Asia Report: After Quake, Japan Pushes for Asia Supergrid
New Hampshire, USA -- Japan this week marks the one year anniversary of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that has since forced it to re-evaluate its nuclear strategy.
Climate change may cut profits from oceans by trillions
Luisa Massarani
[LONDON] Climate change could reduce the economic value of the services the oceans provide to mankind by almost US$2 trillion a year by 2100, according to a study presented at the Planet Under Pressure conference this week (26–29 March).
Corals 'Could Survive a More Acidic Ocean'
Corals may be better placed to cope with the gradual acidification of the world's oceans than previously thought -- giving rise to hopes that coral reefs might escape climatic devastation.
Plan now for climate-related disasters - U.N. report
David Fogarty and Deborah Zabarenko
* Rising population, development put more in harm's way
* Policymakers urged to act in next few decades
* Less emphasis on mitigation, more on cutting risk
By David Fogarty and Deborah Zabarenko
Fukushima reactor shows radiation levels much higher than thought
Damage from disaster so severe that clean-up expected to take decades, according to latest examination of nuclear plant
Water-short world will need 'more crop per drop' - experts
Megan Rowling
Water must be used more efficiently to meet rising food demand from a growing population amid climate-change pressures, experts say.
Hydropower 'could supply Africa's entire power needs'
Alecia D. McKenzie
[MARSEILLES] Hydropower could supply all of Africa's electricity needs if cross-border cooperation was stepped up, according to a UN report launched last week (12 March) at the World Water Forum in Marseilles, France.
Air pollution 'will become bigger global killer than dirty water'
Fiona Harvey
OECD report says pollution will become biggest cause of premature death, killing an estimated 3.6 million people a year by 2050
Can Smarter Growth Guide China’s Urban Building Boom?
david biello