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Tragedy awaits Mt. Everest as global warming threatens peak
First person to scale the highest peak in the world, Sir Edmund Hillary, also worried for the threat that global warming poses to Mt Everest and other mountain peaks, glaciers, icebergs and natural skycaps. Why not, the changes that he saw from 1953..
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Playing politics with the environment
A white man is distraught at the way big, bad and unscrupulous Chinese businesses are destroying the world's crystal clear environment. Bill Miller in the desmogblog raves against the Chinese habit of buying wood from poorer nations in South East...
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UK to go nuclear to reduce carbon dioxide emissions
Is nuclear power a viable answer to curtailing greenhouse gases belching from burning fossil fuels? The UK government feels, going nuclear is the only viable option left for the country in combating climate change. Despite criticisms from former...
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Global warming turning Greenland ice into water
The once towering ice sheets of Greenland are fast eroding, ringing the danger bells all around. The fear of a tragic sea-level rise is also round the corner. Is it the beginning of scramble for space on earth and around water bodies? The once...
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Polar bears on the verge of extinction, USA delays action
The picture is worth a thousand words. Very sad thousand words. This picture tells the story of hapless polar bears clinging on to whatever is left of their home. As global warming maintains steady escalation, evidenced by the rise in Arctic...
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Did the 37,500-year-old baby mammoth die from global warming?
The gargantuan hairy-tasked mammoths -- once roamed on the face of the earth -- hold a close relation to our modern day elephants. The mammoths were the last known giant creatures that lived on earth. These creatures were present even...
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2008 to witness cooler world, thanks to La Nina climate pattern
While the rising temperatures and their consequences are increasingly getting worrisome across the world, the British weather experts have a good news for this year that would definitely chill down our nerves. They have predicted 2008 to experience a.
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Effects of surging oil prices on environment
The skyrocketing price of oil is a curse as well as a blessing for the environment. Lets first look at the disadvantages, and save the best for last. What is now 100-dollar-a-barrel oil, used to be available for 50 dollars back in 2001. The increase..
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Increasing global warming decreases forests' CO2-absorption capacity!
A recent study has revealed that with the consistent rise in the world temperature on account of Global Warming, the capacity of trees and forests to absorb the harmful greenhouse gas carbon dioxide is reducing at an alarming rate! This study...
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Cleaner fuels to de-clog polluted Beijing
With the Olympic Games, scheduled to be held in China's capital Beijing this year, the hosts have started taking measures to ensure a smooth event. However, the gravest problem that Beijing seems to be facing is the extreme levels of pollution...
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Eight weird tree sculptures carved by nature
Plants and trees have excellent flexibility. They are capable of creating strange works of unintentional art that you just watch them bewildered. There are artists who have given meaningful shapes to trees such as of tables and mirrors. Tree sculptures ar
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What’s Next: Future homes to eschew apocalypse
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