The economic cost of hurricanes in the US has increased as a result of greater population, infrastructure, and wealth along coastal areas, not because there have been more intense storms, a study says.
The supply of fish stocks will plummet as the world warms, says a United Nations report. Rising greenhouse gas emissions threaten at least three-quarters of key fishing grounds, and this could affect the 2.6bn people who derive their protein from seafood, the study notes. The ocean’s natural pumping systems, which bring nutrients to fisheries and also help flush out wastes and pollution, are under threat. Additionally, increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will raise oceans' acid levels, harming corals as well as planktonic organisms at the base of the food chain.
The results will affect millions of people in developing nations who depend on fishing for their livelihoods, according to the "Dead in the Water" report, published by the UN's Environment Programme (Unep).
The scientists used Nasa satellite technologies to explore the behaviour of the ice sheet, revealing a relationship between changes at the surface and below.
Read the entire paper here (PDF)
Earth faces being cremated inside the sun unless future generations work out how to change its orbit, writes Australia's appropriately named Herald Sun.
New calculations by University of Sussex astronomers predict Earth will not only be burned to a cinder, but will be swallowed up by the sun.
Professor Robert Smith and his team had previously calculated that Earth might escape ultimate destruction.
But new calculations now take into account the effect of drag caused by the outer atmosphere of the dying sun.
But no need to panic just yet; the researchers have calculated that the planet's demise will happen 7.6 billion years in the future.
Government scientists have studied the lifecycle of the midges that transmit the disease, and have developed a map that predicts how the disease will spread across
They suggest that farms in
Meanwhile, Earth Times (link) reports that the German government has taken the decision to vaccinate its herds against bluetongue, which has been spreading north from the Mediterranean region.
From the source:
Earth Institute (Columbia Uni) press release
The Bush administration has announced an end to federal protection for grey wolves in three 
Officials have concluded that the wolves are reproductively robust enough to survive.
A coalition of wildlife and environmental groups dismissed the government’s claims and announced plans for a lawsuit to reverse the decision, which is to take effect next month.
(Ed - it is worth keeping an eye open for the Bush administration's decision on whether polar bears should be listed as endangered. It is expected soon, perhaps as early as next week)
From the source:
US Fish and Wildlife Service press release
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