Future of the Environment

Rising temperatures are just the tip of the climate change iceberg

Clamshells lie on the drying lakebed of the Itumbiara hydroelectric dam as the dam runs at only 9 percent of capacity due to low water levels, according to the dam's operator, in the city of Itumbiara on the border between the states of Goias and Minas Gerais in Central Brazil, January 9, 2013. One of the worst droughts in Brazil's history is depriving many dams of the water they need to generate electricity, but Brazil looks less vulnerable today to an energy crisis similar to one in 2001, since the government built dozens of thermoelectric power plants to reduce the country's dependence on hydro power from 88 percent to about 75 percent. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino (BRAZIL - Tags: ENERGY ENVIRONMENT POLITICS) - GM1E91A06KH01

11,000 scientists outlines six steps the world needs to take to prevent environmental catastrophe. Image: REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

William Ripple
Distinguished Professor and Director, Trophic Cascades Program, , Oregon State University
Thomas Newsome
Lecturer, , University of Sydney
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