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Peru's Politicians Deny Crisis as Water Shortage Looms
Story published in An American in Lima, July 24, 2009: link By Barbara R. Drake " LIMA: Peru’s Minister of the Environment Antonio Brack Egg told international glacier experts and other climate specialists last...
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Rocky Mountaineer Rolls On
Vancouver, British Columbia - A cast of colorful characters from around the world, boarded the Rocky Mountaineer luxury train in Vancouver, British Columbia. Together we would ride the rails on the train awarded... 771 views | 74 recommendations | 11 comments
Melting glaciers force Italy, Swiss to redraw border
Due to melting glaciers countries are redrawing boarders. Italy is in talks with Switzerland and it is proposed that Switzerland enter into discussions with France and Austria under the same criterion. Up to... 441 views | 12 recommendations | 3 comments
Italy and Switzerland may redraw their borders as glaciers melt
Italy and Switzerland may be forced to redraw their borders along the Alps near the Matterhorn as the glaciers continue to melt. Franco Narducci from Italy's Democratic Party wants to submit a bill to redraw the border with Switzerland, and Switzerland is agreeing with this... Global Warming Claims Another Glacier in Peru
Bald & ugly: not a patch of ice is left on Nevado Quilca, in Puno, south Peru
Awful news. Quilca Glacier (5,250 meters above sea level) in Puno has disappeared completely, reports Peru’s National Institute for Natural Resources (IRENA).
The disappearance of Quilca... Environmental change re-draws atlas of Africa
"Africa`s rapidly changing environmental landscape, from the disappearance of glaciers in Uganda`s Rwenzori Mountains to the loss of Cape Town`s unique `fynbos` vegetation, was presented Tuesday to the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN).The Atlas,...Facts Shatter Global Warming Denier Claims
"Global warming climate change is happening.x20 A major cause of it is the burning of fossil fuels. The effects of it will be severe and damaging. We are already seeing some effects in extreme weather events,...McCain rips Bush record on warming
Now that he has spent the last few months courting his party's base with promises on conservative pet issues such as remaining in Iraq what kind of supreme court justices he would appoint, McCain has turned to...Melting mountains a "time bomb" for water shortages
"Glaciers and mountain snow are melting earlier in the year than usual, meaning the water has already gone when millions of people need it during the summer when rainfall is lower, scientists warned on Monday." River Ganges,waterless within 30 yrs:Fera environtmentalists
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The Hindus believe that king Bhageerath son of King Dileep, Ikshvaku dynasty was main architect in bringing ganga down to the earth.
As the story goes-Bhageerath ancestors (Sagars) on their... Climate Change is Affecting All of Canada
"Climate change is already affecting every region of Canada, according to a major new federal government study that cites specific local examples of the good and bad in a warming nation."Tributes To Sir Edmund Hillary, The First to the Top of The World
The first man ever to reach the summit of Mount Everest died on January 10th, 2008, leaving behind a legacy of exploration and adventure that would leave even Indiana Jones green with envy.Leaders from around the...Multimedia Photostory: The King.
This is a photo story about a trip to Glacier National Park. Although it is not very timely (it was shot in august of '06), it's still pretty fun. Enjoy!http://www.eyeini.com/stories/glacierstory/index.html (big version)http://eyeini.com/eyeini/?p=79 ... Western Canada's Glaciers Hit 7000-Year Low
"Tree stumps at the feet of Western Canadian glaciers are providing new insights into the accelerated rates at which the rivers of ice have been shrinking due to human-aided global warming.
Geologist... swissinfo Special - Climate Change
"Swiss climate research and work in computer-simulated climate models are considered to be among the best in the world. swissinfo talks to scientists about their work in Switzerland, visits a Swiss researcher studying glaciers at Spitzbergen University in Norway and spends...
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