Global warming and the related climate change are already upon us and threaten to aggravate the food and water shortages. The world's leading scientists warn that if carbon dioxide emissions are not checked, irreversible climate change is...
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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...
There are a plenty of things that George Bush has done being the US president in the last few years that can have people debating about his decision making ability and his intent. But here is one bill he has passed that would pretty much get a...
On Friday, delegates of 130 nations in a U.N. climate conference have agreed on a blueprint to combat global warming. The government delegates and scientists agreed on a summary of some 20 pages about the mounting risk of climate change with only a...
The world is already facing the consequences of the gradual warming of the planet. Untimely excessive rain causing widespread flooding, abnormal number of tropical cyclones creating havoc, are just some instances of global warming. Humans always thrive...
While the forest fire that raged across Southern California grabbed plenty of headlines, partially because of their enormity & partially as it hit Malibu. Somehow everything done in little Malibu is a big news. It seems it is virtually the ‘little...
In a major step towards reducing the use of conventional sources of energy & promoting awareness in this regard, net giants “Yahoo!” have decided to zero in on their carbon emissions. The company produces 250,000 metric tons of carbon emissions each...
Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan officially set in motion his new humanitarian forum here on Wednesday by exhorting all nations to work together to meet the challenges of climate change.
Annan said that the Global Humanitarian Forum will...
As per the latest report by the minority conservative party of Canada, Canada is most likely to miss on its commitments to the international community regarding the Koyoto protocol.
The objective of the protocol is the stabilization of greenhouse gas...
Researchers have been searching for climate change evidences for decades. With many predicting the change’s gearing up with industrial revolution in western countries, Earth's climate seems to be repeatedly and dramatically shifting at a time period...
Thanks to the spying satellites exposing the earth’s intimidating global warming phenomenon – it is since one if it’s tracking of the floating ice in the Arctic for last 28 years, this summer, the area has been found to shrink to its record...
Carbon capture will be the top contributor to curbing greenhouse gases by 2050, ahead of renewable energies and nuclear power but behind energy efficiency savings. Thereby, International Energy Agency (IEA) believes that legal guidelines for burying...
The richest nations on earth are the richest polluters of environment. As global warming starts to spread its hold on the globe, the developed nations in particular are lagging behind in combating what would be the biggest disaster on earth.
So...
Rising sea due to global warming is threatening the deltas of Sunderbans. According to reports, several deltas have already been claimed by the rising sea, many are awaiting submergence.
Several deltas have been rendered infertile, the water on...
This is to no one’s surprise that climate change has already knocked on our doors. But, we still have to take steps to fight this scourge in our own country. Climate change or we may call it global warming will hit India hard. Yet, India has been...
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