Thursday July 31st 2008, 6:00 pm
Canada's "world class" census and data agency is operating in a leaking, power-failure-prone building that faces "severe" new challenges due to climate change, according to an engineering report obtained by The Vancouver Sun.
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Climate change may ruin Statistics Canada building.
Bangladesh landmass ‘is growing’.
Thursday July 31st 2008, 6:00 pm
New research shows Bangladesh may not be as vulnerable to rising sea levels caused by climate change as previously feared, scientists in Dhaka say.
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Mountain glaciers in Peru are receding rapidly due to global warming.
Thursday July 31st 2008, 6:00 pm
Satellite images have revealed that mountain glaciers in Peru are receding rapidly due to global warming, with 26 per cent of their surface area lost in the last 33 years.
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Arctic ice bigger than 2007, but thawing long-term.
Thursday July 31st 2008, 6:00 pm
Arctic sea ice is unlikely to shrink below a 2007 record low this year in a reprieve from the worst predictions of climate change even though new evidence confirms a long-term thaw is under way, experts said.
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On dangerously thin ice.
Thursday July 31st 2008, 6:00 pm
When environmental biologist and film director Jean Lemire led a film crew to Antarctica, his plan was to document climate change. "But we became, in a way, victims of climate change."
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Climate change poses big threat to infrastructure, engineers warn.
Thursday July 31st 2008, 6:00 pm
Climate change is making Canadian roads, water supplies, sewer systems and government buildings more vulnerable to multibillion-dollar failures that place human health and safety at risk.
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Birds fly north in climate change vanguard - study.
Thursday July 31st 2008, 6:00 pm
Birds have been moving north in Europe over the past 25 years because of climate change in the vanguard of likely huge shifts in the ranges of plants and animals, scientists said on Wednesday.
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Arctic ice shelf splits in big melt.
Thursday July 31st 2008, 6:00 pm
Part of the Arctic ice shelf has sheared off creating two huge ice islands, Canadian scientists have revealed.
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Nation’s largest municipal utility stands to be big loser in California’s emissions strategy.
Thursday July 31st 2008, 6:00 pm
Today, the nation's largest municipal utility is back in the spotlight, and this time the tables have turned: It may end up on the losing end of California's attempt to implement its landmark law to lower greenhouse gas emissions.
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A quick fix for global warming.
Thursday July 31st 2008, 6:00 pm
It's the stuff of science fiction, but could mirrors in space or sea water sprayed in the air be shortcuts to halt global warming?
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Pickens outlines wind power proposal.
Thursday July 31st 2008, 6:00 pm
Saying the winds of the Great Plains are a key to reducing America's reliance on imported oil, billionaire petroleum magnate T. Boone Pickens brought his crusade for energy independence to Kansas today.
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