Monday, 2 June 2008
Saturday, 31 May 2008
Greener and leaner - how the west could stave off disaster
The crisis will require a complex package of policy responses over the short to long term
Food aid Seeds Fertilisers Export Bans Free trade
BioFuels Agricultural Investment GM Crops Sustainabiity
Interactive VIDEOS on the food crisis from China, Egypt, Scotland and the Phillipines.
INTERACTIVE Global food crisis
Greener and leaner - how the west could stave off disaster | Environment | The Guardian
Thursday, 29 May 2008
South West tops long-life table
People in the South West are more likely to live into their mid 70s than those living elsewhere in England and Wales, official data shows.
BBC NEWS Health South West tops long-life table
Tuesday, 27 May 2008
Nuclear clean-up costs 'to soar'
The cost of cleaning-up the UK's ageing nuclear facilities, including some described as "dangerous", looks set to rise above £73bn, the BBC has learned.A senior official at the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority said the bill would rise by billions of pounds. Nineteen sites across the country, some dating from the 1950s, are due to be dismantled in the coming decades.
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Nuclear clean-up costs 'to soar'
Climate Change Encyclopedia of Earth
The last two decades of the 20th century produced mounting evidence that climate change posed significant risks to society. At the beginning of the 21st century, climate change has become a defining issue of our time. The importance of this issue is underscored by its magnitude and complexity: it is a global problem with wide geographic and economic disparity between the largest sources of the problem and those who will experience the greatest impacts. Many solutions often run counter to powerful entrenched interests and long-held patterns of individual behavior. All of this is happening amidst a global community that is increasingly connected by flows of information, people, commerce and environmental change. This collection brings together some of the world’s leading scientists and organizations and presents the essential knowledge underlying the issue of climate change.
Climate Change (collection) - Encyclopedia of Earth
Saturday, 24 May 2008
Sunday, 18 May 2008
19.20.21 WORLD CITIES
There are going to be 19 cities with over 20 million people in the 21st century.
19.20.21.
World Hunger - Social and Economic Policy - Global Policy Forum
The world produces enough food to ensure every person a healthy and productive life, yet more than 800 million people suffer from chronic malnutrition, while large numbers of others suffer from obesity. The UN’s Millennium Development Goals seek to reduce the percentage of hungry people by half by the year 2015. Considering the plentiful resources available and the terrible consequences of starvation, hunger and malnutrition, it is a very modest commitment. Political leaders of virtually every country have endorsed the goal. But these same leaders are doing very little to build a strategy or to implement required change.
World Hunger - Social and Economic Policy - Global Policy Forum
Defra, Noise Mapping England
The noise maps on this site have been produced by Defra to meet the requirements of the Environmental Noise (England) Regulations 2006, and are intended to inform the production of noise action plans for large urban areas, major transport sources, and significant industrial sites in England.
Defra, Noise Mapping England
Saturday, 17 May 2008
Two disasters, contrasting reactions
Two Asian countries reeling from the horror of tens of thousands of people probably dead and hundreds of thousands more made destitute and homeless.
And two governments, one a military junta and the other a Communist oligarchy, both traditionally suspicious of outside intervention.
But what a contrast between the different ways they are handling their situations.
BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | Two disasters, contrasting reactions
Wednesday, 14 May 2008
Tuesday, 13 May 2008
Search for China quake survivors
A massive search and rescue operation is under way in south-western China after one of the most powerful earthquakes in decades.
Troops have arrived in Wenchuan county at the epicentre, which was largely cut off by the quake - but heavy rain is hampering rescue operations.
BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | Search for China quake survivors
Barcelona Drought
Barcelona has begun the unprecedented move of shipping in drinking water as the region experiences its worst drought in at least 60 years.
Barcelona Drought: Gallons Of Drinking Water Shipped In |Sky News|World News
Monday, 12 May 2008
Chinese quake 12th May
China kills more than 8,500 in one region (Financial times) http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/06c839fc-1ff2-11dd-80b4-000077b07658,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340.html?nclick_check=1
* Thousands feared dead as strong quake hits China (New York Times) http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/13/world/asia/13china.html?_r=1&partner=MOREOVERNEWS&oref=slogin
* Thousands feared dead in China Quake (LA Times) http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-chinaquake13-2008may13,0,6114570.story
* Frantic search for 900 buried schoolchildren as massive China earthquake kills 7000 (Daily Mail) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=565912&in_page_id=1811
* In Pictures – China earthquake (BBC News) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/7396502.stm
* ‘Buried teenages crying for help’ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7396650.stm
* China earthquake kills thousands (The Guardian) http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/12/china?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront
* At least 7,000 are killed in China earthquake http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article3917473.ece
* Red Cross on Death toll (BBC News video) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/7396786.stm
* China Earthquake – News and Videos about China Earthquake (iReport) http://www.ireport.com/ir-topic-stories.jspa?topicId=21421
o Thousands dead in Chinese Quake (BBC News) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7396400.stm
o China kills more than 8,500 in one region (Financial times) http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/06c839fc-1ff2-11dd-80b4-000077b07658,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340.html?nclick_check=1
o Thousands feared dead as strong quake hits China (New York Times) http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/13/world/asia/13china.html?_r=1&partner=MOREOVERNEWS&oref=slogin
o Thousands feared dead in China Quake (LA Times) http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-chinaquake13-2008may13,0,6114570.story
o Frantic search for 900 buried schoolchildren as massive China earthquake kills 7000 (Daily Mail) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=565912&in_page_id=1811
o In Pictures – China earthquake (BBC News) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/7396502.stm
o ‘Buried teenages crying for help’ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7396650.stm
o China earthquake kills thousands (The Guardian) http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/12/china?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront
o At least 7,000 are killed in China earthquake http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article3917473.ece
o Red Cross on Death toll (BBC News video) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/7396786.stm
o China Earthquake – News and Videos about China Earthquake (iReport) http://www.ireport.com/ir-topic-stories.jspa?topicId=21421
BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | Thousands dead in Chinese quake
Wednesday, 7 May 2008
BBC NEWS | England | Landslide on Dorset beach
A landslip described as "the worst for 100 years" has destroyed more than 400 metres (1,312 ft) of Dorset's World Heritage Jurassic Coast.
The earth movement blocked a stretch of beach between Lyme Regis and Charmouth at 2031 BST on Tuesday.
A Coastguard spokeswoman said the site was "still rumbling" when crews left for the night. It was too dark to see but work resumed at first light.
Boulders "the size of cars" are still at risk of falling onto the beach.
The area is part of 95 miles (153 km) of Dorset and east Devon known as the Jurassic Coast, with rocks recording 185 million years of the earth's history.
FILM CLIP available
BBC NEWS | England | Landslide on Dorset beach
footprint_mx_2005.swf (application/x-shockwave-flash Object)
INTERACTIVE site with calculator
footprint_mx_2005.swf (application/x-shockwave-flash Object)
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