I have of late been noticing some talks about the entire global warming issue being over hyped. They are basically citing some scientists who have argued that the recent climate changes and natural calamities have not been caused by the so called...
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In the global combat against environmental pollution and consequent global warming, car manufacturers have been targeted as the one of the prime villains. Despite strict emission norms, cars continue to contribute a significant amount of greenhouse...
While a large group of scientists, climatologists and environmental conversationalists throughout the world have come together to condemn and combat global warming arising out of human activities, a small group of skeptical scientists do not see human...
Use of renewable energy sources is increasing worldwide and United States is not likely to lag behind in this. In its annual long-term forecast on energy utilization, the Energy Information Administration said on Wedneday that reliance on ethanol and...
What will you call this truth or simply a farce? After environmentalists and scientists the world over clamoring about the dangers of global warming, a group of scientists has come forward with a new theory that climate change is a non-problem! The...
It is popularly believed that 700million year ago, during the late Neoproterozoic era the earth was completely covered with ice. The period which, preceded the Cambrian explosion, when earth grew more rapidly than during any other period in the...
With a world wide drive to reduce the green house gases, it is expected that there might be a change in lifestyle. However, that doesn't seem to apply to the folks living in the US. In order to reduce the greenhouse gas in the air, people need to...
Tackling global climate change by cutting greenhouse gas emissions will cost 1.6% of the global GDP, according to an UN Development Program report published on Tuesday. The report tilted “The Struggle Against Climate Change” urged richer countries to...
The government of British Columbia will be setting a part of its target of reducing greenhouse gas emission a part of a new law to be unveiled on Wednesday. The premier Gordon Campbell’s plan to fight global warming includes B.C. Hydro to hire 20...
Despite of technological advancement the rate of emission of greenhouse gases will not be curbed in future, according to a new study funded by the US Department of Energy and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government in Massachusetts. The finding...
Global warming could cause mass extinction of species on earth, as per a new study conducted by researchers at the University of Leeds. Fossil records have proved that rapid depletion of the planet’s biodiversity had occurred millions of years back...
The amount of ice that has been melting away in the North pole has been on the rise due to manmade climate change, although, that's not the only reason.
This year, a record amount of ice melted. People from around the world find the rapidly...
Sierra Negra volcano will soon stand as the witness to the world's highest-altitude greenhouse gas-monitoring center. The plan to build this gas-monitoring system atop the volcano peak is the brainchild of Sir Crispin Tickell, Britain's former...
Pressure has already started building up on China since a new study revealed that the Asian super power had surpassed the United States to emerge as the emitter of maximum CO2.
China was a major offender for quite a while but environmentalists...
Perhaps for once, humans have, though unknowingly, been serving the environment while trying to make their ends meet.
While on one hand, scientists are getting concerned with the environmental effects of vehicular emissions, on the other, a few of...
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