Apr
10
Week 6: Turning Water to Gold
April 10, 2008 | 1 Comment
By Elmy Lung
In my last post I wrote about how the “World Water Day” was mentioned because Ariel was using it in a timely manner to further market its products. It got me thinking if commercializing something is the way to attract attention and to make it “newsworthy”, then no wonder the privatization [...]
Apr
8
More Plants and Animals under Threat of Extinction to Climate Change
April 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment
By Eva Chang (10)
Recent reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have shown that the earth’s increasing temperature has in turn increased the number of extinct species The average rise in temperatures by 1.5 degrees to 2.5 degrees Celsius has put at risk 20 to 30 percent of the species of plants and [...]
Apr
7
Can the U.S. sustain caps on greenhouse gas emissions?
April 7, 2008 | 1 Comment
By Eva Chang (9)
Recently, the United States expressed its green advocacy with the enactment of the Climate Security Act 2008 that provided caps on greenhouse gas emissions as target until 2050. With the successful achievement of these caps, the United States could be able to decrease its greenhouse gas emissions by 19 percent in 2020 [...]
Apr
5
No better offs for food supply under climate change?
April 5, 2008 | 1 Comment
by Rachael
Rising temperature does melt glaciers which affects crop irritation and it is known that cultivating environment in high temperature damages crop growth, but on the other way round, increase in carbon dioxide concentration could cast influence to photosynthesis which in turn, might overcome the situation of dropping crop yields, as pointed out in another [...]
Apr
5
How many kinds of food have gone extinct?
April 5, 2008 | 1 Comment
by Rachael
Crops, irrigation, fertilisers, pesticides…etc and etc. Farmers do invest a lot before harvest. As consumers are pursuing better quality of agricultural products and prices of raw materials are rising, farmers have to seek ways to do the maximum gain for their living.
For this, farmers are looking for more efficient yields, therefore, many of them [...]
Apr
4
Melting Glaciers Melt Grain Supplies
April 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment
by Rachael
Global warming, which largely facilitates the melting of glaciers, might trigger food shortages in India and China. According to New Scientist, “the irrigation water vital for the grain crops that feed China and India is at risk of drying up, as global warming melts the glaciers that feed Asia’s biggest rivers.”
Also quoted from [...]
Apr
1
World Focus: Climate Change Talks kick off in Bangkok
April 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment
by Carol Zhou (8)
Top climate brokers from more than 160 nations launched a new round of talks in Bangkok on Monday aimed at setting out a plan for the most ambitious treaty yet for battling global warming.
Opening the five-day meeting with a video message, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged countries to work together to [...]
Apr
1
by Eva Chang (8)
The debate over global warming or global cooling is not actually new. Reports of global warming and global cooling emerged during the 1970s with conflicting reports on the earth’s temperature. Eventually, global cooling reports did not lead to the forecasted apocalyptic effect while other events buried global warming until its emergence in [...]
Mar
31
More about soaring food prices…
March 31, 2008 | 1 Comment
by Rachael
Average price for one dozen of U.S. Grade A eggs in 2008 Q1 was up 55% compared to the prior quarter, beating the 30-year high. According to the local trade industry, wholesale import price of eggs from the U.S. jumps from HK$200 for 300 Grade A eggs in the same period last year, to [...]
Mar
31
Adapting to Climate Change remains a Challenge to the Ailing Agricultural Sector in Developing Countries
March 31, 2008 | 3 Comments
By Eva Chang (7)
Reports on the impact of climate change to the agricultural sector in different regions varied but point to the long-term serious problems of decreased agricultural production with implications to food supply and hunger.
In Finland, World Resource Institute reported that the warmer winter resulting to a shorter winter season could boost the country’s [...]
