Ice of Ages
When is the cooling? : Until recently, scientists who study past glaciations for clues to the future thought that the present warm period was nearing its end. Though global warming from the emission
When is the cooling? : Until recently, scientists who study past glaciations for clues to the future thought that the present warm period was nearing its end. Though global warming from the emission
UK companies are to be asked to provide secondments for industrialists from developing countries to help improve their knowledge of environment-friendly working practices. Robin Cook, foreign
About 2,000 years ago, when the Romans ruled London, they gave the city its first centrally heated homes. A look back in time
It is no use trying to save the rainforests, warns a new study
After killing trees by the millions, the Dutch elm disease finally meets its match
A hi tech 'pen' can soon make keyboards and mice obsolete
Lenoid meteor shower, the biggest astronomical non event of 1998, caused hardly any damage to orbiting satellites
CLIMATOLOGISTs believe that 1999 will not be quite as warm as 1998. Figures released by the Australia's Bureau of Meteorology reveal that the average temperature last year was 22.54oC. It was 0.73oC
The 20th century has taught us one thing. Use natural resources in a sustainable way or perish
There is a 'compelling basis for legitimate public concern' about human-induced climatic change says the American Geophysical Union. Its recent statement dealt with the burning of fossil fuels like
There is growing enthusiasm for a market in pollution permits that, according to one estimate, could be as large as $13,000bn by 2050. This market - in permits for "greenhouse gas" emissions - could
An estimated US $2 million worth of lobsters were found either dead or ill off the coast of Maine in the US in 1998. Though some of these lobsters were found to have bacterial infections,
Monsanto talks too much. Misinformed activists rush in to burn fields in protest against the company. And India s government authorities, sitting in smug silence, do little to clear the confusion. The science of biotechnology gets a bad name
US researchers recently stated that climate change is most likely to have severe widespread impacts on human health with significant loss of life. The researchers also reported that global warming
The UN Convention to Combat Desertification is a non starter. Administrative and financial matters get the better of any serious attempts to deal with global desertification. Though the desert is expanding, the North is not interested
Researchers from over 60 countries gathered in Paris, France, recently to draw out an international programme of research on climate variability called CLIVAR. The programme could help predict the
The theory that polar regions once experienced summers while the tropics froze under ice has recently been challenged by Darren Williams of Pennsylvania State University in usa. According to him,
If global warming continues, polar ice caps will melt, wiping nations off our planet
A leading US scientific society has decided to enter the global warming debate by calling for continued efforts to curb emissions of man-made gases. The statement attracted immediate criticism from