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Whales and Climate Change: How Are They Linked?

Posted on Mar 08, 2010 by Zachary Shahan.

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Two issues close to the hearts of many environmentalists (or even the average person now) — addressing climate change and protecting endangered whales — are now being seen as linked issues.

Whales are huge! Blue whales are the largest creatures on Earth. An elephant, the largest animal that lives on land, could stand on a blue whale’s tongue. Its heart is the size of a small car. A sperm whale has a brain the size of a car and you could swim in its veins.
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A Future Business Created by Sea Level Rise

Posted on Mar 07, 2010 by Susan Kraemer.

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Here’s a business concept poised for takeoff in centuries to come, with our rising sea levels. The floating island business. The Dutch (wouldn’t you know it!) company Dutch Docklands has come up with the concept of The Floating Beach®.

Now 22nd century tourists needn’t ever worry about their favorite island getaway being underwater. Floating beaches will always stay above sea level. Island nations, already too close to sea levels, that depend on tourism for income, are likely to be the first customers.

Indeed; the Maldives have just signed an agreement with the innovative company to develop several floating islands to replace the islands that are soon to be underwater.

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The First Nation to Run out of Water? Yemen

Posted on Mar 02, 2010 by Susan Kraemer.

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War-torn Yemen is set to be the first country in the world to completely run out of water.

War and strife are caused by shortages, and Yemen has been no exception to that rule. As the nation has succumbed to desertification, war has followed. As the world warms, desertification (in some regions in parts of China, the Middle East, the USA and Australia) will all increasingly create water shortages which by 2050 will affect billions.

For all these regions; that’s in the future. In Yemen, that future is right now.

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Chicago Says Disinfecting City’s Sewage is Eco Un-Friendly

Posted on Feb 17, 2010 by Jerry James Stone.

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Chicago is the only major U.S. city that does not disinfect its sewage. Why? Because it’s bad for the environment.
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Monitoring Sea Level Rise: Jason 3 is the Next Generation

Posted on Feb 11, 2010 by Scott James.

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Sea level rise is on everyone’s mind, and accurately measuring it is more important than ever. The EUMETSAT (European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites) and the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have been doing just that work for years, providing data showing a 3.3 millimeter sea level rise over the last 15 years with their Poseidon and Jason projects. With the outcry over the inaccurate science of the 2007 IPCC report about the Himalayan glaciers, it is imperative that the science supporting climate change information be as advanced and accurate as possible. Enter the Jason-3 programme, an international effort supported by the EUMETAST, the NOAA and the French Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES).
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