Siachen warming forces army to relocate
The Indian Army, in combat with Pakistani forces for the last 17 years, on the world's highest battlefield, is now facing a new enemy. With temperatures rising to over 30 degree centigrade at Siachen
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UK emissions trading scheme registers first deal
Britain's national emissions trading scheme, launched in mid-August as part of the government's bid to curb greenhouse gas pollution, has registered its first trade, the government said last week.
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Water harvesting goes for a toss
One of Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu's much-hyped programmes-Rain Water Harvesting-has gone for a six in Hyderabad. The city which has about three lakh households has only 533 RWH
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Massive watershed project launched
The Karnataka State Government today formally launched its ambitious Rs 700-crore watershed development project, which s said to be the biggest ever watershed project in the country, under which one
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State to get WB aid for groundwater recharging
The World Bank has agreed in principle to provide a loan assistance of Rs 471 crore to Karnataka State to take up groundwater recharging programmes in 72 taluks, which have been identified as dark
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Development nations responsible for global warming, say experts
Experts and journalists from some 20 countries and development agencies demanded "effective responses" from the developed nations to prevent the impending dangers of global warming resulting in
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Rain water collection plan extended
The advanced plan of collecting rain water to provide it as drinking water in the dry season has been extended in Tanahun district of Nepal after its initial
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Ancient Egyptians used artificial limbs
The ancient Egyptians pioneered amputation and artificial limbs, according to German investigators who reconstructed the medical history of a middle-aged woman who died around 3,000 years
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Temperatures rise in U.S.
Despite a chilly end of the year, temperatures in the United States overall continue to run well above the average of the past century, continuing the warming trend of the past decade. Worldwide,
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Report on climate change and U.S. water resources
The non-profit Pacific Institute and the U.S. Department of the Interior have released a new report that says climate changes in this century could have serious impacts on water resources in the
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New global warming research confirms link to greenhouse gases
A gradual, but strong increase in global warming has been revealed from the global mean temperature records for the last century, by the removal of the masking effects of volcanic eruptions and El
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U.S. hopes to get off sidelines in climate talks
The administration of U.S. President George W. Bush is developing a series of proposals to take to the next international round of global warming talks, in a bid to demonstrate US recognition of the
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NASA seeks proposals for Pluto Mission
NASA announced that the agency is seeking proposals from prinicipal investigators and institutions around the world to develop the first mission to
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Sweden to use EU presidency to push climate deal
Sweden said on Tuesday it would strive for an international deal on combating global warming during its six-month presidency of the European Union from January, despite a breakdown in talks with the
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US rejects fresh talks on climate change
The United States on Monday rejected an invitation to reopen climate talks with the European Union, killing the latest effort to forge an international strategy on global warming."Without additional
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NASA selects firm to build next generation weather instrument
A California firm has been selected by the NASA Office of Earth Sciences, Washington, DC, to implement a next-generation satellite package that could improve weather forecasting two fold and help in
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World still gripped by warming trend - UN agency
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,
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Nepal parched while India reaping big out of Gandak irrigation system
Three decades down the road, after the construction of the Gandak canals-the East Gandak which irrigates northern Bihar and parts of Nepal's Parsa district (in the central Terai), and the West Gandak
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Europe's air of self-righteousness
Putting the US as the perpetual monster of greenhouse gas emissions does little to reverse climate
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Climate change theory stuns scientists
Carbon dioxide is being oversold as the chief cause of climate change, says a top Canadian scientist who has tracked global temperatures and greenhouse gases back 500 million years. Other natural