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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CNG
Govt all gas about converting: Four months after March 31 - the day the apex court ordered the government to phase out all pre and post-1990 commercial diesel vehicles by converting them to a cleaner
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Scientists discover mysterious increasing concentrations of the most potent greenhouse gas
Increasing quantities of a rare greenhouse gas have been found, which is 18,000 times more effective at trapping heat than carbon dioxide, and comes from an unknown origin. Concentrations of the gas,
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USA strengthens its stance against Kyoto
The United States is proposing that countries should get as much credit for their carbon dioxide sinks as they would for cutting industrial and domestic emissions. In preparation for the next
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Temperature of tropical oceans rising
Tropical oceans are warming by as much as 0.05 degrees Celsius per year. The warming is particularly severe in the northern hemisphere, causing significant damage to the coral reefs which are
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PM convenes Cauvery meet on July 14
The Prime Minister, Mr. A.B. Vajpayee, has convened a meeting of the Cauvery Water Authority on July 14 in which the Chief Ministers of the three southern States and the Union Territory of
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Arctic warming hits bird life, says WWF
The gradual warming of the Arctic due to global climate change is seriously endangering the lives of birds in the Polar area, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) said in a statement released
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A vital book...
...says the President of India while receiving CSE s first report on global environmental negotiations <br>
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Starry picture
Supernovae are among the most spectacular events in our Universe. In a very short period, a star gives out energy that is equivalent to the energy given out by a whole galaxy. Unfortu nately, our
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The good news and the bad
Environment is going to be taught as a compulsory subject at the undergraduate level. But does anyone know how to go about it?
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More bytes to chew
It is now possible to increase storage capacity of computers by 1,000 per cent