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The best destinations for winter sunshine | Mail Online
The best destinations for winter sunshine | Mail Online
So the summer is over, and winter is on its way. But that does not mean sunshine has to be a thing of the past for the next six months. You can still find warmth and relaxation - even if, in some cases, you have to fly halfway around the world for the privilege. Victoria Gooch picks the best locations.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-2046588/The-best-destinations-winter-sunshine.html#ixzz1aAm49xlq
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Co2 Emissions Soared 45 Percent From 1990 to 2010 Report Says | Reuters
Co2 Emissions Soared 45 Percent From 1990 to 2010 Report Says | Reuters
Global carbon dioxide emissions increased by 45 percent between 1990 and 2010, reaching a record high 33 billion tons last year, according to a report by the European Commission's Joint Research Center. The report said that increased energy efficiency, renewable energy, and nuclear power are not compensating for a surge in emissions from developing countries, most notably China - with a 257 percent increase in CO2 emissions from 1990 to 210 - and India, whose emissions increased by 180 percent. By contrast, the European Union's emissions declined by 7 percent from 1990 to 2010, and Russia's dropped 27 percent. U.S. emissions increased by 5 percent from 1990 to 2010. After a slowdown in CO2 emissions at the height of the recession in 2008 and 2009, global emissions saw a record-breaking increase of 5.8 percent from 2009 to 2010, the report said. Meanwhile, a study in the journal Climate Change Letters said that even if average global temperature increases can be held to 2 degrees C (3.5 F) this century - an increasingly unlikely prospect - 70 to 80 percent of the globe's land surface will experience summertime temperatures that exceed observed historical extremes in at least half of all years.
On a voyage of discovery in Croatia - The Irish Times - Sat, Sep 24, 2011
On a voyage of discovery in Croatia - The Irish Times - Sat, Sep 24, 2011
JACQUES COUSTEAU described the Adriatic as one of the cleanest seas on earth. It is flanked mostly on one side by scythe-shaped Republic of Croatia and Italy on the other. Part of former Yugoslavia, the country gained independence in 1995 after a bitter war during which the term ethnic cleansing became common in the English lexicon.
The Dalmatian coast, which stretches south to the Gulf of Kotor in Montenegro, is held by many to be the best and one of the least discovered cruising areas in Europe. With more than 1,800 islands, one could sail for decades and still discover new anchorages in this birthplace of Marco Polo. Navigationally, there are no tides of any significance, which makes for simple planning.
We were a crew of five whose ages stretched from seven to 72 – me, my parents, my husband and our daughter. Our mission – find a reasonably priced boat within an hour or so of Zadar airport and explore the Dalmatian islands. There is no recession when it comes to yacht charter in the Adriatic, so our only last- minute budget option was a 42ft very narrow beamed motor boat named Gangaro.
The number of berths listed was 6+2, which was probably fine if the two extra persons were insomniac midgets. Two of the double berths resembled matchboxes and, in the hottest weather Croatia had witnessed in more than 40 years, we found the dead air at night stifling. Fearing my parents would die of suffocation one night at 4am, I spent an hour or so flapping their bedroom door to try to recycle the air while they slept soundly.
We chartered our boat from Murter, a delightful island with many coves, three large marinas and lots of stunning anchorages. The secret to this island is the small village of Betina, a small local harbour with a few lazy lines and a tiny boat building industry. A little road train connects the village with Murter town, which delighted both my parents and their granddaughter.
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