AvatarYousefToday's Oceans Are Different Than They Were Twenty Years AgoForbes - Eric MackWhile we can't say that climate change causes El Nino, the evidence is mounting that the warming of our planet could be intensifying the natural phenomenon, which in turn can lead to some extreme weather events. New research published today in the journal Nature Climate Change found that half of the …
AvatarYousefCrude Stopped Falling at $40 a Barrel for Chinese Consumersverified_publisherBloombergFor consumers in China, the benefit of oil’s crash stops at $40 a barrel. That’s because the retail price of fuels such as gasoline won’t be cut in …
AvatarYousefSpread of internet has not conquered 'digital divide' between rich and poor – reportverified_publisherThe Guardian - Larry ElliottStudy by World Bank praises potential of technology to transform lives, but warns of risk of creating a ‘new underclass’ of the disconnected
AvatarYousefOverfishing causing global catches to fall three times faster than estimatedverified_publisherThe Guardian - Damian CarringtonLandmark new study that includes small-scale, subsistence and illegal fishing shows a strong decline in catches as more fisheries are exhausted
AvatarYousefFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoINFOGRAPHIC: Visualizing the flow of oil around the worldmining.comEvery day, 93 million barrels of oil are consumed by the world economy. While a handful of countries are fortunate enough to have sufficient domestic …