CNN’s Amber Lyon examines the effect plastic bags have on the ocean.
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CNN’s Kaj Larsen examines how the threat to shark populations also threatens the environment. Spiegel Online reports here: Glaciers are shrinking worldwide — some of them rapidly. Now Chinese researchers have sounded the alarm in their country too, where they say warmer weather and increased precipitation are reducing the size of glaciers. Water shortages and floods could result. Spiegel Online reports here: A new line of boats might look like classic Italian-made Rivas, but they have motors for the 21st century. The Swiss manufacturer Boesch has become a leader in manufacturing stylish and functional electric boats, propelled by power cells from the defense industry. BBC News reports here: The Chinese government will not let its carbon emissions per person reach US levels, according to the minister in charge of climate policy. Boston band Melodeego uses audience members to power their shows with a pedal generator system called Sustainable Sound. Spiegel Online reports here: The term “energy revolution” sounds light and airy enough, but how do human beings manage to wrest electricity from the sea? Germany’s largest offshore wind farm, a power plant surrounded by a hostile environment, produces 12 times as much energy as the world’s first nuclear power plant. BBC News reports here: A study by an independent scientific project, set up in the wake of the “Climategate” email affair, concludes the Earth really is warming. BBC News reports here: Governments and aid agencies should help the world’s poorest to move away from areas likely to be hit by flooding and drought, a UK report says. Spiegel Online reports here: There seems little possibility that next month’s climate summit in Durban will produce an emissions reduction agreement — meaning the world will soon lack any binding CO2 targets. Europe may soon find itself alone in the fight against global warming. |
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