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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Government, major industries agree to set CO2 targets
The Japanese government and major industries have agreed to set ambitious sector-by-sector targets for reducing carbon dioxide emissions. A Ministry of International Trade and Industry task force has
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Corporates urged to adopt greenhouse gas abatement activities
The two-day workshop on 'Activities Implemented Jointly (AIJ) for greenhouse gas abatement' called upon the corporate sector in the country to make maximum use of the opportunities existing under
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US offers help to cut down greenhouse gases
America will offer an option to Indian industry to receive 'cleaner technologies by collaborating with its firms to help cut down emission of greenhouse gases, a US environment official Melinda L
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Adding to the heat
A new study provides evidence that the extraordinary global warming of recent years is a result of the burning of fossil fuels and other human activities that add carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.
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UNDP provides $2.7 million to private sector in Mexico for ozone layer protection
Ten private enterprises in the refrigerants and foam sectors in Mexico received $2.7 million from UNDP to help phase out use of ozone depleting substances in production
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Greenhouse gases
China has signed the international treaty which aims at reducing 'greenhouse' gases responsible for warming of earth's atmosphere which, experts say, could have a devastating effect. Beijing became
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Smaller and smaller...
The male brain shrinks more rapidly with age than its female counterpart, particularly in the frontal and temporal lobe regions. This was repor ted by C Edward Coffey and his team of the Henry Ford
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Composition: critical
While the aircraft industry flies high with composites, one question nags engineers: are they really safe?
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Not guilty
James Fenton, ecological advisor to the Natural Trust of Scotland, says it is incorrect to say that human activity has destroyed the native woods of the Scottish Highlands. He adds that
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Warming the skies
Environmentalists in Europe are campaigning for a tax on aviation fuels to reduce aircraft emissions