Mapping Human Vulnerability to Climate Change

I found the following article at GIS and Science. Be sure to check them out for other environmental news. In Climate Change, Environmental Science, Geography on March 7, 2011 at 10:02 am First global map suggests climate change will have greatest impact 
on the populations least responsible for causing the problem Researchers already study how [...]

Will climate change burst the global ‘food bubble’?

Lester Brown argues the pressures of rising population, consumption, water stress and global warming will pose the first serious challenge to civilisation through our food.People feel rising food prices, says Brown, whereas rising CO2 is intangible. Photograph: Murdo Macleod The world is in the midst of a “food bubble” that could burst at any time: [...]

Global Warming

Subhankar Banerjee/Associated Pres By: Andrew C Revkin Dec. 8, 2009 Source: NY Times Overview Global warming has become perhaps the most complicated issue facing world leaders. On the one hand, warnings from the scientific community are becoming louder, as an increasing body of science points to rising dangers from the ongoing buildup of human-related greenhouse [...]