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The people of Newtok, on the west coast of Alaska and about 400 miles south of the Bering Strait that separates the state from Russia, are living a slow-motion disaster that will end, very possibly within the next five years, with the entire village being washed away. The Ninglick River coils around Newtok on three sides before emptying into the Bering Sea. It has steadily been eating away at the ... read more >>

One-third of common land animals could see dramatic losses this century because of climate change, scientists predict. More than half of plants could be hit the same way as habitats become unsuitable for numerous species. The collapse of ecosystems would have major economic impacts on agriculture, air quality, clean water access, and tourism. Global temperatures are set to rise 4C above preindust ... read more >>

The civil war in Syria has been devastating, generating a death toll fast approaching 100,000, while uprooting millions of civilians from their homes. But as the US and Russia signed an unprecedented accord on Wednesday in search of a political solution to an increasingly intractable conflict, its underlying causes in a fatal convergence of energy, climate and economic factors remain little under ... read more >>

The ongoing debate between scientists about the temperature of the earth as a result of doubling Carbon dioxide. The range of change is still quite huge, however studies predict a further increase in the temperature. ... read more >>

According to the article, two third o PDF the ocean life still remain undiscovered till today. Despite an increasing rate of species discovery, as much as 95 percent of the world's oceans remain unexplored. ... read more >>

Covering about three quarters of earth, our oceans are one of the biggest potential renewable energy sources on the planet. The Energy Department estimates that the maximum theoretical electric generation that could be produced from U.S. wave and tidal resources is approximately 1,420 terawatt hours (TWh) per year. That’s about one-third of the nation’s total annual electricity usage. Of course, ... read more >>

Water power was the engine of industrialization and Germany's most important source of energy at the beginning of the last century: there were more than 100,000 hydro-electric power plants back then. Today, only around 7,500 of those are left and they deliver roughly three percent of German power.
Experts estimate that the share of water power could rise up to 50 percent if roughly 20,000 older ... read more >>

About 6,000 people who live on the remote Marshall Islands in the Pacific are facing an acute shortage of fresh water as a severe drought worsens. A state of disaster was declared in the north. Australia announced it would provide AU$100,000 (£65,335) for emergency desalination units. The US has also donated several reverse-osmosis machines, which convert salt water into fresh water. There is no ... read more >>