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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Greenhouse gases remain a concern
Business and governments are still looking for cost-effective ways to cut their emissions of greenhouse gases, even though some of the heat gone out of the issue of global climate change. Companies
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Quantifying the risk of extreme seasonal precipitation events in a changing climate
Increasing concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide will almost certainly lead to changes in global mean climate. But because - by defnition-extreme events are rare, it is significantly more difficult to quantify the risk of extremes.
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Increasing risk of great floods in a changing climate
Radiative effects of anthropogenic changes in atmospheric composition are expected to cause climate changes, in particular an intensification of the global water cycle with a consequent increase in flood risk.
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Flood of predictions points to a wetter future
As Britain prepares for a forecast weekend of floods, scientists today issue a dire warning that very wet winters will occur five times more frequently over the next 100 years than they did over the
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"Emission standards were not set up to deal with import competition...it is an unintended fallout"
<font class=UCASE>RAHUL BAJAJ </font> <br> Chairperson and managing director <br> Bajaj Auto Limited
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Proving its metal
A plant derivative can kill cancer cells by targeting at their high iron concentration
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Blowing hot, blowing swiftly
Global warming could result in sudden disastrous climate changes
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Hot, hotter, hottest
2001 may be the second warmest year
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New fodder could calm cows and cool the world
Scientists are looking for a new kind of cattle fodder - one that will soothe the digestive tract and limit global warming. The problem is the gas that bursts at intervals from the stomach and
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Mirpurkhas water reservoirs go dry
The water reservoirs of Public Health Engineering Department (Pakistan) in Mirpurkhas district (Pakistan) have gone empty and scarcity of drinking water has been developed even in the villages.