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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El Nino warming trend on the wane
Scientists : El Nino is dying. According to satellite images, the Pacific Ocean waters warmed by El Nino are receding. Colder temperatures are creeping in. But scientists say it's still too early to
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Japan planning to trade gas-emission quotas
The Japanese government plans to trade greenhouse-gas emission rights to account for 1.8 percentage points of the 6.0% emissions cut from 1990 levels it has agreed to make by
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EU greenhouse gas deal
European Union environment ministers agreed on Wednesday a deal to share out the burden of cutting the 15 nation bloc's emissions for greenhouse gases, seen as causing global warming. Individual
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TERI for use of new tech to reduce GHG, CO2 emissions
A study project conducted by the Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI) has suggested replacement of the conventional pulverised coal sub-critical (PCSub-C) technology by integrated coal gasification
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Global warming may affect forests in Western Ghats
Global warming, an unusual escalation in surface temperatures worldwide because of the ever-increasing emission of greenhouse gases, might affect the Western Ghats forests, including those in Uttara
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Mutated future?
Is gene therapy really safe? Though most say yes, no one is absolutely sure
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Bug exterminators
Molecules that mimic DNA could be turned into a new family of anti biotics, say Danish scientists. The molecules are based on peptide nucleic acid (PNA). In PNA, nucleotide bases like those in DNA
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UNDP grant to help harness greenhouse gas
The United Nations development Programme (UNDP) will provide a fresh grant assistance of $10.3 million to support India's efforts to minimise environmentally harmful greenhouse gas emissions by
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Giving ecology designer appeal
Environmental change must be marketed like any other modern concept. That was the most striking conclusion of an Anglo-German environmental forum to explore how the UK and Germany can deliver
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Program being considered to cut gas emissions
The government will propose that the Asian Development Bank and other international financialinstitutions set up joint projects between industrialized and developing nations to reduce greenhouse gas