IGL, Centre perceptions clash
The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and the sole CNG supplier, Indraprastha Gas Limited, have different "opinions" on the future demand for CNG in Delhi.In April 2001, both of them had made
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We need more clean water for health and peace
Over the next 25 years, half the world's people will have difficulty in finding enough freshwater for farming and drinking. Asia's water stocks are already among the most polluted in the world. In
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How good intentions kill
Banning the use of DDT on environmental grounds would cost lives and wealth in the developing world. For many people, mostly poor and living in developing countries, DDT the pesticide reviled by so
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86 mw Malana hydel project commissioned
With the commissioning of the 86 mw joint venture Malana hydel project in a record time of two years, Himachal Pradesh has moved a step further in its commitment to harness 10,000 mw by
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Space station eclipses most other objects in sky
The International Space Station, a research outpost being assembled 240 miles above Earth, is rapidly becoming one of the brightest objects in the night sky.With this week's addition of a giant set
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Amnesty report nails Internet service providers in China
A report by human rights watchdog Amnesty International released on March 29, unveils the sinister role that global Internet service providers have played in China to help the government curb freedom
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USEPA should regulate GHGs, says US Supreme Court
in one of the most significant of environment cases, on April 2, 2007, the us Supreme Court ruled that the country's environment agency had the authority and responsibility to regulate carbon
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Fresh row erupts over Delhi Metro Rail standard gauge
The Delhi government has decided in favour of standard gauge for running the Delhi Metro Rail and has referred this matter to the Centre. Delhi government also announced that the metro will become
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New dinosaur fossil supports link to birds
Researchers have unearthed what could be the smallest fossil ever of an adult dinosaur: a crow-size creature that could help prove the theory that birds evolved from little dinosaurs.The
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Despite pact, activists say Norton has a way to go
US Interior Secretary Gale Norton has struck an agreement with four environmental groups to speed federal protection for 29 plant and animal species, taking a step toward her oft-stated goals of
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Centre advised to clear new fuel technologies
To ensure cleaner exhaust from 'environmentally acceptable' fuel-driven vehicles, the Union Government has been asked to expedite clearances of new technologies and arrange supply of fuel. In this
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High emissions hotting up city climate : Report
The city has joined the developed West in depleting the ozone layer, or so says the finding of a study. According to the report, Delhi emits 16 million tonnes of Greenhouse gases every year. The
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Alien life? Isro tech finds space bugs 41 km up
A team of international researchers said on Tuesday they have found what could be the first proof of life beyond our planet - clumps of extraterrestrial bacterial in the earth's upper atmosphere.
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Cow cloned from mammary-gland fluid gives birth
A cow cloned from cells contained in mammary-gland fluid has successfully given birth in Hokkaido, resulting in the world's first offspring of its kind, officials involved in the project said
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The heat is on
record temperatures are being fore casted for the start of the next mille nium. According to experts, high temperatures will increase the risk of natural disasters. Phil Jones of the Climatic
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Dinosaur find could answer wide-ranging questions
Paleontologists have unearthed two exceedingly rare skulls of a titanosaur, finally putting a face on one of the world's most common, yet least understood dinosaurs. The skulls' discoveries in
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Disentangling the role of environmental and human pressures on biological invasions across Europe
The accelerating rates of international trade, travel, and transport in the latter half of the twentieth century have led to the progressive mixing of biota from across the world and the number of species introduced to new regions continues to increase.
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Red-letter day for green brigade
Atmadip Ray & Writankar Mukherjee KOLKATA PICKING a positive from the ravages of a bandh is never easy. A bandh sets the country back by up to Rs 8,000 crore, says Aditya Birla Group chief economist Ajit Ranade. Inconvenience to the public is immeasurable with lives lost, utility services disrupted and critical events postponed or cancelled.
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Finally, Gujarat will have a Jurassic Park of its own
The hamlet of Rahioli is all set to be the centre of intense activity, with an ambitious plan being revived to transform the area, where dinosaurs once roamed and bred, into a theme park.An
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Interactions among Amazon land use, forests and climate: prospects for a near-term forest tipping point
<p>Some model experiments predict a large-scale substitution of Amazon forest by savannah-like vegetation by the end of the twenty-first century. Expanding global demands for biofuels and grains, positive feedbacks in the Amazon forest fire regime and drought may drive a faster process of forest degradation that could lead to a near-term forest dieback. Rising worldwide demands for biofuel and meat are creating powerful new incentives for agro-industrial expansion into Amazon forest regions. Forest fires, drought and logging increase susceptibility to further burning while deforestation and smoke can inhibit rainfall, exacerbating fire risk. If sea surface temperature anomalies (such as El Niño episodes) and associated Amazon droughts of the last decade continue into the future, approximately 55% of the forests of the Amazon will be cleared, logged, damaged by drought or burned over the next 20 years, emitting 15–26 Pg of carbon to the atmosphere. Several important trends could prevent a near-term dieback. As fire-sensitive investments accumulate in the landscape, property holders use less fire and invest more in fire control. Commodity markets are demanding higher environmental performance from farmers and cattle ranchers. Protected areas have been established in the pathway of expanding agricultural frontiers. Finally, emerging carbon market incentives for reductions in deforestation could support these trends.</p> <p><a href="http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/363/1498/1737.short" target="_blank">Original Source</a></p>