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China's Water Pollution Twice the Officially Listed Levels

Photo via Guardian A recent report from Reuters reveals some disturbing news about China: the water pollution levels recorded in the official reports were found to be merely half the actual levels. Meaning that China's water pollution is literally twice as bad as its government claime...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Fewer than 50 Wild Tigers Left in China, Says Wildlife Conservation Society

Photo: World66, CC Wild tigers in China are on the Brink of Extinction Xie Yan, the China Country Program Director for the Wildlife Conservation Society, estimates that fewer than 50 South China Tigers are left in the wild, with about "10 still live in the southwestern province of Yunnan, some 15 in Tibet, and 20 or so in northwestern Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces." Even if take a step back and look at 12 Asian countries and Russia, it is estimated that only about 3,500 tigers are left in...Read the full story on TreeHugger

NY Times Duped by Climate Disinformation Campaign?

Image via Climate Progress I think for the most part, the New York Times is still the most reliable source for breaking news and good information out there. But they have been seeming to slip in their coverage of climate change--for instance, they ran a story on the front page today crying U.N. Climate Panel and Chief Face Credibility Siege. But in an irony perhaps lost on the piece's author, not a single climate scientist was contacted or quoted--thus leaving the piece with very little credibility itself....Read the full story on TreeHugger

California Toxic Waste Dump Feared to Cause Fatal Birth Defects

Photo via the LA Times There's been an unusual spate of tragic birth defects over the last year in the central California town of Kettleman City. Five out of the twenty children born in just over a year have been born with birth defects or "other maladies, including cleft palate and cleft lip," the LA Times reports. Three of them died, and the other two are receiving medical treatment. That's a full twenty-five percent of children born with serious ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Mapping Water Vapor for More Accurate Weather Predictions

Image credit: Mike-wise/Flickr The same thing that limits the accuracy of your GPS unit to within a few meters also prevents meteorologists from making precise weather predictions. Atmospheric water vapor interferes with radio signals as they are sent from GPS satellites and this same vapor scrambles weather radar, making certain things like storm predictions very difficult. One researcher believes that by creating a map of atmospheric water vapor, some of this interference could be accounted for, leading to much more accurate weather for...Read the full story on TreeHugger