Manila Standard Today -- Dec. rains sign of climate change -- 2010/december/21

Manila Standard Today -- Dec. rains sign of climate change -- 2010/december/21: "INTERMITTENT rains in the past two weeks are a manifestation of climate change, the weather bureau said Monday.

“Isolated or thunderstorm rains are becoming frequent and strong. Such is unusual,” meteorologist Edna Juanillo told Manila Standard.

Juanillo is the assistant weather services chief of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration’s Climatology and Agrometeorology Branch.

She said the increase in the amount of isolated rainfall is much larger than those in previous years.

“The frequency of such rains has surged as well,” she added.

Mindanao has not been spared, she said, adding that Pagasa has recorded an abnormal amount of thunderstorm rains in some parts."

wildsingapore news: Demand and supply in the post-peak oil world

wildsingapore news: Demand and supply in the post-peak oil world: "But now the energy watchdog says that oil production has already peaked. Conventional oil output will never exceed the 2006 peak of 70 million barrels per day (bpd). Output from existing wells could fall under 20 million bpd by 2035."

More cars -- more flooding

BANGKOK, Thailand, October 22, 2010 – Asia’s coastal megacities will flood more often, on a larger scale, and affect millions more people, if current climate change trends continue, a new report warns.

The report Climate Risks and Adaptation in Asian Coastal Megacities examines the impact of climate change on Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City, and Manila, under a range of different scenarios through to 2050. The report is the product of a two-year collaborative study by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the World Bank. It was released here today at the Asia Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum....

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Cars cause this

China floods force mass evacuation - Asia-Pacific - Al Jazeera English: "More than 120,000 people have been evacuated in Liaoning, a�province in�northeast China�hit by flooding caused by heavy rains.

The floods�have caused four deaths in China so far and forced thousands of people in neighbouring North Korea to relocate.

China's state media said 94,000 people were evacuated from Dandong alone after heavy rain caused the Yalu river to breach its banks, flooding low-lying parts of the northern city."

Sprawl causes climate change AND makes it worse

MANILA (AFP) – Climate change may be playing a part in record rains ravaging Asia but environment experts say the destruction of ecosystems is more directly to blame for the severity of killer floods.

Widespread deforestation, the conversion of wetlands to farms or urban sprawl and the clogging up of natural drainage systems with garbage are just some of the factors exacerbating the impacts of the floods, they say.... Yahoo!News

Commodity Crops & Weather News | Mekong Delta drought hits hard on Vietnam | 15 July 2010 | www.commodityonline.com

Commodity Crops & Weather News | Mekong Delta drought hits hard on Vietnam | 15 July 2010 | www.commodityonline.com: "World’s largest rice exporter, Vietnam’s Mekong Delta which accounts for more than half of its output is hit by drastic climate changes, resulting huge losses of crops.

Drought caused by a hot spell over the past month has hurt rice fields in the region with nearly 100,000 hectares destroyed or partly destroyed.

A total of 25,000 hectares of rice was ruined and yields on another 70,000 hectares will drop sharply, the report said, giving no forecast for output losses."

Climate crisis is now, not future