Facebook Posts

Health and Science - UNDP, Global Fund gain ground on malaria in Liberia and Tajikistan

Submitted by ward on

Author: 

Jeffrey O'Malley
Health and Science - UNDP, Global Fund gain ground on malaria in Liberia and Taj
Show

New York— The theme of this year’s World Malaria Day is “Sustain Gains, Save Lives: Invest in Malaria,” and the organizers carefully selected this theme to remind us that we must sustain progress against malaria to save lives.

In recent years, we have seen success in many regions: In Africa, malaria deaths have been reduced by nearly a third, and on other continents cases have been reduced by half.

Link: 

http://www.trust.org/alertnet/blogs/health-and-science/undp-global-fund-gain-ground-on-malaria-in-liberia-and-tajikistan

Level: 

Category: 

Year: 

Amazon rainforest mapped in unprecedented detail

Submitted by ward on

Author: 

Dan Collyns
Amazon rainforest mapped in unprecedented detail
Show

Five thousand metres above the most biodiverse corner of the Amazon, tropical ecologist Greg Asner and his team see a kaleidoscope of colours among a mass of green.

Huddled in a twin-engine Dornier 228 aeroplane called the Carnegie Airborne Observatory, the scientists are capturing multicoloured images of the Peruvian rainforest canopy that verge on the psychedelic.

Link: 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jan/27/amazon-rainforest-map-biodiversity-detail

Level: 

Year: 

Category: 

Geographic Area: 

World's giant trees are dying off rapidly, studies show

Submitted by ward on

Author: 

John Vidal
World's giant trees are dying off rapidly, studies show
Show

Ecological 'kings of the jungle' being toppled by forest fragmentation, severe drought and new pests and diseases

The biggest trees in the world, known as the true ecological kings of the jungle, are dying off rapidly as roads, farms and settlements fragment forests and they come under prolonged attack from severe droughts and new pests and diseases.

Link: 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jan/26/giant-trees-dying

Level: 

Category: 

Year: 

"Monster" rules Nepal village on climate frontline

Submitted by ward on

Author: 

Gopal Sharma
"Monster" rules Nepal village on climate frontline
Show

BARAHBISE, Nepal, Looking at the swirling grey waters of the Bhote Koshi River, Ratna Kaji remembers when it turned into a "monster," leaving behind a trail of death and destruction.

"It came down roaring, washed away homes and people when they were sleeping," the 77-year-old said of the 1996 flood, caused by a massive landslide that blocked the river which eventually gushed out by breaking its mud wall.

"People had hardly any time to gather their belongings."

Link: 

http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/monster-rules-nepal-village-on-climate-frontline/

Level: 

Year: 

Category: 

Geographic Area: 

In Mackerel's Plunder, Hints of Epic Fish Collapse

Submitted by ward on

Author: 

MORT ROSENBLUM and MAR CABRA
In Mackerel's Plunder, Hints of Epic Fish Collapse
Show

TALCAHUANO, Chile — Eric Pineda, a dock agent in this old port south of Santiago, peered deep into the Achernar’s hold at a measly 10 tons of jack mackerel — the catch after four days in waters once so rich they filled the 17-meter fishing boat in a few hours.

Mr. Pineda, like everyone here, grew up with the bony, bronze-hued fish they call jurel, which roams in schools in the southern Pacific.

Link: 

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/25/science/earth/in-mackerels-plunder-hints-of-epic-fish-collapse.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2

Level: 

Category: 

Year: 

San Diego 350

Sort Name: 

San Diego 350

Organization Link: 

http://sandiego350.org/

An all volunteer group that works to educate the San Diego community about the threat of climate change.

Contact Name: 

Masada Disenhouse

Phone: 

619-335-1265

Email: 

masada@SanDiego350.org

Contact Page: 

http://sandiego350.org/contact/
Address

Address1: 

na

City: 

San Diego

State/Prov/Terr: 

CA

Zip/Postal Code: 

92109

Geographic Area: 

Organization Type: 

Calendar of the Organization: 

San Diego 350 Calendar of Events

Pages

more Facebook posts