challenges of the 21st century in the country."

Ms. Chasi, our gratitude for your forthright assessment of the challenges facing Zimbabwe due to global warming. We pray that the Zimbabwean people receive ample nourishment as we strive to restore the balance of our vital ecosphere.

http://allafrica.com/stories/200805220560.html

Early spring endangers caribou and moose populations.

Professor Eric Post from Penn State University in Pennsylvania, US, has studied the effects of climate change induced early spring in Greenland. There, the caribou depend on a delicately balanced migration pattern to follow the growth of the young plants that are vital for their provision of nutritious milk to their babies. Dr. Post explained that the earlier springs can cause the caribou to miss the stage of growth in the young plants that they need. Norwegian researchers have discovered similarly that the earlier springs caused by climate change can be detrimental to the young European moose calves, who need the tender plant sprigs when their digestive systems cannot handle the more mature vegetation.

We thank you greatly, Dr. Post, Norwegian scientists and colleagues, for monitoring these effects of global warming on our animal friends. May your caring efforts move many to better safeguard life on our planet.

http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article2424960.ece, http://qnc.queensu.ca/story_loader.php?id=42cd92e28e5e9
http://environment.newscientist.com/article/dn13952-baby-caribou-hit-by-climate-double-whammy.html