Category: RT Newswire

USE ME! Essentially, this is a catch all for everything. This is probably the ONLY category where things that are not directly related to Rising Tide affiliates/allies should go. For example if a coal company goes out of business (and we didn’t directly cause it) it should probably only go here.

Scientists: Tropical Downpours Intensifying

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Tropical downpours worsening, say scientists
Thu Aug 7, 2008 2:02pm EDT   By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent

OSLO (Reuters) – Tropical downpours are becoming more frequent and the
trend seems worse than expected, bringing greater risks of flash floods,
scientists said on Thursday.

“As the tropics warm are seeing an increased frequency in the heaviest
rainfall,” said Richard Allan of the University of Reading in England, who
co-authored a study of tropical rains with Brian Soden of the University
of Miami.

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Forecasters Increase Atlantic Basin Hurricane Outlook

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Forecasters increase Atlantic hurricane outlook
Could be up to 18 named storms

JENNIFER KAY Published: 08.08.2008

MIAMI – Federal forecasters on Thursday upgraded their outlook for this Atlantic hurricane season to include two more named storms than previously predicted.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration projects an 85 percent probability of an above-normal season — up from 65 percent in May.

In its August update, NOAA said there was a better than average chance of 14 to 18 named storms, seven to 10 hurricanes and three to six hurricanes of at least Category 3 strength, which would be top sustained winds of at least 111 mph.

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Eco-Restoration Along U.S. Gulf Coast?

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Along Gulf Coast, Talk Of Restoring Wetlands
by Andrea Hsu

Andrea Hsu/NPR

Researchers want the Gulf Coast’s wetlands to look more like Louisiana’s Lafitte Cypress Swamp (pictured). It is thought the wetlands will serve as a speed bump

against major storms.

All Things Considered, August 5, 2008 · Researchers working along the Gulf Coast are proposing the restoration of the region’s wetlands, which act as a natural speed

bump for storms. The plan is part of discussions of how best to protect against another hurricane.

Students from the University of Wisconsin-Madison are studying a 430-acre triangle within New Orleans’ Bayou Bienvenue. Their work is part of a proposal aimed at

restoring a cypress swamp.

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Study: Logging Exacerbates Global Heating

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” …  the potential amount of avoided emissions is much larger,
and therefore there’s much more to be gained from protecting
them from logging. It means the risks of logging are bigger
than we thought.”
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Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
August 5, 2008

Logging bigger risk than realised: study
Ben Cubby, Environment Reporter
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/08/04/1217701950056.html

WILD eucalypt forests across south-eastern Australia store far more
carbon than previously thought, according to research that has
far-ranging implications for climate change policy.

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