Tag - Environment
So it’s back to square one again! When the G8 nations were just looking like taking the climate issue seriously, the developing nations decided to play the spoilsport. Actually, the major developed and developing nations had agreed and pledged to...
With all its fun and frolic Beijing is all ready to start 2008 Olympics. The world is waiting impatiently for the glorious night of light and delight. But in the midst of all these, there is something still missing in the city. What’s that? It’s the...
The great apes, namely the gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos and the orangutans are our closest genetic relatives. But that didn’t stop us from slaughtering them as usual! Now, reports suggest that orangutans are likely to be the first ones to bid...
After resolving to radically decarbonise California, the lawmakers there are going to enact a new law to prepare a defense against global warming and a sustainable tomorrow. The law will make it mandatory for new cars to be labeled with global...
Heavy increase in price of petroleum is a worldwide problem, having an adverse effect on price of all the products in general. Transportation charges have increased causing every good or service to be less affordable. Specially, food items and travel...
Global warming was the main topic for discussion in the G-8 summit. Now all the developed nations as well as developing nations are seriously concerned on this issue. The matter is getting from worse to worst at a very fast pace. So, in the last year...
We are living in a world, which is soon to be swallowed by Carbon dioxide. And who is responsible for that? Obviously, we the human beings. A recent study warns that the CO2 emission is increasing rapidly. Perhaps, it’s much more than what we can think...
So we don’t bother about the rising temperature, the polluted air or the forests getting turned into deserts. We would still like to believe that this entire issue of global warming is blown out of proportion and is nothing more than a sci-fi...
In a shocking find by scientists, the methods used to determine when endangered species will die out has found to be not upto-date and that species which were calculated do die out in a few years could possibly die out in a few months. Thus the speed...
We get up in the morning and throw away huge bags of garbage to be taken by the waste management departments. Perhaps, this is the first thing we all do to make our home clean. But do we ever think for a moment how to destroy all that, or where to...
The days of the majestic golden eagle may well be numbered. A report by the Scottish Natural Heritage, a Government agency, states that the population of this majestic bird of prey is on the decline in most parts of Scotland.
The golden eagle is the...
Magellanic penguins live off the coasts of Chile and Argentina and also on the Falkland islands. There was a time when they were in huge numbers, but today their number is only dwindling. P. Dee Boersma, a biologist at the University of Washington,...
China is very much concerned about the climate change. It is expected that global warming may lead to extreme situations in the country, turning the upside down and vice-versa. Pollution of air and water is likely to occur very soon. It could dry up...
The most ironical aspect of the pollution in many countries is that the government agencies themselves are involved in many occasions and they simply refuse to accept the responsibility citing various excuses. This time it is none other than the...
The proposal of former England prime minister Tony Blair for a G8 2050 climate pact is a practical way to bring the rapidly deteriorating environmental situation to a halt. A firm stand by these powerful countries will be a fine example for others to...
Fresh Comments