Austrian glaciers shrink
Public date: 08th May 2010

Source: PlanetSKI

91% of them reduced in size last year. Some by as much as 46 meters according to the latest figures. The Austrian Alps Society has released the statistics and it makes worrying reading for environmentalists and those concerned about the mountain landscape. The sharpest decline was some of the glaciers in the Tyrol on the mountains of the Niederjochferner, the Kesselwandferner and the Marzellferner. The Society has been studying the glaciers and their size for over 100 years. One glacier did actually grow last year, but only by a few centimetres. The melting is put down to rising summer temperatures.

Melting Arctic ice threatens a quarter of the worldĺs population ľ WWF
Public date: 19th April 2010

Source: RIA Novosti

Melting Arctic ice affects the climate of the entire planet. Global warming has already driven polar bears to cannibalism and may threaten the lives of a quarter of the worldĺs population by 2100.

"Climate Patriot" - Fighting Global Climate Change Will Help Ensure America's Security
Public date: 23rd February 2010

Source: The Huffington Post

National security and climate change may not be the likeliest pair, but the two are more interconnected than you would think. "Climate Patriots," a video presentation released by the Pew Project on National Security, Energy and Climate, explores how solving global climate change can make for a safer America, drawing on science and military experts to find new strategies. According to The Pew Project's Web site, "if left unchecked, global warming could lead to civil strife, economic stress, conflicts over water and other resources, mass migration, and increased terrorism." It goes a little something like this: As tensions mount because of the adverse effects of climate change, so does political instability, leading to more conflict, fundamentalism, and increased terrorism.

Drought and disease hit Peru
Public date: 20th October 2009

Source: Al Jazeera

You may remember a report earlier this year on a drought in Mexico and how it was affecting both country and city-dwellers. Farther south, inhabitants of the Andean mountains of Peru are also being hurt. Al Jazeera reports on how rising temperatures caused by climate change mean that diseases originally only seen in tropical areas are spreading to the mountains.