Get Out Now! 8 Places Soon to be Uninhabitable Because of Climate Change...
It's very tempting to think that sea level rise caused by climate change is something which won't be a problem for at least a couple of decades. And for some places that's probably true. However, for...
View ArticleSouth Asian Monsoon Rains Could Be Delayed, Decrease In Intensity Due to...
As if melting Himalayan glaciers weren't enough to radically (and perhaps catastrophically) reshape water supply in South Asia, a new report from researchers at Purdue University shows that summer...
View ArticleUnderstanding the Sacred Value of Water: Day Five at the World Water Forum in...
Many cultures have historically shared legends that speak to the importance of collectively respecting water's power -- beliefs that can be tapped in the service of environmental protection.
View ArticleBangladesh Tries Working With Nature to Stave Off Sea Level Rise
Bangladesh has got it rough. Even without climate change set to give the nation a one-two punch (rising sea levels and increased storms coming in off the Bay of Bengal, and increasing run-off from the...
View ArticleGood News! Irrawaddy Dolphins Less Rare Than Thought in Bangladesh
Every once in a while there's a bright light in the world of endangered species and animal conservation and this is one of those times. Though the fate of the world's dolphins and porpoises living in...
View Article2009 Goldman Environmental Prize Honors Grassroots Leaders
The Goldman Environmental Prize may not get the same coverage as some more famous awards, but its recipients are no less influential—in fact, many of them go on to elected office (or to
View ArticleGoldman Environmental Prize Winners Open Up in Exclusive Interviews
Seven winners of the Goldman Environmental Prize will be honored tonight in Washington, D.C., for their grassroots activism across five continents. TreeHugger writer Jaymi Heimbuch sat down with some...
View ArticleAbrupt Climate Change Could Drag Monsoon Over the Ocean, Decreasing...
About three months ago we learned of new research from Purdue University showing that climate change is likely shift the onset of the monsoon 10-15 days later in many parts of South Asia and in many...
View ArticleLeopard Feared Extinct in Bangladesh Captured by Villagers
The last time anyone saw a wild clouded leopard in Bangladesh was in 2005, and the time before that in 1992. That is, until a few weeks ago when villagers in the Chittagong Hill Tracts region of the
View ArticleBangladesh Wants $4 Billion From Wealthy Countries for Climate Change...
Dhaka, Bangladesh just experienced more rainfall in a single day than it has seen in over half a century (13" in 12 hours!), so it somehow seems even more appropriate that Environment Minister...
View ArticleBangladesh Gets $19 Million from US & Germany for Reforestation Project
A couple weeks ago Bangladesh's environment minister outlined how the
View ArticleUrban Poor in Developing Nations Particularly Badly Hit by Rising Food...
Scientists have been highlighting the risk to global food production due to climate change for some time, but a new study from Purdue University quantifies some of the worst effects. Looking at rising...
View ArticleDesign to Improve Life: The 2009 Index Award Winners
Funded by the Danish government, the Index design award claims to be the biggest in the world, and "improving life" is the name of the game. In the buildup to the announcement of the 2009 winners'...
View Article20 Million People in Bangladesh Displaced by Rising Seas - But Less Land Than...
In case you needed more evidence that low-lying and densely populated nations like Bangladesh are going to bear the brunt of climate change, a new report from that nation's Center for
View ArticleBangladesh Environment Network Delivers Plea to UN: Stop Climate Change! Save...
Friday outside the United Nations in New York, members of the Bangladesh Environment Network and approximately 50 supporters rallied and delivered a message addressed to UN Secretary General Ban...
View ArticleGorillaz Artist Paints Climate Change in Bangladesh
It's one thing to sit in London and worry about climate change. It's another to visit and experience it first hand. That's what Jamie Hewlett, an animator renowned for his work with Gorillaz, the...
View ArticleDhaka, Manila & Jakarta Worst Climate-Affected Asian Mega-Cities - Hits...
Want to know which cities in Asia are going to get really whacked by climate change, and which ones have the greatest ability to adapt to it? Well, WWF has just released a new report that ranks 11 of...
View ArticleBangladesh Reels From the Impact of Climate Change
Pulitzer Center journalist Steve Sapienza's, "Bangladesh reels from the impact of climate change," video airs 12/8, on Worldfocus.
View ArticleSundarbans' Tigers Further Pushed Towards Extinction by Rising Sea Levels
Just 28 centimeters of sea level rise will eliminate 96% of remaining habitat for Bengal tigers in the Sundarbans mangroves of India and Bangladesh, likely reducing the breeding population to less...
View ArticleGlobal Warming Hits World's Women Hardest - Especially When They Don't Have...
It's already well known that climate change is not an equal-opportunity threat, with its impacts on food production,
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