Boiling point
Greenhouse gas emissions could raise global temperatures much more than previously forecast leading to drought and flooding as weather patterns shift and polar ice melts
Greenhouse gas emissions could raise global temperatures much more than previously forecast leading to drought and flooding as weather patterns shift and polar ice melts
Global warming is creating a
A review of climate studies projects what s in store: colder winters, hotter summers, drought, storms and lots worse
Forget volcanic eruptions and El Nino, global warming continues to worsen
While UK faces increased incidence of floods, the US water resources are threatened by global warming
Will George W Bush as US president be better than Al Gore for the global environment?
After wrecking the climate talks in the Hague, the US led coalition refuses to participate in further negotiations in Oslo
• Since pre-industrial times, atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHGs) such as carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide have grown because of fossil fuel use, land use change
The effects of aerosols in the atmosphere will magnify the warming over several developing countries, shows a study by the Indian Ocean Experiment (INDOEX), an international field experiment which is
Several countries in central and western Asia, from Kazakhastan to Saudi Arabia, will witness a rise of more than 5
global warming will have serious repercussions on the world economy. The damage from climate-induced natural disasters could rise so steeply that will will become difficult for insurance
More and more people are waking up to the need for an international climate regime based on the principle of per capita entitlements to the atmosphere
During the second week of the meeting, it became clear that there were four main areas of contention. In climate jargon, these were: sinks, supplementarity, compliance, and funding for adaptation. A
Global warming is likely to be far greater and faster than previous estimates, says the latest report of the Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research. Merely planting more trees won t help
The stage seemed set for another climate meeting to serve the economic interests of the US better than the threat of global warming
Annual flood damages to rise in the future in USA
Rise in sea levels due to global warming threatens to drown at least 2,000 of the 17,000 Indonesian islands, according to Pelangi, an environmental group. Sutamihardja, head of the group and a
A large reservoir of nitrous oxide, a potential greenhouse gas, has been discovered near India s west coast
Climate change is a very slow process, notoriously difficult to understand. Is it happening in India? Residents of some Himalayan towns, where the ecology is known to be very sensitive, observe some clear indications of change. It is getting warmer, the
The upcoming climate negotiations at The Hague may turn out to be the most crucial till now