Hotter temperatures and higher sea levels could devastate many Asian economies, displace millions of people and put millions more at risk from infectious disease, according to a climate change report
The world's top polluting nations were told to prepare for decades of weather turmoil even if they act now to curb emissions and pursue green energy sources. Environment and energy ministers meeting
The rapid growth of emerging economies like China and India
Variations in climate, land-use and water consumption can have profound effects on river runoff. There is an increasing demand to study these factors at the regional
Canada's prime minister Stephen Harper faces serious obstacles in his quest to create a made in Canada version of the Kyoto protocol that both satisfies the business community and placates
british and Norwegian oil companies have announced plans to bury carbon dioxide under the bed of the North Sea. Though they claim they are trying to inhibit climate change, the actual purpose is
global warming can lead to more cases of plague, warns a recent study. Warmer springs and more moist summers may create conditions for Yersina pestis
The people of Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, are grappling with the menace of locusts, the migratory grasshoppers. Experts suspect that the pests, Locusta migratoria, have migrated from neighbouring
California's state legislature has approved a bill to cut greenhouse gas emissions by sidestepping the Bush administration, which is still opposing tough greenhouse gas controls. The Global Warming
The oil slick off the Lebanese coast, caused by Israel's bombing of a power plant in mid-July, has begun sinking. Greenpeace's recent video footage showed dead fish at the sea bottom near Beirut,
There's a popular saying in western Rajasthan
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Monthly and 3-hourly precipitation data from twentieth-century climate simulations by the newest generation of 18 coupled climate system models are analyzed and compared with available observations. The
The rampant growth of sponge iron plants has caused major environmental problems. Local people, usually tribals, have borne the brunt
decline of the alps
The meltdown of Greenland's ice sheet has accelerated since 2004 and most of the ice is being lost from its eastern part, shows satellite data. The ice sheet is melting at a rate of about 239 cubic
Heat wave in the US, Europe As the us experiences a heat wave unprecedented in the past 57 years, its largest city New York has declared a state of emergency for the first time. Following
blind eye: An environment court of New Zealand has rejected the first part of the Greenpeace appeal, which opposed re-firing of the Marsden B coal power station, near Whangarei district, due to its
www.incr.com Risky business More than fifty thousand investors in the US have got together to share their concerns about climate change. Their anxiety is palpable. They are, of course, talking
