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- Cutting soot emissions best hope for saving Arctic ice
Washington, July 30: Soot from the burning of fossil fuels contributes far more to global warming than has been thought. But, unlike carbon dioxide (CO2), soot lingers only a few weeks in the a....
- Global warming evidences 'unmistakable'
London, July 29: Evidences of global warming are unmistakable, according to a new report on climate change which presents a list of indicators including melting glaciers and rising sea level.
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- Court questions government on Gujarat farmers' green concern
Gandhinagar, July 28: The Gujarat High Court today questioned the state and central governments over environmental concerns raised by farmers opposed to the allotment of land to corporate giant....
- World on course for hottest year since 1880
London, July 21: The world is on course for the hottest year since records began in 1880 after record-breaking temperatures in four of the first six months of the year, according to meteorologi....
- Arctic to be ice-free in summer by 2050
Moscow, July 21: The Arctic will have no ice during the summer by the mid-21st Century, says the head of the Russian Meteorological Centre.
"In 30-40 years, the Arctic may have no....
- Delhi approves project to keep Yamuna sewage-free
New Delhi, July 21: The Delhi cabinet on Tuesday approved a Rs.1,358 crore Yamuna Interceptor Sewer Project to contain pollution levels in the river.
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit sai....
- Polluting Berger paints unit ordered shut down
Panaji, July 20: The state pollution control board today suspended the operations of a Berger Paints manufacturing unit, located at the Pilerne industrial estate in Goa, for polluting ground wa....
- Photos show dramatic shrinking of Everest glaciers
London, July 19: Glaciers on Mount Everest are rapidly shrinking, according to startling new photographs.
The two pictures show an "alarming" retreat in ice over more than 80 ....
- Riding with the whale sharks in India
New Delhi, July 17: The giant whale shark - a gentle specie of the deep sea about which very little is known - will soon be a tourist attraction off the Gujarat coastline even as it is tagged f....
- Pilot project to check soil erosion in Himalayas
Shimla, July 15: The central government on Wednesday launched an initiative for seabuckthorn cultivation in high altitude areas and cold deserts of the Himalayas to check soil erosion, a Himach....
- IITs to help clean the Ganges
New Delhi, July 6: A consortium of seven Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) will help the environment ministry in cleaning the river Ganga.
A memorandum of understanding was signe....
- Halting carbon dioxide emissions cannot avert climate change
Washington, July 3: With carbon dioxide (CO2) in the air approaching alarming levels, even halting emissions altogether may not be enough to avert catastrophic climate change. Could scrubbing c....
- Flamingoes descend on Agra: Is this a global-warming phenomenon?
Agra, June 26: What are flamingoes doing in Agra at this time of the year? This is the question plaguing environmentalists here after nearly 500 of the gregarious wading birds descended on Agra....
- India's 'climate change chair' at US design fest
New Delhi, June 20: A steel-and-fabric chair named "0.76 Celsius" will showcase India's concern on climate change at a prestigious US furniture and lifestyle design show and looking....
- Could unbridled climate changes lead to human extinction?
Sydney, June 19: Scientists have sounded alarm bells about how growing concentrations of greenhouse gases are driving irreversible and dramatic changes in the way the oceans function, providing....
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