Issues & Trends
| NOAA: Arctic Changes Are Affecting Climate Elsewhere
Changes such as a decrease in sea ice have consequences elsewhere, the report says. |
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| Shaping The Future Of The High Plains’ Water Supply Contact: Layne Cameron, University Relations, Office: (517) 353-8819, Cell: (765) 748-4827, layne.cameron@ur.msu.edu; David Hyn |
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| 'Ten Years' To Solve Nature Crisis, UN Meeting Hears
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| What is the Geospatial Community Doing to Put Clean Water in More Places Around the World? Written by Jeff Thurston |
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GIS: Are Utilities Lost In The Data?Aligning data in real-time, graphic dashboards aid decision makingPhil Carson The world is awash in information and lacking in intelligence, according to me (and, reportedly, others). |
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| Currency War Risk Threatens Investment Recovery: U.N. GENEVA (Reuters) - The growing danger of a currency war is threatening the recovery in global investment, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said on Thursday. |
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| Population Growth Demographics Spur Climate Change Country: USA |
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| Hunger Index Shows One Billion Without Enough Food By Ania Lichtarowicz Health reporter, BBC News |
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ANALYSIS: Asia's Water Scarcity Poses Economic, Political Test Source: Reuters By Alan Wheatley, Global Economics Correspondent JINGHONG, China, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Framed by banana and eucalyptus trees, the caramel-coloured Mekong river rolls through this lush corner of Yunnan province in southwestern China with an unerring rhythm that is reassuring in its seeming timelessness. |
| 2020 Emissions Set To Exceed Dangerous Levels By One Third
Tianjin, China: Global greenhouse gas emissions under current policy settings could be up to nearly one third more in 2020 than the trend needed to avoid catastrophic climate change, according to the latest “gigatonne gap” analysis conducted by WWF. |
