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For long, potted plants have been touted as a solution to the sick building syndrome, a range of symptoms that leaves people feeling tired and irritable but with no specific illness. But, Peter
For long, potted plants have been touted as a solution to the sick building syndrome, a range of symptoms that leaves people feeling tired and irritable but with no specific illness. But, Peter
Bio-remediation, a process in which bacteria clean contaminated soil and water, is proving useful in cleaning the environment. Says Ryuichiro Kurane of the Industrial Science and Technology Agency,
The country's minister for water, land and environment Henry Kajura has warned Ugandans that changes in climate would adversely affect the country. Kajura advised the people to use upgraded cooking
Khangchen Dzonga, the world's third highest mountain, and its surrounding zones would be soon notified as biosphere reserve in order to protect ecology of the
The winter of 1999 to 2000 has been the hottest ever recorded in the USA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has said, attributing the record to the effects of the La Nina
The prestigious Club of Tokyo of water management experts from all over the world has appreciated the "excellent rehabilitation" works done under the Sardar Sarovar Narmada dam project in Gujarat, it
Don't count on clouds to come to the rescue if the Earth's current climate-warming trend continues. That's according to new NASA research published in the October 1st issue of the American
A sharp new debate has sprung up among atmospheric scientists over where to aim efforts to stave off the prospect of global warming from the buildup of heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the
Can they be saved : Efforts to inject life into the Kyoto Protocol on global warming enter a crucial phase as negotiators grapple with the toughest technical issues, their leeway tightly constrained
In a quirk of evolution and genetics, Argentine ants are overwhelming native California ants while forming what scientists believe may be the biggest ant colony in the world, stretching from San
The US is set to clash with the European Union over the rules for cutting greenhouse gas emissions agreed as part of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on climate change. In a submission to the United Nations
Preparing for renewed international negotiations on cutting levels of heat-trapping gases that may be warming the climate, the United States is proposing that countries get just as much credit for
As pressure builds on automobile users to use compressed natural gas as clean fuel, the shortage of CNG conversion kits and gas-filling statons is coming in the way, those in the business
Scientists are winning a battle to end the ancient terror of a killer volcano's blasting unexpectedly to life, and the eruption of Mount Usu is proof. When the volcano shot superheated steam and ash
Bangkok is sinking at an accelerating rate, and most of the city will be below sea level within fifty years, reports said. "Bangkok and its surronding areas are on its way down-literally. Soil
Environment ministers from the Group of Eight major nations will strongly promote the ratification of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which aims to prevent global warming, during a three-day meeting
A second giant iceberg has broken off from Antarctica and is bumping into a huge iceberg that broke off the Ross Ice Shelf last week, researchers said on Friday. Matthew Lazzara of the University of
The gradual warming of the Arctic due to global climate change is seriously endangering the lives of birds in the polar area, the World Wildlife Fund (W.W.F.) said in a statement released on Monday.
The Global Climate Coalition has reacted with defiance to the decision by US oil giant Texaco not to renew its membership of the anti-Kyoto Protocol group. In a statement, the Global Climate
AP: The Andhra Pradesh government yesterday submitted before a five-judge constitution bench that Karnataka was trying to usurp the surplus water in the Krishna river and claiming the best of the two