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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Scientists stop light, hold it, let it go
Researchers in US say they have slowed light to a dead stop, stored it and then released it as if it were an ordinary material particle. The achievement is a landmark feat that, by reining in
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Global warming debate heats up in Shanghai
Scientists from 150 governments have begun a four-day meeting in Shanghai to try to agree on what evidence of global warming should be used to set global environmental
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Transporters demand probe on fuel adulteration
Transport entrepreneurs called on the Nepal government to investigate what they termed 'widespread petroleum adulteration' and strictly implement existing pollution standards, and announced a series
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Greenhouse effect well targeted
International meteorological experts and government representatives from nearly 130 countries began a four-day conference yesterday in Shanghai to discuss changes in the global climate. By 2100, the
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Gangotri glacier receding alarmingly
The Gangotri glacier, one of the largest Himalayan glaciers, was receding faster than ever before, according to a recent report by scientists. Calling for an immediate ban on any type of human
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150 nations start groundwork for global warming policies
Scientists from 150 governments began a four- day meeting in Shanghai today to try to agree on what latest evidence of global warming should be used as the basis to set global environmental
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Antarctic ice discovery warms climate change debate
The discovery in a core of ancient polar ice of evidence of a sudden Antarctic temperature rise thousands of years ago has added fuel to the debate on global warming.The find, by scientists working
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Discovery of cloud 'parasol' sheds light on global warming
A team of researchers led by Professor Teruyuki Nakajima at the University of Tokyo's Center for Climate Change has discovered that a "parasol" effect of minute particles in the air and clouds cools
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Better the devil you know
Will George W Bush as US president be better than Al Gore for the global environment?
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Climate logjam
After wrecking the climate talks in the Hague, the US led coalition refuses to participate in further negotiations in Oslo