Climate Adaptation Futures: Second International Climate Change Adaptation Conference 2012, 29-31 May 2012, Tucson (Arizona), United States of America Co-hosted and convened by the University of
Environmental space may be defined as the total quantity of natural resources that can be used on a sustainable basis, for example, the total quantity of carbon dioxide that can be released into the
There is lot os uncertainly on the question of carbon sinks. To what extent can they actually absorb carbon dioxide emissions? And, should forests in the South be used as CO2 deposits for the North?
an environmental nightmare is how the environmentalists describe a recent proposal of British Nuclear Fuels ( bnfl ). The company plans to build an aboveground nuclear waste dump in the heart
Did fires caused by the Aborigines drive creatures larger than humans to extinction?
Introducing farmed salmon in the rivers doesn t help
Methane reserves set the air ablaze and roasted alive several species, including the dinosaurs
THE industrialised countries are back to their pre-Rio game of chess. They imposed their narcissistic environmental agenda on the economically atremble South by virtually bamboozling it into signing
Down To Earth conducted a survey among people throughout the country to assess their perceptions of climate change in their respective regions. Some of the responses received
Researchers discover how human activities are responsible for good or bad weather at the weekend
Latitudinal distribution of radiative flux at different layers has been measured for the first time over the Indian Ocean from 15°N to 20°S during intensive field phase of INDOEX 1999. Simultaneously
Changes in water availability and quality are occurring mainly as consequences of global and local changes including environmental factors, climate change and human-induced changes. Science-based knowledge
human activities add loads of nitrogen to forests, posing threats. Scientists at the us Oregon State University, however, say this may be helpful; but only to some extent. They found that artificial
Democracy of the people, by the people and for the people . Madhya Pradesh takes the lead
Shailja Chandra, secretary, department of Indian systems of medicine ISM and homeopathy, Union ministry of health and family welfare, talks to <font class='UCASE'>Down To Earth</font> on the possibility of cultivating medicinal plants
Organic agriculture is practised in more than 120 countries. Over 31 million hectares in 633,891 farms are certified organic Oceania has about 40 per cent of the world's organic land. Europe
The government department to provide relief to the victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy may be closed down
<p><img alt="" src="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/media/iep/homepage/sn_blog.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 131px; float: left;" />I start this blog on climate politics as tropical superstorm
rescue mission: European countries have resolved to make a united effort to arrest the decline in biodiversity by 2010 and protect hundreds of species from extinction. The decision was taken at a
New SARS cases in China
