Climate Change

12 thousand people evacuated from northern New Mexico town
June 29, 2011 at 12:17 | Climate Change
The blaze that began Sunday had already destroyed an unspecified number of houses south of the town, which is home to about 12,000 residents. It also forced the closure of the nation’s preeminent nuclear lab while stirring memories of a devastating blaze more than a decade ago that destroyed hundreds of homes and buildings in the area.
Risk of Resource Insufficiency
June 13, 2011 at 12:59 | Climate Change
According to British Maplecroft Consulting Company, in near future the USA, France, Great Britain and Germany may have lack of natural raw materials, while
Armenia – Epicentre of Ecomigration
June 02, 2011 at 11:38 | Climate Change
According to some analysts, Armenia will have another big group of migrants after independence because of current environmental issues. The new group of migrants will emerge in those settlements where mine development will be launched, forests will be fell down, soil – degraded, water – polluted who will derelict their houses and will leave either for cities or abroad.
Less Food
May 30, 2011 at 17:56 | Climate Change
Global food output may be hurt as climate change brings more extreme weather over the next decade, with China likely set for harsher droughts and North America getting heavier rain, said the World Meteorological Organization.
Climate Striking a Hit
May 19, 2011 at 16:50 | Climate Change
Our agriculture is incurring big losses in regard with hazardous climatic phenomena, while their frequency and length have increased in the recent decade. Under Armenian Climate Change Information Center, the situation has significantly deteriorated in the recent 20 years, as Armenia refers to countries with high risks for agriculture.
National Sustainable Development Council’s Meeting
April 28, 2011 at 16:40 | Climate Change
Coordinator of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Aram Gabrielyan reported on the key climate change-related challenges for different sectors of the Armenia’s economy. In this context, the speaker referred to such measures as may be needed to respond to possible threats.
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE: WHAT TO EXPECT
February 21, 2011 | Climate Change
… Recently Greenland ice melting rates have increased by 10 times from 1 meter annually to 10 meters. If rates will keep on, “global freezing” may start at any moment…
CLIMATE CHANGE – PERSONAL VIEWPOINT BY SINGER EMMY
January 26, 2011 | Climate Change
I would like to ask everybody interested in this issue to hold huge events. Collect people from different corners of Armenia, both I and my colleagues are willing to give free-of-charge concerts. We are willing to call so as to have better Armenia in environmental sense and to show the whole world: we are few, but we also take care of nature.