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
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
power of the big Banana: A court of appeals in the Philippines recently sided with the banana growers and exporters of the country and allowed the continuation of aerial spraying of pesticides. The
Global warming may spell doom for some of the Orissa's heritage sites, including Puri's Jagannath temple and Konark Sun temple, according to a recent Greenpeace report.
Earth Hour (8 pm to 9 pm) may have gone unobserved in many parts of the State on Saturday, but not for Aaron Pereira, a first year BA student residing at Fontainhas in Panjim.
A new technique for deriving hurricane climatologies from global data, applied to climate models, indicates that global warming should reduce the global frequency of hurricanes, though their intensity may increase in some locations. Tropical cyclones account for the majority of natural catastrophic losses in the developed world and, next to floods, are the leading cause of death and injury among natural disasters affecting developing countries (UNDP/BCPR 2004). It is thus of some interest to understand how their behavior is affected by climate change, whether natural or anthropogenic.
India's first centre dedicated to monitoring climate change and finding country-specific solutions was opened at Anna University by R.K.
Climate scientists from the UK and India will join hands to study the impact of global warming on crop production in India, where according to studies 10 to 40 per cent of crop production is going to
Next week, government negotiators will gather in Bangkok, Thailand, for the latest round of international climate change talks.
Coal is our cheapest and most abundant source of fossil-fuel energy. We probably have enough to keep the world powered for hundreds of years.
Could biofuels do more damage to the climate than the fossil fuels they replace?
As the energy industry hungrily eyes methane hydrates, scientists ponder the fuel's impact on climate.