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 effects on sea level underestimated
Global sea levels could rise by almost two-thirds of a foot by the end of this century, more than the rise predicted last year by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Melting glaciers and
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Robots track algae bloom, global warming
Robots are being used to track an algae bloom in Antarctic waters to test a global warming theory. Deep diving SOLO floats, equipped by scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to report
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Bush climate plan disappoints as UN meeting ends
Saying the Earth is at stake, environment officials from 120 nations called for economic growth without destroying nature, but disappointment over U.S. President George W. Bush's climate plan
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Australia backs US climate plan, doubts on Kyoto
Australia gave its backing last week to U.S. President George W. Bush's new voluntary plan to combat climate change, renewing doubts that Canberra would ratify the Kyoto treaty rejected by
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Canada environment minister says Bush plan not enough
Canada's environment minister said President Bush's plan to curb greenhouse gases did not go far enough but it at least signaled the United States was not ignoring the global debate over climate
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Japan not satisfied with Bush climate proposal
Japan's environment minister said he wasn't entirely happy with U.S. President George W. Bush's plan to combat global warming, adding that Japan would go ahead and ratify the Kyoto treaty rejected by
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EU welcomes Bush climate concern, defends Kyoto
The European Union has tentatively welcomed U.S. President George W. Bush's new plan to tackle climate change but said the Kyoto treaty he has rejected was still the best response to global warming.
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Weather lab gears up to study polar clouds
The Meteorological Research Institute plans to study the clouds that form in the winter over the North and South poles. The clouds are believed to damage the ozone layer, contributing to global
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Will the political tangle be resolved?
Chennai may even aquire the status of 'cyber capital' of the south in the foreseeable future. But, a feature of the city that is unlikely to disappear, meantime, will be its stinking waterways. For
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Bush's new climate strategy draws frosty global response
US President George W Bush's new climate strategy met a frosty response around the world on Friday, with one EU politician questioning the morality of a plan that will let US Greenhouse gas emissions