State of the Climate in Asia 2024
<p>The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing
Climate Change
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Ozone layer 'thinning over Europe'
There is fresh evidence that the ozone layer is thinning over the UK and northern Europe. Scientists are alarmed by the depletion, which was previously thought to be a problem mostly confined to the
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Texaco quits global warming group
The industry group that led the fight against a treaty to curb global warming has lost another member. Texaco has quit the Global Climate Coalition (GCC). The oil giant is the third Fortune 500 to
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IBM, Johnson & Johnson to start global program to cut emissions
IBM Corp, and Johnson & Johnson have agreed to pioneer a program to make reductions in greenhouse gas emissions that outside auditors can verify . The Climate Savers program, sponsored by the World
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Global warming may be speeding up
A recent series of record world temperatures may indicate a speed up of global warming, researchers say. For 16 consecutive months-from May 1997 to September 1998-- each month broke the previous
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Ice age forest gives a global warning
The discovery of a forest 11,000 years old buried intact in Michigan, with tree tops poling through the sand, has raised alarm about the possible spped of global warming. The five-acre forest of
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Prescribing a sea cruise for greenhouse gases
Here is a novel solution to the planet's looming global warming predicament:Just deep-six the excess greenhouse gases that trap heat in the atmosphere. That, in essence, is Peter Brewer's remedy for
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The sizzling 90s
Warmest decade yet prelude to disaster : The 1990s was Australia's warmest decade since records began 90 years ago, the Bureau of Meteorology announced. The figures prompted warnings from scientists
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Greenhouse puts the heat on Australia
The last decade of the 20th century was the warmest recorded in Australia. National Climate Centre figures released yesterday show that temperatures have climbed steadily across the
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Right to know
The Rajasthan Assembly recently passed the Right to Information Bill. But will it make state records more accessible to the public?
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Oh! zone
Following two winters of low ozone loss in the stratosphere, the Arctic is likely to have experienced record ozone destruction. The ozone layer thins out during spring but so far has never