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Facing a 10°C weekend with isolated showers the Olympics in Vancouver develop a need of snow cannons and other methods of replacing snow. Even the IOC discusses Climate Change as an issue off future games. “Global warming is definitely a factor that mus ...>>

"Our statistics clearly show that the loss burden from weather-related natural catastrophes is increasing. A year like 2009, with relatively low losses to date, in no way contradicts this", said Torsten Jeworrek, member of Munich Re’s Board of Manage ...>>

Some when in the future - maybe this century - a apocalyptic event flooded both megacities, water level is around 10m higher, fish is cheap and cellphone still operate. See the full set of pictures released by Studio Lindfors at flickr. via: BLDGBLOG ...>>

1938 Ernest Hemingway eternalised Africa's white peak with "The Snows of Kilimanjaro". Now researchers led by paleoclimatologist Lonnie Thompson estimate the thousands years old glaciers will disappear this century. PNAS: Glacier loss on Kilimanjaro co ...>>

Hurricane Gustav over Haiti1:44 raw footage from Associated Press 800 AM EDT SUN AUG 31 2008 TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL ... THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IS ISSUING ADVISORIES ON EXTREMELY DANGEROUS ...>>

Imagine your home or your place of employment get flooded. Not only some days a year, but every day of the year. Will you sell your car and buy a boat to travel to work? What else will happen? Whole cities relocate from basement to attic, public transport regu ...>>

The international exhibition planned from 05 April 2007 to 09 April 2007 in Locarno, Switzerland, was canceled due to concerns regarding the quality of the event. Most camellias around Lago Maggiore are already bloomy and there is only little chance havin ...>>

In 2004 the US Department of Defense commissioned a report prepared by GBN titled: An Abrupt Climate Change Scenario and Its Implications for United States National Security Violence and disruption stemming from the stresses created by abrupt changes in th ...>>