• Climate Change and Human Migration

    Updated: 2011-11-07 16:00:57
    Explore The Network Nature Planetsave Blue Living Ideas Civilization CleanTechnica Gas 2.0 Green Building Elements Ecopreneurist The Inspired Economist Daily Life Insteading Eat . Drink . . Better Green Living Ideas Green Divas Radio Society sustainablog EcoLocalizer Red , Green Blue OzHouse Creativity Crafting A Green World FeelGood Style Google Plus importantmedia Facebook Login Advertise About About Guest posting Sustainablog Jeff McIntire-Strasburg has been blogging a greener world via sustainablog since 2003 Business Culture Living Media Politics Products Science Sustainability Technology You are here : Home Culture Climate Change and Human Migration Climate Change and Human Migration November 7, 2011 By Chris Keenan Leave a Comment Hello there If you are new here , you might want to

  • Drought: A Creeping Disaster

    Updated: 2011-11-07 14:26:04
    From the NY Times. See: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/17/opinion/sunday/17drought.html?_r=2&partner=rss&emc=rss Opinion Drought: A Creeping Disaster By ALEX PRUD’HOMME Published: July 16, 2011 FLOODS, tornadoes, earthquakes, tsunamis and other geological phenomena have left a trail of destruction during the first half of 2011. But this could be just the start to a remarkable year of bad weather. Next up: drought. [...]

  • Half the world’s working women are without basic legal rights, says UN

    Updated: 2011-11-07 14:23:18
    See: http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2011/jul/06/un-women-report-access-to-justice UN women report: Access to justice remains a work in progress Flagship report from the new UN agency shows there is a way to go before improvements in the legal position of women are translated into equality and justice for all Date: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 Source: The Guardian (UK) Author: Madeleine Bunting [...]

  • Overpopulated, Overbreeding and OverTHERE

    Updated: 2011-11-06 19:56:27

  • Must-See Comic: Happy Climate Change Denial Season!

    Updated: 2011-11-06 14:48:34
    Click to Enlarge: Yes, this amazing Brian McFadden comic strip was actually in the NY Times today! (see The NY Times Abandons the Story of the Century and Joins the Energy and Climate Ignorati Related Posts: Last Two Winters’ Warm Extremes More Severe Than Their Cold Snaps, Study Finds An amazing, though clearly little-known, scientific [...]

  • “The Murdoch Press Are a Threat to Democracy,” Warns Australian Politician

    Updated: 2011-11-05 14:12:16
    A senior ALP [Australian Labor Party] faction leader branded Rupert Murdoch’s News Limited “a threat to democracy” today as the feud between the newspaper group and the Government intensified. // Two months ago I reposted a warning  by Australian scientist: “The Murdoch Media Empire Has Cost Humanity Perhaps One or Two Decades in Battle Against [...]

  • Rising Temperatures Melting Away Global Food Security

    Updated: 2011-11-05 13:03:35
    Thanks to Lester Brown for this article. See: http://www.earth-policy.org/book_bytes/2011/wotech4_ss3 Rising Temperatures Melting Away Global Food Security Earth Policy Release July 6, 2011 Heat waves clearly can destroy crop harvests. The world saw high heat decimate Russian wheat in 2010. Crop ecologists have found that each 1-degree-Celsius rise in temperature above the optimum can reduce grain [...]

  • Open Thread Plus Population Cartoon of the Week

    Updated: 2011-11-05 00:19:08
    A cyber-penny for your thoughts. Toles has the cartoon that sums up the week’s biggest news: Notice how he sneaks in climate change along with the food insecurity message. Related Post: Nature:  “Feeding some 9 billion people by mid-century in the face of a rapidly worsening climate may well be the greatest challenge the human [...]

  • Seven big problems for 7 billion people: Experts weigh in on predicaments caused by a burgeoning world population

    Updated: 2011-11-04 19:41:49
    msnbc.com – October 26, 2011 By James Eng Sometime on Monday, Oct. 31, the world’s population is projected to hit 7 billion. Is that numerical milestone a cause for celebration or concern? A little bit of both, according to the United Nations Population Fund. The organization, an international development agency that promotes the right of [...]

  • Seven Billion: What Does it Mean?

    Updated: 2011-11-04 19:27:10
    UN Dispatch – October 31, 2011 By Alanna Shaikh On October 31st, the UN Population Division has predicted the planet will see its 7 billionth person. In advance of that event, UN Dispatch spoke to William Ryerson about what that kind of population growth means. He’s well placed to answer the question. Mr. Ryerson is [...]

  • 7 Billion and Counting: Welcome to a Planet With Population Overload and Resources in Crisis

    Updated: 2011-11-04 19:23:38
    AlterNet – October 29, 2011 By Scott Thill The definition of overpopulation has less to do with raw numbers of people than their relationship with the planet’s sustainable resources. Here’s some freaky news: According to United Nations, Earth’s seventh-billionth person could be born by Halloween, even though “the fire marshal only certified Earth for 6,999,999,” [...]

  • Humpback Whales Not as Rare as Believed

    Updated: 2011-11-04 16:00:50
    By all accounts, the environment seems to be in peril. As years continue to pass, we continue to see the consequences of human-caused actions. Depletion of resources, climate change, and the extinction of species have been increasing on an alarming scale. Related posts:Exxon Oil and Gas Project to Face Russian Legal Challenge Over Endangered Whales

  • G-20 Leaders Meeting in Cannes Need to Focus on Climate

    Updated: 2011-11-04 15:19:18
    by Andrew Light and Rebecca Lefton G-20 leaders of the world’s major economies who are meeting this week in France will be scrambling to deal with economic emergencies rippling across Europe, rising unemployment, and stagnating economic growth. But these leaders must also take up climate change, which will become more costly the longer we wait [...]

  • Deforestation reduces rainfall in Africa

    Updated: 2011-11-04 13:29:23
    Thanks to Steve Kurtz for this article. Please see: http://www.nerc.ac.uk/press/releases/2011/23-rainfall.asp Deforestation reduces rainfall in Africa 19 September 2011 Deforestation in the rainforests of West Africa reduces rainfall over the rest of the forest, according to new research published in Geophysical Research Letters. The study shows that changing land use from forest to cropland reduces rainfall [...]

  • U.S. Carbon Emission Down 7 Percent in Four Years, Even Bigger Drops Coming

    Updated: 2011-11-04 00:41:06
    . , Explore The Network Nature Planetsave Blue Living Ideas Civilization CleanTechnica Gas 2.0 Green Building Elements Ecopreneurist The Inspired Economist Daily Life Insteading Eat . Drink . . Better Green Living Ideas Green Divas Radio Society sustainablog EcoLocalizer Red , Green Blue OzHouse Creativity Crafting A Green World FeelGood Style Google Plus importantmedia Facebook Login Advertise About About Guest posting Sustainablog Jeff McIntire-Strasburg has been blogging a greener world via sustainablog since 2003 Business Culture Living Media Politics Products Science Sustainability Technology You are here : Home Sustainability U.S . Carbon Emission Down 7 Percent in Four Years , Even Bigger Drops Coming U.S . Carbon Emission Down 7 Percent in Four Years , Even Bigger Drops Coming

  • Africa Faces Explosive Population Growth

    Updated: 2011-11-03 13:29:18
    Thanks to Joe Bish for this article. Please see: http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=56153 Africa Faces Explosive Population Growth By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Jun 20, 2011 (IPS) – The African continent, which is projected to make significant economic gains over the next decade, is in danger of being weighed down by a dramatic explosion in population growth. A [...]

  • Should I use a heater or aerator in my water garden? | Decorative Ponds & Water Gardens Q&A

    Updated: 2011-11-02 19:36:43
    Should I use a heater or aerator in my water garden? Lindsay – Pittsfield, ME So you already know that it is important to keep a hole open in the ice that forms over your water garden during the winter months. This provides an outlet for harmful gases and an inlet for new oxygen-rich air. [...]

  • What happens to the frogs and toads during the winter? | Pond & Lake Q&A

    Updated: 2011-11-02 19:33:02
    As the temperatures continue to drop you will begin to notice that your pond, once full of life, is now starting to look like abandoned arctic tundra. Gone are the cool summer nights spent on your patio and deck watching fireflies tastefully illuminate your lawn while being serenaded by a choir of frogs and crickets.

  • A Future of Price Spikes

    Updated: 2011-11-02 13:23:54
    Thanks to Carter Dillard for this Time article.  See: http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,2083276,00.html Thursday, Jul. 14, 2011 A Future of Price Spikes By Michael Schuman Thomas Malthus lived in an era much like today’s – when emerging technologies made anything seem possible. The 19th century was approaching, the Industrial Revolution was steaming along, and in intellectual circles it [...]

  • More tax will save the environment?

    Updated: 2011-11-02 08:42:09
    The view that overconsumption and over-pollution by the rich is the real problem, not overpopulation, seems to be beginning to take root. The Guardian’s Andrew Simms makes some interesting comments on inequality, seemingly arguing that there should be more re-distribution of wealth from the rich to the poor to avoid so much over-consumption. Read more...

  • The Peak Oil Crisis: The German Army Report

    Updated: 2011-11-01 13:28:08
    Thanks to John Coulter for this article from the Falls Church News Press.  See: www.fcnp.com/commentary/national/10158-the-peak-oil-crisis-the-german-army-report.html The Peak Oil Crisis: The German Army Report By Tom Whipple Wednesday, September 21 2011 06:49:43 PM In the last five or six years at least 20 major studies have been published by governmental and non-governmental organizations that either deal [...]

  • City Of Toronto Latest To Pass Shark Fin Ban

    Updated: 2011-10-31 16:00:27
    Explore The Network Nature Planetsave Blue Living Ideas Civilization CleanTechnica Gas 2.0 Green Building Elements Ecopreneurist The Inspired Economist Daily Life Insteading Eat . Drink . . Better Green Living Ideas Green Divas Radio Society sustainablog EcoLocalizer Red , Green Blue OzHouse Creativity Crafting A Green World FeelGood Style Google Plus importantmedia Facebook Login Advertise About About Guest posting Sustainablog Jeff McIntire-Strasburg has been blogging a greener world via sustainablog since 2003 Business Culture Living Media Politics Products Science Sustainability Technology You are here : Home Culture City Of Toronto Latest To Pass Shark Fin Ban City Of Toronto Latest To Pass Shark Fin Ban October 31, 2011 By Beth Buczynski Leave a Comment Hello there If you are new

  • 67 - Time to Retire?

    Updated: 2011-10-30 22:59:29
    The New Zealand opposition party has announced plans to raise the pension age to 67 by 2033. Read more...

  • Map Shows Who Gets Screwed by Climate Change, Who Doesn’t

    Updated: 2011-10-28 21:38:40
    , Explore The Network Nature Planetsave Blue Living Ideas Civilization CleanTechnica Gas 2.0 Green Building Elements Ecopreneurist The Inspired Economist Daily Life Insteading Eat . Drink . . Better Green Living Ideas Green Divas Radio Society sustainablog EcoLocalizer Red , Green Blue OzHouse Creativity Crafting A Green World FeelGood Style Google Plus importantmedia Facebook Login Advertise About About Guest posting Sustainablog Jeff McIntire-Strasburg has been blogging a greener world via sustainablog since 2003 Business Culture Living Media Politics Products Science Sustainability Technology You are here : Home Science Map Shows Who Gets Screwed by Climate Change , Who Doesn’t Map Shows Who Gets Screwed by Climate Change , Who Doesn’t October 28, 2011 By ziggy 2 Comments Hello there If

  • Detroit’s Population Problems

    Updated: 2011-10-27 23:27:59
    Detroit is grappling with the problems of losing 25% of its population in the last 10 years. Read more...

  • Do Cattails actually die in the winter or can I do something to prevent them from coming back? | Pond & Lake Q&A

    Updated: 2011-10-27 21:13:09
    During the winter months, cattail foliage dies off. Leaves and stems turn brown and dry up when the weather gets cold, and optimistic pond keepers dare to imagine their backyard water features without the scourge of unwanted cattails. But deep beneath the pond, cattail roots are alive and well in their dormant state, saving up their energy to come back strong in the spring.

  • Solar PV Breaks Records in 2010

    Updated: 2011-10-27 19:05:38
    Solar photovoltaic (PV) companies manufactured a record 24,000 megawatts of PV cells worldwide in 2010, more than doubling their 2009 output. Related posts:Good News: US Solar Power to Double in 2010 Data Highlights on Solar Energy Wind Power Soared Past 150,000 Megawatts in 2009

  • Occupy George: Protest Wealth Inequality in America on Your Dollars

    Updated: 2011-10-27 01:50:15
    : Explore The Network Nature Planetsave Blue Living Ideas Civilization CleanTechnica Gas 2.0 Green Building Elements Ecopreneurist The Inspired Economist Daily Life Insteading Eat . Drink . . Better Green Living Ideas Green Divas Radio Society sustainablog EcoLocalizer Red , Green Blue OzHouse Creativity Crafting A Green World FeelGood Style Google Plus importantmedia Facebook Login Advertise About About Guest posting Sustainablog Jeff McIntire-Strasburg has been blogging a greener world via sustainablog since 2003 Business Culture Living Media Politics Products Science Sustainability Technology You are here : Home Culture Occupy George : Protest Wealth Inequality in America on Your Dollars Occupy George : Protest Wealth Inequality in America on Your Dollars October 26, 2011 By ziggy 1

  • The oldest society the world has ever known

    Updated: 2011-10-26 04:01:00
    The Economist has a very good article about the world with 7 billion people in it. Read more...

  • Do I need to remove the UV in my pond for the winter? | Decorative Ponds & Water Gardens Q&A

    Updated: 2011-10-21 14:45:57
    Like a lot of people, UV components don’t tolerate cold very well. Unlike people (most people, anyhow), those components tend to crack when frozen. So, in the interest of avoiding unnecessary expense when you bring your pond back online in the spring, removing your UV for the winter months is a wise course of action.

  • Russia and the Belt of the Mother of God

    Updated: 2011-10-21 04:43:50
    A venerated Orthodox relic is starting a month-long tour of Russia to boost fertility. Read more...

  • How to Feed 7 (Plus) Billion People

    Updated: 2011-10-19 05:39:57
    A report published in Nature magazine suggest four strategies to improve food production and availability. Read more...

  • Not magic, but necessary

    Updated: 2011-10-18 09:45:51
    In April this year, some American colleagues of ours wrote a rather detailed, 10-page article in Trends in Ecology and Evolution that attacked our concept of generalizing minimum viable population (MVP) size estimates among species. Steve Beissinger of the University of California at Berkeley, one of the paper’s co-authors, has been a particularly vocal adversary [...]

  • Odds and Ends

    Updated: 2011-10-17 05:53:46
    Christian Churches in the Middle East, India and the Population Stabilisation Incentive Fund Read more...

  • Jewish people celebrate positive birth rate

    Updated: 2011-10-14 05:58:03
    Interestingly, in a world generally trying to drive down population rates, the Jewish community are still celebrating a surge in their birth rate Read more...

  • My water is brown, what should I do? | Decorative Ponds & Water Gardens Q&A

    Updated: 2011-10-13 19:18:32
    Before we can answer that question, you’ll have to do some sleuthing. Why? Because water that looks brown many not actually be brown. Fortunately, there’s a simple way to figure it out – and there are simple ways to clear up the issue – regardless how the test turns out.

  • What else lives in my pond besides fish? | Ponds & Lakes Q&A

    Updated: 2011-10-13 19:08:33
    If you were scientifically inclined, you could spend a lot of time considering the complexities of a backyard pond. Despite their apparent simplicity, there’s a lot more going on in your pond than you might suspect.

  • Twenty landmark papers in biodiversity conservation

    Updated: 2011-10-13 02:50:28
    While I can’t claim that this is the first time one of my peer-reviewed papers has been inspired by ConservationBytes.com, I can claim that this is the first time a peer-reviewed paper is derived from the blog. After a bit of a sordid history of review (isn’t it more and more like that these days?), [...]

  • 7 Milestones (One for every billion)

    Updated: 2011-10-12 04:25:59
    A few historical milestones as the Earth adds another billion. Read more...

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