NewsRack: 'Floods n Droughts' news in 'Climate Change' topic for user subbu

UN urges global action to increase response to drought (Cached)	18.6.2013	New Kerala: World News
New York, June 18 : Countries must work collectively to build resilience and prepare themselves against drought, United Nations officials stressed Monday, highlighting the extensive costs of this global threat.
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UN chief urges global efforts for drought, desertification (Cached)	18.6.2013	Zee News : Science and Technology
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon has called for a collective global action to build resilience and prepare for droughts, as well as to combat desertification (a type of land degradation).
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UN chief urges global efforts for drought, desertification (Cached)	18.6.2013	New Kerala: World News
United Nations, June 18 : UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon has called for a collective global action to build resilience and prepare for droughts, as well as to combat desertification (a type of land degradation).
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Rains over past three days extreme weather event: scientists (Cached)	18.6.2013	Down to Earth
Unpredictability associated with monsoons will only increase as global temperatures rise Courtesy EU Humanitarian AID and Civil Protection
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SNIPPETS	17.6.2013	Deccan Herald - Supplements
SNIPPETS
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Fauna that lived in Mayan times survive climate change (Cached)	17.6.2013	New Kerala: World News
Guatemala City, June 17 : Fauna that was prevalent at the height of the ancestral Mayan culture has survived prolonged droughts, hurricanes and the deleterious effects of climate change on biodiversity in the areas where the cities of that millennial culture stood, experts say.
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Fauna that lived in Mayan times survive climate change (Cached)	17.6.2013	Zee News : Science and Technology
Fauna that was prevalent at the height of the ancestral Mayan culture has survived prolonged droughts, hurricanes and the deleterious effects of climate change, experts say.
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Global warming sees Bangladesh river destroying villages	17.6.2013	newindianexpress.com

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Climate science debate has cost precious time, expert warns	17.6.2013	Guardian: Environment
Commission report says evidence of rapidly changed climate has strengthened Floods, bushfires and this year's scorching summer heatwave have raised awareness of the dangers of climate change, but an "infantile" debate over the validity of the science has cost Australia precious time, according to a key Climate Commission expert. The commission, an independent body that advises the government on climate science , has updated its 2011 The Critical Decade study to analyse the latest findings on climate change and Australia's response to it. The report is likely to be the Climate Commission's last major contribution if, as expected, the Coalition wins power at the 14 September election. Opposition leader Tony Abbott has signalled that he will scrap the commission , along with the carbon price, if he becomes prime minister. The commission's updated analysis states that evidence of a "rapidly changing climate has continued to strengthen over the last two years", including, importantly, the ...
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Global warming sees Bangladesh river destroying villages (Cached)	16.6.2013	New Kerala: World News
By Sahana Ghosh, Dhaka, June 16 : It is time for Mohammed Qader of Bahuka village in Sirajganj district to move again. For the seventh time in the last 20 years that he has been residing in Bahuka, Qader will be forced to rebuild his life from scratch as the mighty Jamuna river continues to erode its banks and destroy everything in its wake - all thanks to global warming.
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Vienna embraces the romance and culture of the bicycle	16.6.2013	The Guardian -- World Latest
Faced with increasingly congested streets, the Austrian capital is embracing cycling with a rental system, bike zones and special housing On the Praterstern, where cars, buses and trams converge from several busy streets on a road that loops around Vienna's central train station, a new digital counter stands under the eye of the Riesenrad Ferris wheel. It's about the size of a bus stop advertising hoarding and picks out passing bicycle wheels from a sensor in the pavement. With a rumpled grey overcoat over his suit and a cycling helmet covering his grey hair, Wolfgang Dvorak excitedly explains that the 2,072 figure on display marks the number of bicycles that have passed this point so far today. "This is great, great! Measuring cyclists is making cycling visible, making people notice," says Dvorak. "It's very important, especially at city crossings like this. Just 14 days ago it was done, and the marking of the cycle lane here and the cycle signing. This is showing people that Vienna is ...
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It''s that sinking feeling (Cached)	16.6.2013	Indian Express: Sunday
A large part of Germany, the Czech Republic and several European countries such as Austria, Hungary and Switzerland are flooded after heavy rains
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Be warned! It's climate weirding	16.6.2013	Hindu: Home
There is no second Earth to go when we make our planet uninhabitable
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You’ve got an SMS (Cached)	15.6.2013	Down to Earth
Mobile>> Weather Forecast • Thailand Farmers say the alerts help them manage water better (Photo: Marwaan Macan-Markar/IPS)Cell phones have become indispensable for jasmine rice farmers in Yasothon province of Thailand. This is because of a service that provides regular, precise weather alerts to help farmers prepare fields and manage water.
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Pakistan can expect worse heatwaves to come, meteorologists warn	14.6.2013	The Guardian -- World Latest
Recent extreme temperatures that are commonly followed by floods can largely be attributed to climatic warming Near-record temperatures in Pakistan have claimed hundreds of lives and devastated crops in the third major heatwave in four years. But as temperatures on Friday dipped to under 38C (100F), signalling the end of nearly four weeks of blistering heat, leading meteorologists warned that the country could expect longer, more intense and more frequent events in future. Qamar-uz-Zaman Chaudhry , a vice-president of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and former director of Pakistan's Met Office, said the recent extreme summer temperatures that are commonly followed by massive floods could largely be attributed to climatic warming. "If we look at the frequency and the trend of the extreme weather events impacting Pakistan then it is easy to find its link with climate change," he said. Chaudhry, who wrote Pakistan's climate change policy, authored a report in 2013 that showed ...
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More than half of Sundarbans women suffer from anaemia: Report (Cached)	14.6.2013	DNA: India
Anaemia is the scarcity in the number of red blood cells or the amount of hemoglobin in the blood.
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Met Office brainstorms UK bad weather	13.6.2013	Guardian: Science
Climate scientists and meteorologists are meeting next week to debate the causes of UK's disappointing weather in recent years Washout summers. Flash floods. Freezing winters. Snow in May. Droughts. There is a growing sense that something is happening to our weather. But is it simply down to natural variability, or is climate change to blame? To try to answer the question the Met Office is hosting an unprecedented meeting of climate scientists and meteorologists next week to debate the possible causes of the UK's "disappointing" weather over recent years, the Guardian has learned. Tuesday's meeting at the forecaster's HQ in Exeter is being convened in response to this year's cool spring, which, according to official records, was the coldest in 50 years . The one-day gathering will be led by Stephen Belcher , head of the Met Office Hadley Centre and professor of meteorology at the University of Reading, and will include up to 20 experts from the UK's leading climate research ...
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Climate change and Asian Monsoon are linked: Scientists (Cached)	13.6.2013	Zee News : Science and Technology
Changes in the Asian summer monsoon have implications on weather, people`s health, agriculture and glaciers of the entire Hindu Kush Himalayan region, scientists here have said.
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Short films freeze long-term solution to drought (Cached)	13.6.2013	Indian Express: Pune
Kasarwadi, Kachner remained self-sufficient during drought
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Livelihoods suffer as floods, erosion keep hitting Assam	13.6.2013	Guwahati - City - The Times of India
Flood and erosion in Assam have left many displaced, who have lost their land and property over the past decade.
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