americas
Guest blog: Extreme Amazon drought: fingerprints of climate change?
24/11/10 13:04
By Nick Sundt, WWF-US
The Amazon region is experiencing the third extreme drought in a dozen years -- and it may turn out to be the worst on record. The droughts coupled with recent research findings, suggest that rising atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases will rapidly increase the frequency and severity of droughts in the region. The implications for people, biodiversity and climate are ominous.
Read More...
The Amazon region is experiencing the third extreme drought in a dozen years -- and it may turn out to be the worst on record. The droughts coupled with recent research findings, suggest that rising atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases will rapidly increase the frequency and severity of droughts in the region. The implications for people, biodiversity and climate are ominous.
Read More...
Comments
Great Circles
15/06/08 18:50
On my last big trip outside of the U.S. I hit the England and India. Six weeks later is my first chance to write a little about the many adventures of this trip. Read More...
