Category Archives: climate change

How can cultural geography help energy policy makers? (link)

Posted on July 13, 2015 by Rashid Faridi

In an interesting post on AUSCCER blog the relationship is explained here. The theoretical and methodological approaches of cultural geography may help inform energy policy initiatives by providing insights to how people live with the arrival of winter cold in … Continue reading →

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Map Showing Countries Which Faced Severe Drought

Posted on July 2, 2014 by Rashid Faridi

The most severe droughts  are associated with prolonged shortages of water and result in widespread crop and other vegetation losses. In this map, the region affected the most is shaded in dark depending on the vegetation stress faced. The image … Continue reading →

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Stalagmites Keep Record of Abrupt Climate Events Over 100,000 Years(link)

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Rashid Faridi

A new set of long-term climate records based on cave stalagmites collected from tropical Borneo shows that the western tropical Pacific responded very differently than other regions of the globe to abrupt climate change events. The 100,000-year climate record adds … Continue reading →

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Agriculture and Livestock Top Sources of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Rashid Faridi

Global greenhouse gas emissions from the agricultural sector totaled 4.69 billion tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent in 2010 , an increase of 13 percent over 1990 emissions. Global CO2 emissions from transport totaled 6.76 billion tons that year, and … Continue reading →

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