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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Reviving East Timbalier
East Timbalier, one of the islands that protect the Louisiana coastal wetlands in the us, is expected to disappear in just a few years, perhaps as early as 2004. Narrowed and cut by hurricanes and
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Refuel your car at home
a technology , which will enable domestic gas supplies to be used for refueling gas-powered cars at home, has been developed by British Gas (bg). The technology has been developed by
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Sukhna lake survives
the Sukhna Lake in Chandigarh, which was dying due to heavy siltation, has been revived by the efforts of the forest department of Chandigarh. According to H S Sohol chief wildlife warden
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Going by smell
It is now well-known that albatrosses use smell to find food and navigate the oceans. Now a new study has found that they are sensitive to odours in the air released by krill and phytoplankton
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Shahtoosh trade banned
in accordance with the central government's policy on wildlife protection the Jammu and Kashmir government has banned the shahtoosh shawl trade. The trade is posing a threat to the existence of the
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BANGLADESH
The population of pied myna is declining alarmingly in Bangladesh. Being an insectivorous bird, the myna plays an important role in protecting crops. "Random destruction of the myna's nesting trees,
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High intake !
It may now become complicated to determine the link between climate change and carbon cycle. Thanks to a new study of a deciduous forest in Canada which shows that warm springs can cause trees to
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CFCs black market
international efforts to restore the ozone layer are being threatened by a flourishing black market of chlorofluorocarbons (cfcs), said Paul Frasier, senior principal research scientist with the
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Insight on wetlands
The destruction of wetlands began more than a thousand years ago
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Fuelling heat
Humans have not being able to shed their reliance on fossil fuels. Every year, millions of tonnes of coal and oil is burned to produce energy. As a result, carbon locked in the Earth is being