State of the Climate in Asia 2024
<p>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
Climate Change
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Coral reefs could be extinct by 2050
Coral reefs the world over are showing signs of bleaching, largely due to global warming, and could become extinct by 2050, warn researchers. A sample survey of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands shows
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Flat carbon dioxide levels raise hopes
Despite a booming economy, emissons of man-made carbon dioxide remained almost flat in the U.S. last year, and global emissions appear to have dropped. That has led to some experts to believe that
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Green groups fume over 'carbon kingpins'
Three environmental groups have blasted the world's major energy companies for contributing more to global warming than many developing nations, issuing a critical report on their carbon emissions.
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Take care of the future
According to the SAARC Meteorological Research Centre (SMRC), the sea level along the coast of Bangladesh is rising at the rate of about three millimetres a year. Sea surface temperature is also
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Ways to arrest global warming suggested
A senior Japanese scientist hinted that the current trend of global warming could be stopped to a large extent in the new millennium provided that the industrialized nations begin to consume fuel
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Zambia takes steps to counter CFC-dumping
A year ago, Zambia rang the alarm bells over the dumping of European-made domestic refrigerators that use CFCs - chemicals that contribute to the depletion of the ozone layer. European countries
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Light show
A meteor shower will light up the sky like a Christmas tree. But electronic satellites may not enjoy it
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A Doctor tension
In some people, blood pressure rises when they visit the doctor.How do they deal with it?
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New fuel
How a common industrial chemical becomesfuel
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NGO's prepare for COP 4
THE Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) held a workshop and a seminar to discuss India's stance prior to the Fourth Conference of Parties on Climate Change (cop-4), which is currently being