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Climate change speeds up microbial change

Climate change could affect Antarctica`s Dry Valleys more rapidly than previously expected, particul...

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Google Earth helps keep tabs on exploitative fish

Google Earth can be a powerful tool to keep tabs on a growing industry like ocean fish farming, give...

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Giant trees face dire future

The world`s biggest and most magnificent trees face a dire future - thanks to logging, deforestation...

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Tree rings may undervalue climate response to volacanic eruptions

Some climate cooling caused by past volcanic eruptions may not be evident in tree-ring reconstructio...

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`India should adopt sustainable ways of farming`

A top climate scientist today asked India to adopt sustainable ways of farming which is under pressu...

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`Want India to have green development`

The French Ambassador for Climate Change Negotiations, Serge Lepeltier, said that they want the Indi...

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`Equity is bottom line on climate change negotiations`

India today said the principle of "equity" for cutting carbon emissions should be the "bottom line" ...

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India`s stand to be crucial for future climate deal

France today said India`s stand on climate change will be a significant factor to arrive at an agree...

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Climate change precipitates food shortages, unrest

Long-term climate change has often destabilized civilizations through food shortages, hunger, infect...

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`Climate talks should go by equitable agreement`

PM Manmohan Singh expressed concern over the lack of collective global will to address the climate c...

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`Climate change: Those creating problems least willing to take action`

Prodipto Ghosh, Distinguished Fellow, TERI, underlines the role of nuclear energy for development.

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Kyoto Protocol should be sincerely followed: India

India today asked all countries to "adhere and sincerely follow" the Kyoto Protocol which recognises...

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Solutions evade impending water crisis

A special session on water on the sidelines of the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit in the India...

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World’s 1st wall-to-wall map for carbon estimation

The colour of the map - with a spatial resolution of 500 m x 500 m- represent the amount of carbon d...

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Climate change may shrink wheat crop yields

Wheat is harvested in temperate zones on more than 220 million hectares, making it the most widely g...

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Climate: UN launches online database for biz

The UN has launched a new online database to showcase successful strategies that businesses and comm...

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Britain ranks top risks posed by climate change

Coastlines, working patterns, and even the country`s most famous meal are under threat from climate ...

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No climate deal unless firms join push: UN

The world has no chance of sealing an emissions cut deal unless companies lobby their governments fo...

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New map for what to plant reflects global warming

Global warming is hitting not just home, but garden. The color-coded map of planting zones often see...

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Flooding is biggest climate risk to UK

British summers are forecast to get hotter, while winters will get milder and wetter.

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Weaker sun will not delay global warming: Study

A weaker sun over the next 90 years is not likely to significantly delay a rise in global temperatur...

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NASA scientist shows how to slow global warming

Countries in Asia and the Middle East would see the biggest health and agricultural gains from emiss...

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Russia warming at alarming pace

Temperatures in Russia in the past century rose at twice the rate of warming in the rest of the worl...

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Severe Arctic ozone depletions could occur again

With continuous global climate change, scientists fear that another record Arctic ozone similar to t...

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Doomsday Clock a minute closer to midnight

The symbolic Doomsday Clock calculated by a group of scientists was moved a minute closer to midnigh...

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Australia endures record heatwave since 1900

Temperatures reached 43 degrees Celsius in parts of Victoria Monday.

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EU imposes carbon taxes on airlines

All airlines flying to EU countries, are now obliged to get permits to cover their carbon emissions ...

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Global warming could make chocolates expensive

Chocolate will certainly become more expensive if demand continues to rise and climate change causes...

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Climate change led to waves of mammal evolution

Six distinct, consecutive waves of mammal species diversity, or “evolutionary faunas” in the last 65...

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Orissa attributes climate change for floods

Orissa government held that the climate change phenomenon as responsible for the back to back floo...

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US sets in new standards for mercury, air toxics

A key US environmental agency has unveiled the country`s first-ever national standards for mercury a...

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Rice output may decline by 6.7% by 2020: ICAR

Rice production is expected to decrease by 6.7 per cent in India by 2020 due to impact of climate ch...

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No legally binding pledges by India on emissions

Days after the Durban Climate Summit, Government today insisted that India has agreed to no legally-...

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Durban climate talks: What it means for India?

Cutting carbon emissions will be a tough task for India in the years to come as the country needs to...

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Canada first nation to pull out of Kyoto protocol

Canada which critics complain is becoming a climate renegade, has long complained Kyoto is unworkabl...

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Canada formally withdraws from Kyoto Protocol

Canada has became the first country to formally withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol, saying the pact on...

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SA says pressing too much would have killed talks

Hailing the deal reached at the Durban climate conference as "historic", host South Africa today sai...

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`20 natural lakes disappear every year in China`

About 20 natural lakes disappear every year in China due to climate change and expanding human habit...

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UN chief terms climate pact `significant`

The `Durban Platform` is a "significant and forward" deal that will guide global efforts to address ...

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UN climate talks seal legal pact on global warming

The 194-party conference agreed to start negotiations on a new accord that would put all countries u...

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Climate summit enters extra day, no deal yet

The fortnight-long UN climate summit started its extra day here Saturday with no deal in sight.

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`2010 temperature lifted ice loss in Greenland`

Data from the GPS stations has indicated that an unusually hot melting season in 2010 accelerated ic...

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States imperiled by warming rebel at climate talks

Developing states most at risk from global warming rebelled against a proposed deal at UN climate ta...

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At UN climate meet, India asks for right to grow

Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan Saturday made an emotional appeal to the rich countries, as...

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Durban climate talks spill over a day

The UN climate talks in Durban will continue on Saturday - though Friday was the last day of the two...

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EU blames India for holding up climate deal

The EU blamed India for blocking a new legally binding agreement, saying it was maintaining a "relat...

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Debt & doubt loom large over Durban climate talks

After a first week of preliminary discussion, serious doubt hangs over the future of the Kyoto Proto...

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Rapid retreat of Chile glacier captured in images

Researchers in Chile released a series of time-lapse photos Wednesday showing the dramatic retreat o...

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US says 2 degree limit only `guidance`

The 2 degree limit to global temperature rise was agreed in previous climate talks in Bali in 2007, ...

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Dead Sea may vanish completely soon: Scientists

The Dead Sea had almost disappeared once some 120,000 years ago.

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