Canadian climate shows continuing warming trend
Amid concerns that global warming is making itself felt in the Arctic, Canadian climatologists said on Wednesday that temperatures across the country were above normal in 2000 for the eighth
Amid concerns that global warming is making itself felt in the Arctic, Canadian climatologists said on Wednesday that temperatures across the country were above normal in 2000 for the eighth
Advanced technologies and methods are helping scientists take a new look at one of the Earth's most abundant elements - phosphorus - to better understand how it cycles through soil, sea and living
Amid concerns that global warming is making itself felt in the Arctic, Canadian climatologists said on Wednesday that temperatures across the country were above normal in 2000 for the eighth
Amid concerns that global warming is making itself felt in the Arctic, Canadian climatologists said on Wednesday that temperatures across the country were above normal in 2000 for the eighth
A fast-growing plant, kenaf, may soon flourish in greenhouse-gas control if an environmental group's plan bears fruit. Spurred by the plant's capacity to absorb large amounts of carbon dioxide, the
The Kyoto Protocol, adopted in 1997 at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, is deep in political turmoil. After a U.N. sponsored conference in The Hague collapsed climate
The UK government is examining the consequences of slashing greenhouse gas emissions by more than half. The Environment Minister, Michael Meacher, told a Parliamentary committee he had instructed his
Top environmental negotiators from Japan, the United States and eight other non-European Union industrialized countries will hold secret talks in New Zealand in the middle of February, informed
Germany's goal of a 25 per cent cut in carbon dioxide emissions by 2005 is under fire from both the energy industry and environmentalists, who argue it is too ambitious under existing
Japan's Transportation Ministry is considering measures to limit the emission of greenhouse gases from commercial jets and ships on international routes, officials said. The ministry set up a study
The warming trend that has gripped our climate for the past 20 years will make 2000 one of the hottest years since 1860, despite La Nina's cooling effect on the tropical Pacific and other anomalies,
Zambia is incorporating environmental Conventions into its domestic eco-system to stave off negative impacts of the global climate change. Jewitte Masinja, Permanent Secretary in the Environment and
Permafrost that holds some of Europe's highest mountain ranges together is melting, threatening to deluge ski resorts and alpine settlements with lethal mudslides and rockfalls, a conference heard.
The increasing use of fertilizers could be contributing to global warming by decreasing oxygen and raising NOx levels in coastal waters. This is a conclusion advanced as the result of a three-year
Sweden is to make the signing of a global deal on greenhouse gas emissions a priority during its presidency of the European Union. Swedish Environment Minister Kjell Larsson said that during his
Bill Clinton came into office pledging to take action against global warming. His vice president was the world's most knowledgeable politician on the subject. The two served at a time of unparalled
Efforts would be made to develop the only fossil park of Madhya Pradesh situated in Jabalpur division as center for scientific research. The directions to this effect was passed by Divisional
The 36-MW Upper Bhotekoshi hydroelectric project in Nepal, a privately run power plant, started trial generation, Managing Director of the Project Dr Sandeep Shah
La Nina weather in 2000 produced the second wettest year in Australia since 1900, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology said on Thursday.Excessively wet weather also made 2000 the coolest year for
Hydel policy for private power projects in Pakistan will be announced shortly after the final approval by the Economic Coordination Committee and Federal Cabinet.According to the Ministry of Water