How rice can affect climate
Flooded rice fields are adding gases to the atmosphere that are contributing to climate change and the destruction of the ozone layer, American scientists claim. Researchers from the University of
Flooded rice fields are adding gases to the atmosphere that are contributing to climate change and the destruction of the ozone layer, American scientists claim. Researchers from the University of
Global warming feeds fire potential : Global warming may greatly accelerate the fire cycle in the desert ecosystem of North America, according to a study published in the journal Nature. Elevated
Deposits of methane gas so large they are capable of influencing the greenhouse effect and possibly sinking ships have been discovered by Dutch scientists in submarine lakes and mud volcanoes under
The European Union agreed yesterday to form a united front in demanding tough rules for compliance with a global agreement to cut greenhouse gases in high-level international talks that start next
The European employers' federation said on Monday governments should not ratify an international agreement to tackle climate change before the rules on how it will work are clarified. Unice, a
Australia will not meet its Kyoto target to reduce greenhouse emissions given the Federal Government's environmental efforts, a Senate committee report said yesterday.The report comes as the
A top environmental agency does not want "carbon sinks", where forests absorb atmospheric carbon dioxide, endorsed under a UN convention on climate change.Saksit Tridech, secretary-general of the
Carbon dioxide emissions cannot be drastically reduced quickly enough to meet the objectives of the protocol if protracted negotiations were to delay its adoption until just before the goal of
Recent extreme weather around the globe may have reminded people of the need to stem climate change. But it is proving very hard to get agreement on filling in the many gaps in the 1997 Kyoto
A row has broken out between environment groups and the Howard Government over its stance on developing countries and the Kyoto agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.Federal Environment
The US and much of Latin America have struck a landmark deal to push for full-scale trading to greenhouse gas emissions as a solution to global warming. The alliance between the developed and the
Rice fields are adding gases to the atmosphere that are contributing to global warming and the destruction of the ozone layer, American scientists say. A team of researchers found that the
As England endured its worst floods for 40 years this week, environmental campaigners were quick to point to a worrying global trend. Recent storms in Taiwan, Brazil and Canada, floods in the Alps,
Italy's first transport plan supplies no targets and favours road transport, the country's two leading environmental groups say.The recently-unveiled 10-year governmental transport plan pledges some
Rice paddy fields emit a significant amount stratospheric ozone depleting methyl halide gases, say researchers at the University of California, Irvine (UCI).According to the study carried out through
The first climate impact assessment report for the European Union has painted a gloomy picture for poorer European regions in the east and south, but cites some positive benefits for the Northwest.
The Irish Government has published its Climate Control Strategy, which it describes as ambitious and far-reaching, and includes features such as a substantial cut in the number of livestock by 2010
The U.S. Department of Energy has announced that CO2 emissions increased 1.3%, and all greenhouse houses gases by 0.8% in 1999.The Department of Energy has announced that CO2 emissions increased
Ten Asian countries are strengthening their efforts to save their forests and buildings from the growing rate of acid rain, with the permanent formation of the Acid Deposition Monitoring Network in
Japan's ability to meet its Kyoto obligations has been cast into doubt because of a disagreement over terminology.Instead of basing its plan on reducing greenhouse gases on guidelines issued by the