Liberia country and climate development report
This Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) examines Liberia’s development trajectory through the lens of the country’s vulnerability to climate change. It identifies Liberia’s development risks
This Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) examines Liberia’s development trajectory through the lens of the country’s vulnerability to climate change. It identifies Liberia’s development risks
Across the United States, researchers are firing up experiments to determine how rising temperatures could reshape the nation's forests. The studies encompass the pines and maples of eastern forests in Massachusetts and North Carolina, the spruce and fir of northern Minnesota, and the alpine tundra ecosystem above the treeline in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado.
Studies have been undertaken from time to time by the Government to assess the impact of climate change on water resources.
Washington: The United States released more than a thousand intelligence images of Arctic ice to help scientists study the impact of climate change, within hours of a recommendation by the National Academy of Sciences.
Admitting that there are some "knowledgeable gaps" when it comes to the issue of climate change and its effect on ecosystem including marine ecosystem, earth sciences minister Prithviraj Chavan, clarified that country's development cannot be capped in the name of reducing greenhouse gases.
Lake ecosystem productivity, defined by the rate of biomass synthesis, is believed to be limited by nutrient availability.
We write in response to your issue discussing "the coming climate crunch", including the Editorial 'Time to act' (Nature 458, 1077
Aarti Dhar NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Environment and Forests will bring out a white paper on the current state of scientific knowledge on the Himalayan glaciers. It will establish an institutional mechanism to monitor the trends and variability of glaciers and study the impact of changes on the hydrological regime in the region.
Climatic changes are generating most intense cyclones in the Arabian Sea thus disturbing the food and water availability of the country, say scientists. According to a study the number of intense cyclones in the Arabian Sea has increased five fold in past 12 years due to sea warming, which in turn would likely jeopardise the food and water security of the country.
Sujatha Byravan and Sudhir Chella Rajan
Global warming has posed a serious challenge before the farmers of Assam as the water bodies started drying up and the ground water level is also going down sharply over the years, said Agriculture Minister Pramila Rani Brahma.