MIT's pollution-cutting device nears completion
It sounds like something out of an old sci-fi movie. But the plasmatron, a device under development for several years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, may one day help reduce
It sounds like something out of an old sci-fi movie. But the plasmatron, a device under development for several years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, may one day help reduce
Oceanographer James McCarthy made startling discoveries during a recent cruise of the Arctic Ocean: there was no ice in the North Pole, just open water. Not to worry, says the National Aeronautics
In the United States, some people have come to realize that IT also has the effect of reducing greenhouse gases and have begun drawing up measures aimed at using IT to fight the greenhouse effect.
A new study has cast doubts on an important element of a proposed treaty to fight global warming: the planting of new forests in an effort to sop up carbon dioxide, a heat-trapping gas.The research
Maldives President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom and Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee reviewed bilateral ties and expressed concern over threats to the atoll nation from global warming. Both
Work on including African nations in efforts to reduce climate change via the Clean Development Mechanism is intensifying, with the UN Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) hosting an online
Scientists at the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia have confirmed that 1999 is likely the warmest year yet for the UK. Although the summer of 1999 was not exceptionally
Embarrassed by failing to deliver the Euro-I micro buses, Nepal's Ministry of Population and Environment officials are mulling over the possibility of importing gas-operated micro buses into the
The Confederation of British Industry, the employers body has called for a year's delay in implementing the climate change levy to allow time for amendments. Digby Jones, CBI director general, said
Saving the planet was never going to be popular in the boardrooms of the industrial west. Although some companies, such as BP Amoco, show concern about global warming, most businesses have been
The North Pole is melting. The thick ice that has for ages covered the Arctic Ocean at the pole has turned to water, recent visitors there say. At least for the time being, an ice-free patch of ocean
An influential expert on global warming who for nearly 20 years has pressed countries to cut emissions of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping greenhouse gases now says the emphasis on carbon
NASA researchers have new insights into the mysteries of Arctic sea ice, thanks to the unique abilities of Canada's RADARSAT satellite. The Arctic is the smallest of the world's four oceans, but it
High population growth driven by immigration will undermine Australia's efforts to reduce its greenhouse emissions, says a study by the sustainable development think tank, the Australia Institute.
SRF has received Rs 23.09 crore as compensation for phasing out the production of chloro fluoro carbons
The European Union is on target to meet its international commitment to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other gases that are thought to cause climate change, an EU official said yesterday. A
The residents of the Rawalpindi city have to face another worst kind of water crisis as the water level at Rawal dam is fast receding. The dam reservoirs generally remain packed to capacity
Scientists report that ice cores drilled through a glacier more than six kilometres up in the Himalayan Mountains--the highest cores ever retrieved--show that the last 50 years were the warmest in
The thick ice that has for ages covered theArctic Ocean at the pole has turned to water, recent visitors there reported yesterday. "It was totally unexpected," said Dr. James J. McCarthy, an
An influential expert on globalwarming who for nearly 20 years has pressed countries to cut emissions of carbon dioxide andother heat-trapping greenhouse gases now says the emphasis on carbon dioxide