State of the climate in Asia 2023
Asia remained the world’s most disaster-hit region from weather, climate and water-related hazards in 2023. Floods and storms caused the highest number of reported casualties and economic losses, whilst
Climate Change
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In 100 years, rain forest may turn into grassy savannah
Global warming could spell the end of the world's largest remaining tropical rain forest, transforming the Amazon into a grassy savanna before the end of the century, researchers said. Jose Antonio
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the latest buzz: Researchers at Oregon State University have discovered the oldest bee ever known, a 100-million-year-old specimen preserved in almost lifelike form in amber, and an important link
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Livestock production causes global warming, strains land and water resources
Livestock production has become a major envioronmental management challenge. When its full commodity chain is included, the sector contributes to global warming, causes
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Parliamentarians, environmentalists join hands to demand ban on soft drinks
Several citizens' groups including environmentalists and parliamentarians joined hands and called for a ban on soft drinks manufactured by MNCs Pepsi and Coke, which have been given a clean chit by
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Glacial melting not' @ global warming
Mr V.K. Raina, an expert on glacier studies, pooh-poohed claims that glaciers on the Himalayas were receding at an alarming rate. He described such reports as more of scientific fiction than fact,
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Integrated model shows that atmospheric brown clouds and greenhouse gases have reduced rice harvests in India
Previous studies have found that atmospheric brown clouds partially offset the warming effects of greenhouse gases. This finding suggests a tradeoff between the impacts of reducing emissions of aerosols and greenhouse gases.
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Fire-fuel-climate linkages in the northwestern USA during the Holocene
Variations in fire regimes can be inferred from changes in the abundance of sedimentary charcoal found in lake and bog sediments. When analysed with pollen data, inferences can be made about past vegetation dynamics and climate as well. The analysis of high-resolution charcoal records generally
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Climate sceptics issued with a challenge
One of the world's leading climate scientists has challenged those who question the impact of the human population on global warming to defend their claims that car and factory emissions of carbon
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Rising sea levels threat to Sunderban islands: Scientists
Rising sea levels have submerged two islands in the Sunderbans, where tigers roam through mangrove forests in the Ganges river delta, and a dozen more islands are under threat, scientists say. A
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Sino-Indian expedition to study glaciers
In the first expedition of its kind in the world, a Sino-India team of experts will climb up to the sources of the mighty Brahmputra and Sutlej rivers to collect data for developing a model to know