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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Global Warming: the Quadrillion Dollar Question
Eighteen quadrillion dollars is almost 600 times the 2002 world gross domestic product, estimated by the World Bank at $32 trillion. If you glued 18 quadrillion dollar bills end to end, they would
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Alarm over melting ice cap
The polar ice cap is melting at an alarming rate due to global warming, according to Nasa scientists, with satellite images showing the ice cap has been shrinking by 10 percent per decade over the
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Jungle rule
Protect forests, get clean water
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Gap species
Endangered species are not adequately protected in their habitats
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simple remedy: Garlic not only keeps the vampires at bay, but also pests such as slugs and snails, which cause millions of dollars worth of damage in countries with cool or temperate climates.
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How not to lose all
The proposed deal in Cancun had to be rejected. What was proposed at the World Trade Organization talks would have been a deadly price for developing countries to pay. Therefore, for once, our
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World warming up to climate change
Meterologists may reel off data to prove this year's monsoon wasn't longer and wetter than normal, but people are convinced that weather patterns are changing. Summers are hotter and winters shorter.
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Scientists say warming could cut crops
Scientists said that global warming could slash Russia's crucial grain harvests if President Vladimir Putin and other world leaders refuse to endorse the U.N. pact. About 1,000 scientists at a World
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Let's not pass off fiction as fact
A fairer reassessment of the research literature regarding the ecological impact of increased levels of ambient carbon dioxide for example leads to the conclusion that this has not produced any
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'160,000 dying yearly from global warming'
About 160,000 people die every year from side-effects of global warming ranging from malaria to malnutrition and the numbers could almost double by 2020, a group of scientists have