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Credit scheme backfired, hiking greenhouse gases: Study |
AFP |
The Economic Times , Tuesday, August 25, 2015 |
PARIS: A global scheme meant to keep atmospheric greenhouse gas (GHG) levels in check instead caused some 600 million tonnes of excess emissions, researchers said Monday.
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National seminar on global climate change |
VISHWA KUNDAPURA |
The Hindu , Tuesday, August 25, 2015 |
UGC sponsoring two-day event at Malur
The Government First Grade College at Malur in Kolar district is conducting a two-day national-level seminar on ‘Global climate change - issues, challenges and p ...More
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2,200 students, officials join hands to clean Pauri |
Shivani Azad |
The Times of India , Saturday, August 22, 2015 |
DEHRADUN: In a one-of-its-kind move initiated by the Pauri administration, nearly 2,200 school students and officials of all public works departments jointly launched a cleanliness drive in the town o ...More
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Climate change: India seeks UN reforms, fair climate treaty |
Chetan Chauhan |
The Hindustan Times , Saturday, August 22, 2015 |
Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought support of 14 Pacific Island nations for India’s permanent membership to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) while promising a seat for Pacific region in the ...More
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‘Let’s fight climate change unitedly’ |
SMRITI KAK RAMACHANDRAN |
The Hindu , Saturday, August 22, 2015 |
Pacific Island nations are keen to partner with India in the area of exploration of minerals
Having reached out to the Pacific Island Countries to support its bid for a permanent seat at the UN Secur ...More
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Carbon dioxide melted Ice Age glaciers: study |
AFP/ PTI |
Business Standard , Saturday, August 22, 2015 |
Greenhouse gases were the driving force behind global glacier retreat at the end of the last Ice Age, echoing current climate change, according to a study published today.
More than 11,000 years la ...More
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NHAI finally agrees to NH7 wildlife mitigation plan |
Nikhil M Ghanekar |
DNA India , Saturday, August 22, 2015 |
After several flip-flops, citizen protests and pressure from the National green Tribunal (NGT) the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has finally come around to accept a wildlife mitigation p ...More
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A mission for coastal resource conservation |
T. APPALA NAIDU |
The Hindu , Saturday, August 22, 2015 |
UN body joins Swaminathan Foundation to restore Sorlagondi mangrove forest
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Chennai-based M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundatio ...More
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FOUR WAYS TECH WILL SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT |
Shay Meinecke |
Mumbai Mirror , Friday, August 21, 2015 |
Scientists say humans have triggered the "sixth great extinction." The Holocene extinction, as it's called, is happening faster than previous mass extinctions, but technology can help.
A recently p ...More
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Climate change helped dogs evolve too |
IANS |
Business Standard , Thursday, August 20, 2015 |
A study of North American dog fossils as old as 40 million years suggests that the evolutionary path of whole groups of predators can be a direct consequence of climate change.
"It is reinforcing the ...More
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Climate change helped dogs evolve too |
IANS |
Business Standard , Thursday, August 20, 2015 |
A study of North American dog fossils as old as 40 million years suggests that the evolutionary path of whole groups of predators can be a direct consequence of climate change.
"It is reinforcing the ...More
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Dogs evolved with climate change, suggests new study |
PTI |
India Today , Thursday, August 20, 2015 |
A new study of North American dog fossils as old as 40 million years suggests that the evolutionary path of whole groups of predators can be a direct consequence of climate change.
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