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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Greenhouse-gas pact losing momentum
Environment ministers of the Group of Eight major powers who met in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, reaffirmed the Kyoto Protocol to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases but failed to articulate any united
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The show is over
Iridium declares bankruptcy and is forced to destroy its 66 satellites in space
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Using urea
Scientists at the Central Institute for Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP), Lucknow, have developed a new technology that allows plants to utilise the urea present in fertilisers more
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Mercury rising
Global warming is accelerating faster than what climatologists had calculated. In 1995, the Intergovern mental Panel on Climate change predicted that global warming would rise between 1
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For a drop!
Too many aerosols, too less rainfall
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Tidal spells
Deep ocean currents could hold clues to climate change
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Worded in diplomacy
Elements related to climate change in the Joint statement on cooperation in energy and related environmental aspects signed by Indian Minister for External Affairs Jaswant Singh, and <font class='UCASE'>us </font> Secretary for Energy Bill Richardso
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Spreading myths of money
The US is making a concerted effort to break down India s stand on climate change, with the active support of some Indian <font class='UCASE'>ngo</font> s and business groups
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Severe loss to Arctic ozone
Ozone recovery may be delayed, say scientists. Ozone levels over th e Arctic have fallen dramatically this winter, say scientists. An international group of researchers found cumulative ozone losses
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In London, bicycles are fastest
Central London is so congested that the average journey is quicker on a bicycle than it is by car, bus or train, according to a government survey released. The survey, covering 1999, compares the