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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SSP will solve drought problem
An international body in the area of water management has reportedly supported the construction of a dam on the Narmada river in Gujarat, a project that has been slammed by environmentalists. This
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Need for stringent emission control norms stressed
The present emission control mechanism needs to be tightened up so as to reduce pollution in the country. It is estimated that the number of deaths caused due to pollution is much more when compared
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Eco-systems at great risk
The ecosystem and the species diversity in Bangladesh may be at great risk of all possible impacts due to direct and induced adverse effect of global climate change. According to the final draft
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Optimism over global warming
The prospect of curbing climate change often seems hopeless but US scientists published "an alternative, more optimistic scenario" for climate change in the Proceedings of the National Academy of
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Himalaya glaciers are shrinking fast
Shrinking of glaciers in the Himalayas, the youngest mountain range in the world, has "accelarated alarmingly," according to a world environment body. The World Watch Institute said that global
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A plague called Prilissa
A new range of computer viruses threatens to cripple the engine of civilisation
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Fuel s paradise
More trees will not compensate for growing carbon emissions
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New victim
Global warming threatens to wipe out the polar bears in Canada
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Talking about pollution
there is no doubt that air pollution will be of even greater significance in the next millennium. From the first century, when Roman philosopher Seneca complained about air pollution, to recent
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Cuba smells a rat in poison dispute
A Cuban biotechnology company, reacting angrily to a decision by Guatemala to ban the use of a controversial biological pesticide, has accused a US government public health institution and two