State of the Climate in Asia 2024
<p>The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing
Climate Change
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Zimbabwean unsettles its resettled farmers
The Zimbabwean government has reclaimed about 1,450 farms from resettled farmers, also known as A2 farmers, after a recent land audit revealed that the new farmers were not using their farms
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Book review: Environmental issues in India
Book>> Environmental Issues in India: a Reader
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Count your carbon footprint
For 2008, the Carbon Disclosure Project has requested over 3,000 of the world's largest corporations to measure and disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and report their strategies for dealing
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In court
On mercury emissions: The US Environmental Protection Agency has violated the Clean Air Act by adopting a cap-and-trade rule that allowed oil and coal-fired plants to purchase credits to cover
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A UK review on low carbon cars
The uk's review of technologies and fuels for reducing carbon emissions by vehicles is complete. Chairperson of the review Julia King, while discussing the study in Mumbai recently, claimed that
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Plague is spreading to new areas
plague cases are on the rise and are afflicting countries more frequently than before. A who report says there were around 1,900 cases worldwide in 2002, which increased to 2,100 cases in 2003. In
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Mulk raises alarm over water scarcity
Limited vision and vested interests have politicised the critical issue of water that is now leading to its scarcity and endangering the very existence of human being, says NWPF caretaker Chief Minist
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Caribbean reef development was independent of coral diversity over 28 million years
The relationship between natural variations in coral species diversity, reef development and ecosystem function on coral reefs is poorly understood. Recent coral diversity varies 10-fold among geographic regions, but rates of poor growth are broadly similar, suggesting that diversity is unimportant for reef development.
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The IPCC must maintain its rigor
Last year, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize along with Albert Gore Jr., sending a strong message about the importance of the world's future climate. Indeed, for two decades, international scientists and policy-makers contributing to the IPCC process have provided assessments of climate change science, impacts and mitigation, addressing one of the most far-reaching and complex challenges that society has ever faced. Yet this is no time for IPCC to rest on its laurels.