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| 2009 |
To the Lifeboats: What Happens When Your Country Drowns? CIESIN senior research associate Alex de Sherbinin is interviewed on climate and migration issues. |
Missives from Marrakech: Enter the Environment CIESIN associate research scientist, Susana Adamo, talks about possible links between population and climate change in her plenary presentation at the most recent IUSSP conference, covered on this Wilson Center blog. |
| Natural Disasters Displace Millions, Report Says, but Climate Change’s Role Remains Murky ClimateWire, September 28 A discussion of the complexity of determining the causes of natural disasters and the role of climate change, with comments by CIESIN senior research associate and co-author of climate and migration report, Alex de Sherbinin. |
| Mapping Population and Geographic Data The New Security Beat, September 24 In this blog by the Center Environmental and Security Program (ECSP), CIESIN deputy director Marc Levy talks with ECSP director Geoff Dabelko, about using the Gridded Population of the World (GPW) data product to aid in combining population and geographic data. |
| CIESIN Demographer Awarded Grant from Argentina CIESIN associate research scientist, Susana Adamo, who received a research grant from the Argentine government
to encourage collaborative connections with its researchers living abroad, is profiled. |
A New (Under) Class of Travellers |
| A New Report Says Climate Change Could Spur Unprecedented Migration Climate Matters@Columbia, June 18 Earth Institute blog on climate-related issues features the new climate and migration report. |
Packing Up, Due to Climate Change New climate report co-author Alex de Sherbinin is interviewed. |
| Making the Case for Climate as a Migration Driver The New York Times, June 14 Green Inc., an energy blog, features new climate and migration report. |
| Report Disperses Migration Myth Nature.com, June 11 Nature reports on the need for climate refugees to be considered in ongoing policy negotiations, outlined in the new climate and migration report. |
| Habra Migrantes sin Retorno [People May Have to Leave Their Homes] Radio Netherlands, June 11 Spanish-language radio interview with Susana Adamo, co-author of the new report on climate and migration. |
| Geo Quiz PRI’s The World, June 10 The climate and migration report is featured in the radio show’s daily geography quiz. |
Climate Change Will Force Millions to Move |
| Climate Change May Displace Up to 200 Million CNN.com, June 10 Discussion of a new report, In Search of Shelter: Mapping the Effects of Climate Change on Human Migration and Displacement, co-authored by CIESIN with CARE and UN University. |
Taliban Wages War on Police in Its New Front in Pakistan |
| The World’s Cleanest Countries Forbes.com, April 15 The 2008 Environmental Performance Index performance and the U.S. ranking relative to Europe’s, discussed by CIESIN’s Marc Levy. |
| Has the Economic Meltdown Made Us Rethink Our Needs? Your Call series podcast, March 30 CIESIN’s Marc Levy and Eric Sanderson of the Wildlife Conservation Society feature The Human Footprint and Last of the Wild data in a discussion of the implications of the current global financial crisis for human consumption and the environment. |
| Intel Chief: Climate Change Threatens U.S. Security UPI, February 18 CIESIN’s Marc Levy talks about the role of richer nations in dealing with carbon dioxide emissions. |
Scorecard on the Environment Sensing Our Planet: NASA Earth Science Research Features 2008 features an article on how SEDAC data used for the 2008 Environmental Performance Index and other environmental assessments; CIESIN’s Marc Levy is interviewed. |
| Climate Change to Prompt Migration Earth and Sky Radio Series podcast, January 6 Audio interview with CIESIN senior research associate Alex de Sherbinin. |
| 2008 |
| Adapting to Climate Change Earth and Sky Radio Series podcast, December 22 Audio interview with CIESIN senior research associate Alex de Sherbinin. |
| Where Species Live and Scientists Develop Species Distribution Grids Earth and Sky Radio Series podcasts, December 16 Audio interviews with CIESIN geographic information specialist Malanding Jaiteh. |
Environmental Researcher Issues Warning |
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Climate Change and National Security |
| Jack Dangermond Shows Human Footprint in Address to Western Governor’s Association ESRI blog, July 9, 2008 |
| Climate Change May Challenge National Security |
Green Countries |
NASA Data Helps Pinpoint Impacted Populations in Disaster Aftermath |
| Turning Schools from Death Traps into Havens Science Times section of The New York Times, May 27 Map of school-age children in earthquake zones illustrates article: following the recent earthquakes in China, experts assess school safety and the vulnerability of children to earthquakes. |
| Earthquake Rocks China WSJ Online, May 13 Map of China illustrates an article comparing the location of the Sichuan province earthquakes with population centers in China. |
| Map describing the path of Cyclone Nargis through the Irrawaddy Delta and the populations affected CNN Video Newscast (requires Flash), May 7 |
Study Shows Emerging Diseases on Rise A new study appearing in the Feb. 21 issue of Nature presents the first scientific evidence that emerging diseases are on the rise and that zoonoses—diseases from wildlife—are the prime threat, due to encroachment of wild areas by human population growth and related impacts. |
| Emerging Infectious Diseases on the Rise ScienceDaily, February 21 |
| Britain is Hotspot of New Germs Says New Study The Telegraph (London), February 21 |
| Disease Monitors ‘Looking in the Wrong Places’ Nature News, February 20 |
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