Archive for February, 2008
Warmer World, Less Fish
A New United Nations Environmental Program Report, In Dead Water, suggests that the combination of global climatic disruption, pollution, and over-harvesting will impact the world’s key fishing grounds. According to the report, at least three quarters of key fishing grounds globally will be harmed by changes in ocean circulation would be predicted to occur [...]
Posted: February 24th, 2008 under Adaptation, Climate Changes.
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National Security and Climate Change, Part 2
Countries have traditionally fought over resources, and continue to fight over resources; this is not a unique element of national security. The British, seeking to prevent the nationalization of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company by the first democratically elected leader of Iran, requested the Americans to overthrow the democratic government and installed the Shah of [...]
Posted: February 23rd, 2008 under Global Security.
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Adaptation by Individuals Requires Policy to Adapt as Well
That the environment changes is no great insight. Indeed, societies have been dealing with Nature’s fickleness since before our modern species emerged. But responding to these environmental changes has always been a rather straightforward, though often terribly disruptive, enterprise. Local communities and individuals can adapt to changes in the environment through many activities, from small [...]
Posted: February 21st, 2008 under Adaptation.
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