A London-based charity group warned Monday that flooding, drought, famines and violence caused by global warming would impact millions of people over the next century.
The group focuses especially on poorer regions and said that wealthy nations must do more to address the problem. One suggestion was to convert regions like sub-Saharan Africa to sustainable forms of energy like solar and wind rather than fossil fuels.
Although the report concentrated on effects in the developing world, the most recent headline-catching news related to global warming consequences comes from the United States and the Gulf of Mexico.
The unusually devastating hurricane season in the Gulf including Hurricane Katrina has been blamed by some experts on increased warming of the ocean's waters.
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Sunday, May 14, 2006
Some ignore evacuation orders, look for signs from Merapi
Despite government calls for an immediate evacuation, some people near the fuming Mount Merapi in Indonesia are not convinced.
A few are waiting for signs or supernatural signals that will supposedly tell them when the volcano will erupt.
Others know of the danger but are pressed to guard and tend to their animals and crops.
Glowing crater of Mt. Merapi at night. AFP photo from Yahoo News.
Many Indonesians still hold on to animist beliefs regarding volcanoes and make offerings to the volcano spirits during full moons.
Insular Southeast Asia has hosted the greatest eruptions in the experience of modern humans to include the largest historical eruption at Mt. Tambora on Sumbawa in 1815, and the Mt. Toba eruption some 75,000 years ago that some suggest may have caused the last Ice Age.
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A few are waiting for signs or supernatural signals that will supposedly tell them when the volcano will erupt.
Others know of the danger but are pressed to guard and tend to their animals and crops.
Glowing crater of Mt. Merapi at night. AFP photo from Yahoo News.
Many Indonesians still hold on to animist beliefs regarding volcanoes and make offerings to the volcano spirits during full moons.
Insular Southeast Asia has hosted the greatest eruptions in the experience of modern humans to include the largest historical eruption at Mt. Tambora on Sumbawa in 1815, and the Mt. Toba eruption some 75,000 years ago that some suggest may have caused the last Ice Age.
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Saturday, May 13, 2006
Thousands flee as volcano rumbles
Residents fled the slopes of Mount Merapi on the island of Java as the volcano appeared on the verge of eruption.
Indonesian officials ordered an evacuation of the area Saturday as the volcano belched ash clouds and lava seeped 1,500 meters down its slopes.
Mount Merapi in Indonesia spews lava and ash, scientists warn of an imminent eruption. AP photo from Yahoo News.
Bambang Dwiyanto of the region's government volcano center said that lava flows over the last few days indicated the presence of hot gases. On Saturday the volcano emitted at least 14 hot ash clouds. Volcanologists also recorded 27 tremors from the mountain.
Merapi is located in the densely-populated Central Java region about 400 kilometers from the Indonesian capital Jakarta. Merapi means "fire mountain" and the volcano is located south of Java's famous Buddhist monument, the Borobudur temple pyramid. Royal buildings in the ancient capital of Yogyakarta are oriented with Merapi as the sacred axis.
The mountain is one of Indonesia's 129 active volcanoes. It's last eruption in 1994 killed 60, and about 1,300 died when it erupted in 1930.
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Indonesian officials ordered an evacuation of the area Saturday as the volcano belched ash clouds and lava seeped 1,500 meters down its slopes.
Mount Merapi in Indonesia spews lava and ash, scientists warn of an imminent eruption. AP photo from Yahoo News.
Bambang Dwiyanto of the region's government volcano center said that lava flows over the last few days indicated the presence of hot gases. On Saturday the volcano emitted at least 14 hot ash clouds. Volcanologists also recorded 27 tremors from the mountain.
Merapi is located in the densely-populated Central Java region about 400 kilometers from the Indonesian capital Jakarta. Merapi means "fire mountain" and the volcano is located south of Java's famous Buddhist monument, the Borobudur temple pyramid. Royal buildings in the ancient capital of Yogyakarta are oriented with Merapi as the sacred axis.
The mountain is one of Indonesia's 129 active volcanoes. It's last eruption in 1994 killed 60, and about 1,300 died when it erupted in 1930.
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