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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Japanese scientists learn moods of a killer giant
Scientists are winning a battle to end the ancient terror of a killer volcano's blasting unexpectedly to life, and the eruption of Mount Usu is proof. When the volcano shot superheated steam and ash
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Bangkok sinking under water
Bangkok is sinking at an accelerating rate, and most of the city will be below sea level within fifty years, reports said. "Bangkok and its surronding areas are on its way down-literally. Soil
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G-8 plans to step up fight against global warming
Environment ministers from the Group of Eight major nations will strongly promote the ratification of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which aims to prevent global warming, during a three-day meeting
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Second big iceberg breaks off from Antarctica
A second giant iceberg has broken off from Antarctica and is bumping into a huge iceberg that broke off the Ross Ice Shelf last week, researchers said on Friday. Matthew Lazzara of the University of
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Arctic warming threatens bird life
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 (W.W.F.) said in a statement released on Monday.
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Global Climate Coalition defiant as Texaco departs
The Global Climate Coalition has reacted with defiance to the decision by US oil giant Texaco not to renew its membership of the anti-Kyoto Protocol group. In a statement, the Global Climate
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Karnataka usurping surplus water
AP: The Andhra Pradesh government yesterday submitted before a five-judge constitution bench that Karnataka was trying to usurp the surplus water in the Krishna river and claiming the best of the two
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Study Links El Nino To Diarrhea
After linking El Nino with illnesses such as malaria, cholera and dengue fever, scientists now have connected the climatic phenomenon with an increase in childhood diarrhea. The
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Global warming event
For the first time, a team of scientists has identified the possible methane release site and critical sequence of events that precipitated Earth's bout with global warming, and the extinction of
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Hydel project pact signed with NTPC
The Himachal Pradesh government and the National Thermal Power Corporation(NTPC) have entered into a memorandum of understanding to construct and develop the 800 mw Kol hydel project in the