Global warming rate rings warning bells
The world is steadily getting hotter, according to the latest assessment by leading climate change scientists, who now say global temperatures may rise by as much as six degrees over the next
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Panel warns of warming climate
Spring Festival temperatures in most parts of China are expected to be above average this year. But researchers in Shanghai say for the next century, the Lunar New Year will grow steadily warmer.
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Bleak forecast of what the weather could be like in 2101
In a detailed review of the evidence published, a team of UN-appointed climatologists concluded that surface temperatures could rise by between 1.4 and 5.8 degrees centigrade over the next 100
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A bleak view on climate change
In its latest warning, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change suggests that global temperatures may rise by between 1.4 degree C and 5.8 degree C by 2010, a significantly bigger increase than
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Warming of Earth raises new alarm
The debate over global warming gained new intensity with the release of an authoritative new report showing that global temperatures are rising faster and higher than most experts feared only a short
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Droughts might speed climate changes
Droughts caused by global warming could set off a biochemical process in northern soils that would release large amounts of carbon dioxide into the air and possibly speed changes in the climate,
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Curb in emissions to cut economic growth
Panel : A U.N. panel on climate change predicts industrialized countries economic growth will be cut 0.2 to 2 percentage points if they reduce their emissions of greenhouse gases to the levels agreed
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Global warming claims 'based on false data'
Fresh doubt has been cast on evidence for global warming following the discovery that a key method of measuring temperature change has exaggerated the warming rate by almost 40 percent. An
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NOAA predicts serious coastal impacts from climate change
A new report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) says climate changes in this century may have serious implications for U.S. coastal and marine resources, adding to stresses
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Global warming to worsen in coming years
The impact of global warming is more severe than first thought and the aftershocks of climate change will have a profound impact for centuries, said a major UN
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UN sees faster global warming, humanity responsible
The earth's atmosphere is warming faster than expected, evidence is mounting that humans are to blame and tens of millions of people may be forced from low-lying areas as seas rise, the UN said on
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Geophysicist predicts 'global cooling'
Janardhan Negi, a theoretical geophysicist and emeritus scientist at the National geophysical research institute (NGRI) in Hyderabad has made a controversial forecast that global warming phase while
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Scientists working on comprehensive climate survey
Hoping to help break a political deadlock on global warming, a U.N.-sponsored gathering of scientists is working on the mostcomprehensive report yet on climate change blamed on air pollution. The
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Scientists stop light, hold it, let it go
Researchers in US say they have slowed light to a dead stop, stored it and then released it as if it were an ordinary material particle. The achievement is a landmark feat that, by reining in
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Global warming debate heats up in Shanghai
Scientists from 150 governments have begun a four-day meeting in Shanghai to try to agree on what evidence of global warming should be used to set global environmental
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Transporters demand probe on fuel adulteration
Transport entrepreneurs called on the Nepal government to investigate what they termed 'widespread petroleum adulteration' and strictly implement existing pollution standards, and announced a series
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Greenhouse effect well targeted
International meteorological experts and government representatives from nearly 130 countries began a four-day conference yesterday in Shanghai to discuss changes in the global climate. By 2100, the
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Gangotri glacier receding alarmingly
The Gangotri glacier, one of the largest Himalayan glaciers, was receding faster than ever before, according to a recent report by scientists. Calling for an immediate ban on any type of human
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150 nations start groundwork for global warming policies
Scientists from 150 governments began a four- day meeting in Shanghai today to try to agree on what latest evidence of global warming should be used as the basis to set global environmental
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Antarctic ice discovery warms climate change debate
The discovery in a core of ancient polar ice of evidence of a sudden Antarctic temperature rise thousands of years ago has added fuel to the debate on global warming.The find, by scientists working