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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2002 heading for no. 2 spot in climate records
Temperature data for the first 11 months of the year show that the average global temperature is on the rise. The new data indicates that 2002 will go down in the recordbooks as the second warmest
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Global warming may nurture extremism, expert says
Climate change caused by greenhouse gas emissions will exacerbate world poverty and could make millions of people more open to extremism, the chief of the United Nations' climate advisory body said.
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Green groups sue US EPA over global warming
Three environmental groups sued the Environmental Protection Agency in a bid to force it to combat global warming by limiting air pollution from U.S. automobiles. The groups - the International
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In Arctic Ocean the summer melt is biggest in years
The melting of Greenland glaciers and Arctic Ocean sea ice this past northern summer reached levels not seen in decades, scientists reported over the weekend. The summertime melt this year, which
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'State facing major biodiversity loss'
The Assam state has lost about 9,000 sq km of forest area resulting in a major biodiversity loss, during the past 25 years since 1975, due to natural calamities, faulty development models,
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Africa hit harder by global warming
Global warming is affecting Africa more than the industrialised world despite the continent being least to blame for the greenhouse effect. A study by scientist at Britain's Hadley Centre has found
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CNG infrastructure being improved in phases
There are 100 CNG outlets being operated in the Capital presently by the Indraprastha Gas Ltd. and the infrastructure is being increased in a phased manner to meet the growing demands, the Lok Sabha
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Self defence on biodiversity
Better late than never. That old badage applies to the passage by the Lok Sabha of the Biological Diversity Bill more than two years after it was introduced in the House. Being an important Trade
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Germany clears way for key EU global warming plan
Germany said this week it will back a European Union climate emissions trading scheme, paving the way for approval of a key EU policy to fight global warming. Germany, Europe's biggest emitter of
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Global warming may be speeding up, fears scientist
One of Europe's leading scientists raised the possibility that the extreme heatwave now settled over at least 30 countries in the northern hemisphere could signal that man-made climate change is