Red heat
Droughts in Africa were far worse in the last millennium than is now
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Agriculturists herald new farming system based on fertilizer trees
CHENNAI: Top scientists from international agricultural institutes are heralding a new system of farming based on using fertilizer trees to increase crop yield. The new system, which was inspired by small time farmers in Africa who grew the Acacia, could provide a solution to dwindling paddy production in India and will help mitigate climate change, they say.
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Solar sense
A South African firm has come out with a rugged and affordable solar cooker that could improve the lot of women in underdeveloped areas and reduce deforestation and air pollution (Solar Today,
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Low-carbon energy projects for development in Sub-Saharan Africa
This study aims to reveal Sub-Saharan Africa
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Groundwater loss in India and an integrated climate solution
In the developing world climate change has far more ramifications than can be addressed by controlling just carbon emissions. The developed world has stable populations and landscapes, and is thus affected
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Reduced US air pollution will boost rainfall in Africa's Sahel, says study
Falling sulfur dioxide emissions in the United States are expected to substantially increase rainfall in Africa's semi-arid Sahel, while bringing slightly more rain to much of the U.S., according to a
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Water quality assessments for urban water environment
Worldwide demand for freshwater resources is continuously increasing to satisfy the need for increasing population and growing economies. Further, both biophysical and social patterns and processes are
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Juice from concentrate: reducing emissions with concentrating solar thermal power
The latest report on Concentrating Solar Thermal (CST) power, a renewable energy resource which has a significant potential for reducing carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants. Explores the scale, potential and barriers of implementing CST in US, India, China and Middle East & North Africa.
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Africa's eye aims to seek out universal truth
South Africa is to build the largest telescope in the southern hemisphere, a move welcomed by scientists from all over the world. They call it "Africa's giant eye". It will see stars a billion times
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Africa hit harder by global warming
Global warming is affecting Africa more than the industrialised world despite the continent being least to blame for the greenhouse effect. A study by scientist at Britain's Hadley Centre has found
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Australia Passes Landmark Carbon Price Laws
Australia's parliament passed landmark laws to impose a price on carbon emissions on Tuesday in one of the biggest economic reforms in a decade, giving new impetus to December's global climate talks in
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Biggest polluters join in opposing EU road map
The world's three biggest polluters joined in opposing a European Union (EU) proposal for talks aimed at drawing up a new climate treaty, dimming the chances of extending the Kyoto Protocol limiting greenhouse
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Vision for Paris: building an effective climate agreement
This report outlines the emerging elements of a Paris climate agreement based on in-depth discussions among senior climate negotiators from leading countries. The report foresees a durable legal agreement
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Explaining extreme events of 2014 from a climate perspective
Human activities, such as greenhouse gas emissions and land use, influenced specific extreme weather and climate events in 2014, including tropical cyclones in the central Pacific, heavy rainfall in Europe,
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Impact of intensified Indian Ocean winds on mesoscale variability in the Agulhas system
South of Africa, the Agulhas ocean current system transports warm, salty water from the Indian Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean. This study shows that the mesoscale variability of the Agulhas system has intensified
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Global Divestment Day” Challenges Fossil Fuel Industry on February 13-14
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COP 17 / CMP 7 UNFCC Conference in Durban, South Africa, 28 Nov. - 9 Dec. 2011
The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa, COP 17 / CMP 7, 28 November - 9 December 2011
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Adapting to climate change in water resources and water services
Access to potable water, sanitation and water for irrigation is already a serious problem in the developing world, especially in the vast semi-arid regions of Central Asia and Africa, and is expected to become even more serious as population growth and climate change exacerbates existing inadequate delivery systems and dysfunctional management institutions. The Millennium
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Australia, New Zealand could link carbon trade schemes in 2015
Australia and New Zealand said on Monday they could link their carbon trading schemes as soon as 2015, immediately after Australia's government moved from a fixed carbon tax to the world's second-largest
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Combating desertification and mitigating the effects of drought in Nigeria
National Report on the Implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa (CCD)