State of the climate in Asia 2023
Asia remained the world’s most disaster-hit region from weather, climate and water-related hazards in 2023. Floods and storms caused the highest number of reported casualties and economic losses, whilst
Climate Change
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Fly in global warming ointment
Global warming appears to have triggered genetic changes in a species of fruit fly on three continents, a portent of how certain impacts of climate change may be rapid yet remain undetected. In a
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Global cities team up to fight global warming
Los Angeles, London, New York, Seoul and 18 other cities joined forces in a global warming project aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Launched by former President Bill Clinton's foundation,
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Global warming creates rare clouds
Rare, motherof-pearl coloured clouds caused by extreme weather conditions above Antarctica are a possible indication of global warming, scientists said. Known as nacreous clouds, the spectacular
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Clean fuels come to Gurgaon
In a major move by Haryana government, seven sites for compressed natural gas (CNG) and piped natural gas (PNG) stations in Gurgaon have been approved. Eight sites have also been approved in
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IIT Kharagpur develops polyphenol extraction tech
The Science and Technology Entrepreneur Park (STEP) at the Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur has developed 'laboratory scale technology' for extraction of polyphenol from green tea leaves,
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Top scientist offers way out of global warming
Desperate times call for desperate measures. And a Nobel Prize-winning scientist has come up with such a measure to tackle global warming, by altering the chemical makeup of Earth's upper atmosphere.
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California is first US state to limit greenhouse gases
California would become the first US state to impose a limit on all greenhouse gas emissions, including those from industrial plants, under a landmark deal reached by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
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World Bank logs largest greenhouse gas deal
The World Bank put together the largest greenhouse gas deal ever, where European and Asian companies and others will pay two Chinese chemical companies $1.02 billion to reduce output of gases
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US cutting greenhouse gas emissions'
US officials told a UN conference on climate change that their government was doing more than most to protect the earth's atmosphere. In response, leading environmental groups blasted Washington for
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Global warming equals weapons of mass destruction: scientist
The impact of spiralling pollution on the planet poses a threat to civilisation just as catastrophic as much-vaunted weapons of mass destruction, Britain's top scientist warned. A man and a woman