The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
In 2008, the Sudanese and Egyptian governments decided to resume work on the Jonglei Canal project, which had been abandoned for 24 years. This project in southern Sudan plans to by-pass, and thus drain, part of the wetlands of the Bahr al-Jabal and Bahr az-Zaraf rivers into the White Nile. …
Orissa government looks for ways to stall beach erosion, does not recognize climate change The rising sea level has alarmed the Orissa government. It has decided to combat it with geo-tubes. Orissa
MADURAI: Investments in existing natural capital such as forests should be enhanced to combat global warming, Chief Conservator of Forests S. Balaji said here on Sunday. While 33 per cent of land should ideally be under forest cover, it was not possible in urban areas. Hence green cover should be …
Vegetation changes point to rising sea levels Abhishek Law KOLKATA, Sept. 11: Is Kolkata under threat due to rising sea levels? Has there been an increase in land inundation because of global sea-level rise? It appears so with mangrove plants, that were previously restricted to the Sunderbans only, being found …
Britain and Bangladesh will jointly hold a high-level conference on climate change on Wednesday in London to launch a possible Bangladesh-specific climate change action plan and trust fund in line with the Bali Declaration. Finance Adviser Mirza Azizul Islam and Environment Special Assistant Raja Devasish Roy will present a strategy …
How fast will our coastlines be swallowed up by rising sea levels? This week, an ice-age glacier lent support to the controversial view that sea levels could rise by 1 metre per century - and so drown land now occupied by 145 million people by 2100. To get a better …
The Netherlands must spend nearly 2 billion euros (US$2.9 billion) annually in the coming decades to protect low-lying areas from coastal flooding, the Dutch government said on Wednesday. With sea levels projected to climb as much as 1.3 metres (4 ft 3 in) this century and another 2 to 4 …
The poor countries and their poor people will be the worst sufferers of the climate change, experts said at a two-day media workshop on Saturday. Quoting a recently published report they said there will be serious impact on rice, wheat and potato production, but maize production will be good due …
Tens of billions of dollars must be spent on protecting millions of people living on the coasts of Asia Pacific if climate change-induced disasters are not to wreak havoc and eradicate decades of development, warns World Vision. The World Vision report not only looks at the latest research around climate …
From the Gir National Park in Gujarat to the Sunderbans in West Bengal, lions and tigers are ranging far beyond territories administered by the forest department. Communities that have traditionally been accommodative are now unsettled, their patience worn thin by the rising incidents of human-animal conflicts. Yet, the debate on …
Tigers attack people. People impatient, they are second priority. What is the way out? July 24, 2007. Hungry and exhausted after fishing all day on the Bidyadhari river, Amirul Naiya, his two brothers and three other fishermen pulled up their country boat into a creek in the dense Sunderbans mangroves, …
Mayor Boris Johnson unveiled a plan on Friday to help London tackle the challenge of climate change with less carbon dioxide, more trees, better drainage and increased water efficiency. Some 15 percent of London is deemed at high risk from flooding due to global warming - an area including 1.25 …
Akshaya Kumar Sahoo THE ORISSA government has woken up to take damage control measures against the global warming related sea erosions at Satabhaya and Kanhupur villages in Kendrapara district as well as Puri and Konark beaches. For Puri and Konark, the government has decided to prepare a blueprint to construct …
The most recent climate modeling predicts higher sea levels for the New Jersey coast. Tourism, transportation, real estate and human health are likely to be affected in various ways and could see losses in the billions of dollars. Changing climate is expected to increase the economic impacts on New Jersey …
As the world heats up, the sea levels are rising. Many experts warn that dramatic sea-level rise is global warming's biggest danger. Two main factors are behind this: thermal expansion of the ocean and melting Ice. First, as the ocean gets wanner from global warming, its volume expands. This is …
The future looks bleak for the tigers of Bangladesh's Sundarbans mangrove forest at the mouth of the Ganges river. Today some 400 of these impressive carnivores roam through the world's largest surviving mangrove ecosystem. By mid-century, global warming is likely to have starved the Sunderbans' tigers into oblivion.
Staff Reporter Bangladesh is increasing in size contradicting forecasts that the parts of the country will disappear under water due to global warming. Scientists at the Centre for Environment and Geographic Information Services (CEGIS) say that the country's landmass has increased by 20 square kilometres (12.5 square miles) annually. They …
Listening to the earth scientists at the Tallberg Forum speaking about the likely calamities caused by global warming, I had the sensation of entering a parallel universe. It is a universe where an adaptive and inventive human race has grown to over six billion people, created bountiful and rich civilisations …
Recently in Dhaka, Dutch ambassador Bea Ten Tusscher suggested that Bangladesh, decidedly to be worst-hit by global-warming-induced sea level rise, could outpace this disaster by trapping the silt three great rivers carry through it to the sea. It is a fascinating idea from the ambassador of a nation actively associated …
