State of the climate in Asia 2023
Asia remained the world’s most disaster-hit region from weather, climate and water-related hazards in 2023. Floods and storms caused the highest number of reported casualties and economic losses, whilst
Climate Change
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Countdown to safety
In the face of mounting criticism at home and abroad, Japan's fast breeder reactor programme is on the mat
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How green is the corporate sector
The degree and honesty of environment concerns in European companies are under scrutiny
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Questionable intentions
The North does not appear to be serious about reducing greenhouse gas emissions
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Influencing opinion for selfish gains
Some Western countries sponsor meetings of select experts to sway public opinion in their favour
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Developed nations refuse to reform
Industrialised nations continue to be the major contnlxftrs of greenhouse gases and their emissions are increasing
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Signals of the change in monsoonal precipitation at around 2,000 years BP in a sediment core off central west coast of India
A 4.80 m long shallow water sediment core, collected from the inner shelf (at 22 m water depth) off Karwar, near Kali river mouth is studied for foraminiferal tracers of palaeomonsoons. The climate history
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Supercomputers map global ocean currents
Scientists have created the most realistic model of ocean currents yet and taken another step towards understanding global climate
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G 7 links aid with environment
The World's richest nations reiterate environment is high on their policy agenda
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South wangles funds, with strings attached
The Beijing conference saw discussions on the second phase of the Global Environment Facility, which is expected to finance implementation of the climate and biodiversity conventions.
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Nuclear tank explodes in Siberian plant
A blast in a secret weapons factory in the off limits city of Tomsk 7 shook western Siberia recently and revived memories of Chernobyl.