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Climate change `wiped out ancient Indus civilization`

The mysterious fall of one of the world`s first, great urban civilizations almost 4,000 years ago no...

CRISAT-ICAR partner to build climate resilient agriculture

The CRISAT and ICAR have called to adapt new measures to tackle growing climate related risks and co...

Seagrass can help mitigate climate change

Seagrasses are among the world`s most threatened eco-systems.

Global warming intensifying water cycle

Australian scientists have detected changing patterns of salinity in the global ocean during the pas...

IITM takes up climate study aiming better crop, water resources

Weather scientists at IITM have embarked upon a study which is expected to contribute significantly ...

`Fish guts can tell which species will survive climate change`

Scientists have discovered that the gastrointestinal system of fish is much more sensitive to temper...

Nearly 9 pc of hemisphere`s mammals unlikely to escape climate change

New study has revealed that a safe haven could be out of reach for nearly one-tenth of the Western H...

`Asia-Pacific countries must respond to climate change`

Observing that the Asia-Pacific region has some of the world`s fastest-growing cities, the report sa...

Climate change to impact forests in India

Climate change will be an additional stress on Indian forests, especially in Upper Himalayan stretch...

Biodiversity loss impacts ecosystems as much as climate change

Loss of biodiversity apparently impacts ecosystems as much as climate change, pollution and other ma...

Climate impact on plants could be underestimated: Study

Experiments that try to simulate global warming`s impact on plants badly under-estimate what happens...

Wind farms `may cause climate change`

In a new study, that shows for the first time that wind farms are already pushing up temperatures, s...

World’s glaciers `losing 40% of their volume`

The Earth’s glaciers are seriously out of balance with the global climate and are already on their w...

South Asian network to tackle challenge of climate

Researchers including one of Indian origin have unveiled a novel learning platform to improve agricu...

Arctic methane leaks accelerating global warming

The researchers have uncovered a surprising and potentially important new source of Arctic methane: ...

China approves blueprint for green vehicles

The Chinese government Wednesday approved a guideline for development of new energy-saving vehicles ...

Failure to tackle green issues could hurt growth: Ecologists

The Indian government`s failure to formulate effective policies to address environmental issues woul...

As ice cap melts, militaries vie for Arctic edge

By Arctic standards, the region is already buzzing with military activity, and experts believe that ...

Rapid climate change putting Asia`s rice production

Rapid climate change and its potential to intensify droughts and floods could threaten Asia`s rice p...

NASA to study climate change in Bangladesh

American space research institute NASA will conduct a study on the weather and climate change in Ban...

Climate Change ‘boosts plants at first and then stunts them’

According to the new research results, plants may thrive in the early stages of a warming environmen...

Cabinet nod for 2nd natcom to UNFCCC

The government today approved a communication to a UN climate change body listing steps taken by it ...

Space dust changing weather conditions?

Cosmic dust that fills space could be playing a part in climate change, scientists say. Cosmic dust ...

Can corals survive more acidic oceans?

Corals may yet be able to survive the acidification of the world`s oceans, escaping the effects of c...

Ocean temperatures could be rising over the last century

Scientists have previously determined that nearly 90 percent of the excess heat added to Earth’s cli...

Extreme weather threatens rich ecosystems

Flora and fauna will become extinct at a rate 100-1,000 times higher than normal.

How ecosystems will be affected by global warming

Global warming increases the risk for species extinction, especially in bio diverse ecosystems, beca...

Some corals `could survive global warming`

Some corals could survive global warming, say scientists.

US sets new carbon standard for power plants

Standard coal plants emit nearly 1,800 pounds of carbon pollution an hour.

Temperatures ‘could rise by 3C by 2050’

Global temperatures could rise by 1.4-3 degrees centigrade above levels for late last century by 205...

Future sea-level rise predicted in 3-mn-yr-old rocks

The height of ancient sea level indicates Greenland and the western part of Antarctica had no ice sh...

`Greenhouse gases to cost $2 trillion a year in damage to oceans`

Greenhouse gases are on track for inflicting costs of nearly USD 2 trillion annually in damage to th...

Climate change could wipe out rarest forests

Many of the world`s rarest and richest forests, located in high-altitudes, could be all but wiped ou...

Budget 2012: Rs.200 crore for climate change research

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Friday announced Rs.200 crore for research to develop plant and se...

Golbal funding vital to take on climate change: Survey

Global funding is vital for countries like India to address concerns related to climate change.

`Wet summer could lead to climate confusion in Oz`

Australians climate scientists were concerned over the fact that the nation`s cool and wet summer co...

Scientists create salt-tolerant wheat

Salty soil may no longer come in the way of planting wheat but could actually improve its yield by 2...

Greenland icesheet more vulnerable to warming

Greenland is second to Antarctica as the biggest source of locked-up water on land.

Pacific nation plans to relocate to Fiji

Fearing that climate change could wipe out their entire Pacific archipelago, the leaders of Kiribati...

Scientists see rise in tornado-creating conditions

According to some climate scientists, such earlier-than-normal outbreaks of tornadoes, which typical...

PM calls for Asia-Africa cooperation on climate

Manmohan Singh on Monday pitched for greater cooperation between Asian and African countries on clim...

PM for greater cooperation between Asia, Africa on climate

Noting that economies of developing countries are impacted by climate change, PM Singh pitched for g...

Oceans` acidic shift may be fastest in 300 million years

The world`s oceans are turning acidic at what could be the fastest pace of any time in the past 300 ...

Thickest Arctic Sea ice melting much faster

The thicker ice, known as multi-year ice, survives through the cyclical summer melt season, when you...

Sunderbans poster boy of climate change`s ill effects: Study

The Sunderbans, a world heritage site, is becoming increasingly vulnerable to climate change.

Early horses shrunk in size due to warming climate

Direct evidence has been discovered about how mammals’ sizes respond to rise in temperatures.

`Tropical cyclones to rise in next 20 years`

Tropical cyclones usually form in the world`s tropical regions and each spins around a centre known ...

EU asks airline carbon tax critics for alternatives

EU climate commissioner called on countries fighting an airlines carbon emissions fee to propose con...

Influence game: Leaks show group`s climate efforts

Leaked documents from a prominent conservative think tank show how it sought to teach schoolchildren...

`Climate change and poverty major problems`

Renowned British economist Nicolas Stern today said climate change and poverty posed two major chall...

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