Tropical cyclones in a warmer world
About 80 tropical cyclones (with wind speeds equal to or greater than 35 knots) form in the world’s waters every year. Of these about 6.5% develop in the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea. Since the frequency
About 80 tropical cyclones (with wind speeds equal to or greater than 35 knots) form in the world’s waters every year. Of these about 6.5% develop in the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea. Since the frequency
One of the UK's largest industrial groups, ICI, has met a tough self-imposed five-year challenge to reduce its energy use by 10 per cent for every tonne of product it makes. The group says that in
Scientists all over the world are now convinced that global warming is real and the planet is getting warmer day by day. There is no controversy in naming the culprit--carbon dioxide, a natural
Pressure mounted on the Australian government yesterday to resume international climate change talks after a report by a government agency foreshadowed a dramatic surge in temperatures in the next 70
A national campaign in UK to boycott Esso petrol stations was launched by an alliance of environmental groups, backed by celebrities such as Bianca Jagger and Annie Lennox. The Stop Esso Campaign is
Australia, where farmers already battle with some of the world's harshest weather conditions, is expected to become even hotter and drier, with average temperatures forecast to increase by up to 6
Australia's harsh weather will get even hotter and the parched continent even drier over the next 70 years unless the world curbs its greenhouse gas emissions, the nation's leading scientists
The next round of climate change negotiations scheduled to take place in Bonn in July this year is dead even before it begins. This is all because the US, the largest contributor to greenhouse gases
Japan's role in the international diplomatic debate over global warming has become more complicated since the U.S. said it would withdraw from the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. That hard-won agreement bound
Ford Motor Co is expected to release a report this week saying it believes global warming is a serious issue it must address, the Wall Street Journal reported in its on-line edition on Wednesday.
Scientists say they have detected wide swings and, most recently, a sharp drop in atmospheric concentrations of chemicals that naturally purge the air of many kinds of contaminants and methane, a
Britain unveiled yesterday draft proposals for an emissions trading scheme which is due to start in April 2002 but final rules will only be issued in July. "The draft framework is based on a
The UK Environment Agency and the Biogas Association have announced that they are to collaborate over a programme to evaluate and enhance the environmental performance of landfill sites, in order to
As well as the negative impacts of climate change, businesses in the Midlands are also considering the opportunities of global warming, according to a new Government-backed report into the impacts of
The timetable for the new emissions trading scheme is too tight, according to respondents to the UK Government's consultation on the scheme, who prefer that more time is taken to get the programme
The Government has announced that it is to launch a climate change bureau designed to encourage UK business to invest in efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions
Ford Motor Co., in a move likely to escalate the debate over energy policy and the environment, is expected to release a report this week saying that, as a corporation, it believes global warming is
A natural chemical that scrubs many manmade pollutants from the atmosphere has gone into a sharp decline, puzzling scientists who have studied the chemical for decades. Ronald G. Prinn, co-author of
Canada expects credit for reductions in U.S. pollution as Americans consume increasing volumes of clean-burning Canadian natural gas, federal Environment Minister David Anderson said
There is no conclusive evidence to support the global warming theory. Scientists are deeply divided over it. Perhaps the most eye popping of all is the claim that the 1990s were the warmest decade