With Russia blowing hot and cold on ratifying the Kyoto Protocol, the ninth conference of parties COP 9 to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change UNFCCC was reduced to a near non event. The meeting held in Milan, Italy, from December 1 12 and
Surreal. This is how a newspaper described the just concluded meeting on climate change in Milan. Ministers and several hundred government officials gathered to fuss over the final details of a
DAVID ANTHONY KING has been chief scientific advisor to the United Kingdom government for 3 years now. Prior to this, he was head of the department of chemistry and Master of Downing College, University of Cambridge. He continues as the 1920 <br><br> Pr
One wonders what it will take to bestir the Bush administration on the subject of global warming. Every where one looks nowadays there is evidence of mounting impatience with Washington's refusal to
Pollution levels are increasing in Srinagar city at a rapid speed. The prime reason for the increase in pollution is the ever increasing number of vehicles which are being added on a daily basis.
Acid rain restricts global warming by reducing methane emissions from natural wetland areas, suggests a global climate study. Acid rain is the result of industrial pollution, which causes rainwater
Hidalgo Zurita watched a half a dozen technicians in white hazardous material suits used a motorized drill to search for oil- in his yard in Ecuador, a small Amazon town. To his dismay Zurita, a
After three years of belittling or suppressing science, the Bush administration appears willing to concede that humans and their industrial activity have been largely responsible for the recent
With an aim to check pollution level in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, the district administration has imposed a ban on the sale of loose 2T mobil oil with immediate effect. With an aim to check pollution,
Frost will become less and less common across much of the world as global warming accelerates, U.S. researchers reported. The latest of a series of reports on the real-life effects of climate change
In a striking shift in the way the Bush administration has portrayed the science of climate change, a new report to Congress focuses on federal research indicating that emissions of carbon dioxide
Air pollution could have been masking the true impact of the effect of global warming on the earth, a leading scientist stated this week. Speaking at the 13th World Clean Air and Environmental
In a novel venture, the Kamrup (Metro) District Administration has begun digging a canal through the Deepor Beel area of Assam. The three km long canal expected to ease some of the Guwahati city's
Nasa scientists say soot, mostly from diesel engines, is causng as much as a quarter of all observed global warming by reducing the ability of snow and ice to reflect sunlight. Their findings on how
Global warming continued through 2003 as Europe's hottest summer on record helped fuel the third warmest year on record worldwide, international weather experts at the UN said.The UN's World
Water and Sanitation Authority (Wasa) Rawalpindi (Pakistan) has launched operation against illegal connection holders and water bill defaulters and on opening day of the campaign some 28
The U.S. Supreme Court said this week it would hear a Bush administration appeal of a ruling that required an environmental analysis before Mexican trucks would be allowed on U.S. highways. The
Tuvalu Prime Minister Saufatu Sopoanga urged industrialized nations to cut greenhouse-gas emissions as soon as possible by shifting to renewable energy sources, fearing his island nation will sink if
European Commission President Romano Prodi insisted the EU's support for the Kyoto Protocol was unwavering this week, after a commissioner said the EU must prepare for the possible failure of the
