GETTING HOTTER
April 26 recorded the highest temperature for the day during the past 30 years in Kathmandu. The mercury hit a scorching 35.6
April 26 recorded the highest temperature for the day during the past 30 years in Kathmandu. The mercury hit a scorching 35.6
The heat wave that is sweeping across many parts of India is fast assuming the familiar pattern of last year s severe heat wave, which claimed at least 1,350 lives. While the Indian meteorological department says this is a temporary phenomenon, climate e
Melting Himalayan glaciers are threatening to unleash a torrent of floods into mountain valleys, and ultimately dry up rivers across South Asia. A new study, due to be presented in July to the International Commission on Snow and Ice (ICSI), predicts that most of the glaciers in the region will vanish within 40 years as a result of global warming.
global warming is threatening large tracts of ancient Caledonian pine forests. Coastal meadows, mountain birds, flowers and insects may also come under threat, and the Scottish weather could
record temperatures are being forecasted for the start of the next millenium. According to experts, high temperatures will increase the risk of natural disasters. Phil Jones of the Climatic
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Summer is only just setting in. And already there are reports of deaths in Orissa due to a heat wave
As Russia signs the Kyoto protocol, positive action against global warming seems on the anvil
The 25 km long Gangotri glacier, fountainhead of the Ganga, is receding at an average 18 metres annually
As the glaciers recede, the frequency of natural hazards such as floods and cloudbursts will increase
Himalayan glaciers, source of water for the innumerable rivers that flow across the Indo-Gangetic plains, are receding. And that too at a phenomenal rate. As they continue to recede, incidents of landslides, changes in river regimes and floods will increa
Landfill sites can assist in reducing greenhouse gas emissions
A switch in the species of phytoplankton dominating the Southern Ocean off Antarctica could accelerate global warming. During an expedition to the Ross Sea, a team led by Kevin Arrigo of the US
the Clinton administration is hoping to spend an extra us $4 billion in the year 2000 to combat the threat of global warming. The proposal, which will be included in the president's 2000
Seas around the Antarctic are losing krill a crucial part of the marine and terrestrial food chain
If global warming continues, polar ice caps will melt, wiping nations off our planet
The Earth has warmed by about 0.5
Scientists say that 1998 was the hottest year in the past 1,200 years
Climate change will not be gradual, but a swift and sudden process
A collapse in the price of fossil fuel means bad news for efforts to curb global warming