Emergence of Mediterranean Sea acidification studies

Increases of atmospheric CO2 and associated decreases in seawater pH and carbonate ion concentration this century and beyond are likely to have wide impacts on marine ecosystems including those of the Mediterranean Sea. Consequ...

Growing frequency of floods in Europe and the world

The number of flooding events in Europe and the world has doubled since 2005 (when 50 severe events were reported). The figure increased in 2006 (67 floods), 2007 (73 floods), 2008 (77 floods) and 2009 (88 floods). However, 201...

Emergence of new agricultural methods for coping with climat ...

The strategic objective of the SWUP-MED (Project Reference: 212337) project is to improve food crop production in the Mediterranean region, influenced by multiple abiotic stresses. These stresses are becoming even more pronounc...

Some people has insisted on cycling everywhere and using pub ...

It is almost an ideology for him. You can probably find scores of examples of people making small shifts because they think it is appropriate, rather than waiting for the big shift to happen.

The gradual global warming.

Major changes in the behaviour of ecosystems could be caused by the surface water warming by a few degrees. That could also cause an enormous burden for the power grid because water is used to cool practically the whole industr...

The sun is behaving strangely

Particularly, strange are the sun spots (dark patches) as spotted by Galileo. They normally occur in an 11 year cycle, but they have been at a minimum recently as no sun spots have been observed for over 2 ½ years and this is ...

The bee population is massively in decline.

One of the reasons for this could be the changes in climate which is significantly changing the ecological system and the natural habitat. However, that is if there is such a thing as climate change!

Climate change a threat to birds...?

Studies in North America are showing that over 100 species of birds are becoming lighter and growing smaller wings. It is thought that this may be a consequence of climate change and could eventually lead to flightless birds or...

Increasing Migration Due To Climate Change

Extreme weather phenomena such as hurricanes, storm floods or droughts are already causing migration, especially in parts of Africa and Asia (e.g. in India about 4 mio. people leave their homes temporarily every year). Besides ...

People tired of hearing about climate change

People become bored and switched off about the issue. People cannot be bothered to change behaviour