嚴重乾旱農作歉收
中國的湖北(Hubei province)、甘肅(Gansu province)、江西(Jiangxi province)、湖南省(Hunan province),還有歐盟部分地區及美國中南部數州遭受嚴重乾旱,導致農作歉收,影響數百萬人糧源。http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/19/businesspro-us-eu-drought-idUSTRE74I22V20110519http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-20/expanded-drought-threatens-kansas-wheat-crop-climatologist-says.htmlhttp://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/43107859/ns/business-consumer_newshttp://www.iol.co.za/business/markets/commodities/drought-in-eu-us-stressing-crops-1.1071796http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/19/us-usa-drought-idUSTRE74I4JT20110519http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/7386927.htmlhttp://english.cri.cn/6909/2011/05/21/189s638725.htmhttp://www.reliefweb.int/node/402811
印度西部水荒
印度西部拉賈斯坦邦(Rajasthan state)的阿杰梅爾地區(Ajmer District)有586位村民位於水資源危機區,公共衛生及工程部門(Public Health and Engineering Department)派遣卡車運飲用水到當地以紓解水荒。http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/586-villages-face-water-crisis-in-Ajmer/articleshow/8376803.cmshttp://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/PHED
替代性能源能可滿足未來需求
聯合國「跨政府氣候變遷小組」(Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC)報導指出,適當的規劃將能在21世紀中使全球80%能源來自替代性能源以永續資源的供應,滿足未來的需求。http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20465-renewables-may-supply-80-per-cent-of-our-energy-by-2050.htmlhttp://ecocentric.blogs.time.com/2011/05/10/why-does-the-ipcc-want-us-to-cut-down-trees
孕婦接觸有機磷農藥影響孩童智商
美國政府3項研究發現,若婦女在懷孕期間暴露在有機磷農藥中,其孩童的智商比較低,其下降的比例與母親接觸此化學物的多寡有關。http://edition.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/04/21/womb.pesticide/index.html?hpt=T2http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/21/us-pesticides-babies-idUSTRE73K0VE20110421http://ehp03.niehs.nih.gov/article/fetchArticle.action?articleURI=info%3Adoi%2F10.1289%2Fehp.1003183http://ehp03.niehs.nih.gov/article/fetchArticle.action?articleURI=info%3Adoi%2F10.1289%2Fehp.1003185