Mais sobre as alterações climáticas

• A notícia fala da evolução (negativa) dos glaciares nos Himalaias. A importância do assunto prende-se com o facto dos glaciares serem a fonte do abastecimento de água para milhões de pessoas (estamos a falar da península hindustânica, mas a preocupação existe em outras partes do mundo como, por exemplo, nos Andes). Ler em Climate Progress » Blog Archive » Another climate impact comes faster than predicted: Himalayan glaciers “decapitated”: "If Naimona’nyi is characteristic of other glaciers in the region, alpine glacier meltwater surpluses are likely to shrink much faster than currently predicted with substantial consequences for approximately half a billion people."

• Climate Feedback: Is it a Pearl Harbor if it has to happen twice?: "Prodded by Andy Revkin at the Times, Joe Romm offers a list of 'Pearl Harbors' that might lead to the second-world-war scale of effort against climate change that he (and to an extent I) see as necessary. "
  

  A nota referida é esta: Joe Romm on Hansen’s Mistakes, Cap’s Limits - Dot Earth Blog - NYTimes.com.

  Por sua vez, referencia este outro artigo: Environmental Capital - WSJ.com : Obama's Climate Challenge: What to do About China?