Government satellites? measurements of ?plant stress? anticipated the arrival of this year?s severe drought in the United States a month before the nation?s drought monitor did. [The Atlantic]
While expressing respect for President Obama, Al Gore takes him to task for failing to make climate change a high-priority issue. ?We cannot have four more years of mentioning this occasionally and saying it?s too bad that the Congress can?t act,? he says. [Reuters]
South Korea has dropped plans to resume whaling in its coastal waters after drawing intense international criticism. The decision became official when the country failed to submit a formal proposal by a Monday deadline for ?scientific? whale hunts similar to those carried out by Japan in the Antarctic every winter. [The Guardian]
Huge flows of vapor in the atmosphere known as ?atmospheric rivers? have unleashed massive flooding in California every 200 years, turning the Central Valley into an inland sea, scientists report. The last flooding event, which lasted 43 days in 1861-62, was the worst in the nation?s recorded history. A recurrence today would cause incalculable death and damage, researchers say. [Scientific American]
Source: http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/07/on-our-radar-a-plant-stress-index/?partner=rss&emc=rss
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