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Glacier Today, Gone Tomorrow

Climate change, responsible for the melting of the Andean glaciers, threatens the lives of millions in Latin America’s poorest country. Sitting atop a barren mountain in Bolivia is a chunk of ice. It might be hard to imagine, on first inspection, that there is anything special about it. Ice is ice, after all; cold, hard [...]

Posted Under: Environment,GreenFeed,International
This post was written by Salman Shaheen on March 19, 2010 Comments (2)

Pieces of G8 – Climate Change

Twelve years too late, the leaders of the G8 agreed today to prevent global temperatures rising by more than 2C. An ‘acceptable’  temperature rise that will, according to the latest research, destroy half the rainforest. As some of the largest carbon sinks on Earth, after the oceans, the disappearance of the rainforests will make efforts [...]

Posted Under: Environment
This post was written by Salman Shaheen on July 8, 2009 Comments (6)