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
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
Madurai: Chilli, the second major crop in Ramanathapuram district, has been affected due to the spread of the disease
New science predicts climate is changing faster than estimated SCIENTISTS from around the world who met in Copenhagen, Denmark, from March 10 to 12, suggested sea level increase due to global warming could be more than the earlier projections. There is worse news. Forests may not be effective carbon sinks that can save the planet from the negative impacts of temperature rise as they would not
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The north may renege again and again but the south must go on fuelling their growth scientists have rung the alarm bell again, this time in Copenhagen, predicting a climate change more severe than the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Water shortages mostly due to poor management
Fresh data confirming accelerated warming over western Himalayas just ahead of the onset of the Indian monsoon year after year could have important implications for the monsoon as well as the Himalayan glaciers, experts say.
The findings are based on a detailed computer model that includes atmospheric chemical effects, wind changes and solar radiation changes GLOBAL WARMING will set back the recovery of the ozone layer of the earth's atmosphere, warns a Nasa study.
Development is proving more and more unsustainable: Pachauri CHENNAI: The present challenge faced by the world lies in returning to a path of sustainable development and this is much bigger than meeting the threat of climate change, R.K. Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), said here on Saturday.
Climate change will affect basic needs and access to food resources...It will also have an impact on agriculture productivity and fresh water availability }
Disputes have broken out among ecologists over a study that suggests climate change might not increase the range of tropical diseases after all.