Seeding the seas?
Sprinkling powdered iron into the ocean may help reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide
Sprinkling powdered iron into the ocean may help reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide
Global warming is causing glaciers on the Himalaya to melt into natural lakes. This threatens the lives of indigenous people and animals
the Maldives may soon disappear from the global map due to the rise in the sea level of the Indian Ocean. Researchers at the Antarctic Research Centre in Hobart, Australia say that the sea
Scientists and ecologists say that global warming will weaken democratic processes<br>
with the death of Carl Sagan, a philosopher-astronomer, in December 1996, the world has lost a great person who popularised science. The impact that Sagan had on the us and on the rest of the
Rising levels of nitrogen in soils are increasing global warming
We live in a world where nobody wishes to yield an inch
the latest thing that is brewing up a storm in Europe is a new self-cooling drink can which could cause global warming. Britain is now seeking new ways to ban the can. "If the can captures, say
•A review of the five years since Rio, Earth Summit II showed collective irresponsibility by nation states for the earth's future •The special session of the UN General Assembly was
Statements of the world leaders at the Summit
The Denver meet set the tenor of non cooperation among the countries meeting at UNGASS
Indian attempts at lobbying in UNGASS
The Indian negotiators spoke up in time to oppose the convention on forests
Some of the points agreed to at Earth Summit II
The forest convention was the most controversial issue at the Summit. However, the G 77, a strident opposer, failed to act as a united force
According to Canadian researchers, flooded wetlands emit greenhouse gases in large quantities. Worse, their studies have confirmed that the creation of reservoirs in wetlands unleash poisons into the
Issues concerning the earth s future took a backseat as unseemly politics ruled the day at the just concluded Earth Summit II SUPRIYA AKERKAR reports from New York
AS THE host of the next meeting of the ON Convention on Climate Change, which is scheduled to be held in December in Kyoto, Japan is making last-ditch attempts to finish its homework on global
THE Centre has just cleared an international study called Indoex to look into the role of atmospheric aerosols (microscopic particles suspended in the atmos- phere) of Indian origin that may
Satellite data has revealed that temperatures in the polar regions of both northern and southern hemispheres fluctuate markedly with the waxing and waning of the Moon. According to John Shaffer