Posted on July 27, 2010 by J.A. Ginsburg
The past as prologue: fortune-telling from tree rings; The Green Revolution hits the skids: genetically resilient pathogens and monoculture crops What happens when the future comes early? When does record-breaking weather segue from unfortunate inconvenience to an inconvenient truth? When… China reports massive floods affecting 75% of its provinces? The tally of dead and missing [...]
Filed under: TrackerBlog, agriculture, climate change, disease surveillance, drought, epidemiology, famine, floods, food, water | Tagged: climate change, hunger, An Inconvenient Truth, China floods, Russia drought, heat waves, tree ring data, extreme weather, Green Revolution, Norman Borlaug, wheat stem rust, Ug99, blights, late blight, cassava virus, famine | Leave a Comment »
Posted on September 21, 2009 by J.A. Ginsburg
If no other statistic about climate change gives you pause, this one should: 1/4 of the world’s population – an estimated 1.4 billion people – rely on water from rivers that source in the Himalayas. As glaciers retreat, snow packs shrink and spring thaws occur earlier and earlier, the precious gift of a well-timed water [...]
Filed under: agriculture, air pollution, climate change, drought, forests, reforestation, soil health, water | Tagged: aquifers, biotic pumps, climate change, COP-10, Copenhagen, deforestation, Extreme Ice Survey, Glacial Lake Outburst Floods, GLOF, hippos, IPCC, James Balog, Kenya, melting glaciers, Mexico, Nepal, nomads, Sharon Begley, TED, The Age of Stupid, urban heat islands | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 26, 2009 by J.A. Ginsburg
Making a right from two wrongs; For the love of a park; Inspiration from Aldo Leopold, MLB-branded grass & Neopets; Cyber-seedlings & fundraising; “You had me at orangutan” By all accounts the storm that hit New York’s Central Park last week didn’t last very long, but the devastation was breathtaking. In a matter of minutes, [...]
Filed under: air pollution, climate change, drought, forests, rain forests, reforestation, soil health, water | Tagged: Aldo Leopold, Borneo, Central Park, cyber-trees, deforestation, Neopets, Orangutans, rain forest, reforestation, The Aldo Leopold Foundation, trees, urban forest, Willie Smits | 3 Comments »
Posted on February 24, 2009 by J.A. Ginsburg
It is a one-size-fits-all news story, good for almost any part of the world right now: Cue the video to a farmer standing in a field of parched and stunted plants. Then cut to b-roll of cattle carcasses dotting the landscape, rivers barely trickling, reservoirs sinking fast and caked mud at the bottom of village [...]
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