Sichuan Earthquake - What I dont know and what I do know
0 Comments Published by CBEMN on Sunday, September 27, 2009 at 4:23 PM.
Check out this SlideShare Presentation:
Climate Change and the Developing World
0 Comments Published by CBEMN on Thursday, September 24, 2009 at 8:57 PM.
Read this short article that was in the most recent issue of The Economist.
Thanks to one of you for sending me this article.
President of The Maldives addresses the UN today Pt 1
0 Comments Published by CBEMN on Tuesday, September 22, 2009 at 10:20 PM.
What countries are at greatest risk from climate change?
0 Comments Published by CBEMN on Thursday, September 17, 2009 at 8:46 PM.
The countries expected to experience an "extreme threat" from climate change are in the darkest blue. Why are the patterns on this map such as they are? The full report that this recently published map came from can be found here.
Doctors Issue Warning about Climate Change
0 Comments Published by CBEMN on Tuesday, September 15, 2009 at 9:20 PM.
A new article published on the BBC web site indicates that "failure to agree to a new UN climate deal in December will bring a "global health catastrophe", say 18 of the world's professional health organizations." The December "deal" they are referring to is the UN Climate meeting to be held in Copenhagen, where nations will come together to attempt to set targets for emission reductions.
Or watch with audio from The Miniature Earth site.
A lot of you are apparently interested in natural disasters. Given that this is a Geography course, I thought I would provide you with an interesting link to a site that maps out the present distribution of a variety of disasters, from earthquakes, to tropical storms, health threats and wildfires...there are loads of links from the Global Disaster Watch site.
