Gene research project wins $65m funding
The World's largest study of the links between genes and disease is to go ahead with
The World's largest study of the links between genes and disease is to go ahead with
<p>Global climate change is today a spectre which allows for no ostriches. Scientific data is piling up to indict human activity as the source of the current phase of warming. <a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/COP-DTE-1996.pdf"
The findings are based on a detailed computer model that includes atmospheric chemical effects, wind changes and solar radiation changes GLOBAL WARMING will set back the recovery of the ozone layer of the earth's atmosphere, warns a Nasa study.
<p>The fledging mass of penguin chicks can be an indicator of food availability and environmental conditions at a penguin colony. For the period 1989 to 2011, we analyzed predictor variables of environmental
Last week the concerns of the developing world found place in a landmark set of guidelines passed at the UN Convention on Biodiversity in the Hague. In all 166 countries, including India, adopted
New Delhi: Should the G20 be allowed to dictate an energy roadmap to India — what technologies to adopt and at what cost? The government has turned wary of a move by the G20’s sub-group on clean energy
By reconstructing the history of water impoundment in the world's artificial reservoirs, we show that a total of 10,800 cubic kilometers of water has been impounded on land to date, reducing the magnitude of global sea level (GSL) rise by
Writankar Mukherjee KOLKATA
Nepal's action plan to reduce green house gas emissions from aviation (the action plan) describes ongoing and planned activities to reduce green house gas emissions from Nepal's domestic and international
This FAO report outlines the extent to which sound management of forests and tree planting can reduce the incidence of landslides and how forestation can assist in land rehabilitation and stabilization after landslides have occurred.
World hunger is a multifaceted problem that cannot be solved by technological changes alone. Meanwhile industrial agriculture is unsustainable, and technological adjustments based on genetic engineering
Anthropogenic CO2 emissions have been growing about four times faster since 2000 than during the previous decade, and despite efforts to curb emissions in a number of countries which are signatories of the Kyoto Protocol. Emissions from the combustion of fossil fuel and land use change reached the mark of 10 billion tones of carbon in 2007.
To reduce carbon emissions, the New Zealand government recently decided to tax power generators and the industry from April 2007 for using coal, oil and gas. The tax of us $11 per metric tonne of
The Health Care and Nutrition Ministry will formulate a disaster management scheme to protect the hospital system as part of the World Health Day program on April 7. Health Care and Nutrition Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva disclosed this at the seminar held in connection with the forthcoming World Health Day celebrations recently.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday urged tighter controls on cruise ships and tourists in Antarctica to prevent further environmental damage to the fragile region. Addressing an international meeting on both the Antarctic and the Arctic, Clinton said as tourism increases to Antarctica there must be more regulations governing that travel.
The world faces a permanent food crisis and global instability unless countries act now to feed a surging population by doubling agricultural output, a report drafted for ministers of the Group of Eight nations has warned.
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Ministers left The Hague after a two week meeting that charts a course for global action on biological diversity through 2010. Representatives of 166 countries agreed detailed guidelines on access to
CASHING IN ON NATURAL RESOURCES Investments in clean technologies are riding a green wave into India. In 2007, Green India Inc raised $1.4 billion through convertible bonds from the international market even as it picked up $628 million from the domestic stock market.
Today the west knows that it has to take action on climate change, thanks to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (ipcc) and the Stern report. However, encouraged by the Stern report, it