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Global shift to renewable energy is feasible: Study |
IANS |
Business Standard , Wednesday, October 08, 2014 |
A future where electricity comes mostly from low-carbon sources is not only feasible in terms of material demand, but will also significantly reduce air pollution, says a study.
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Lack of ocean heat puzzles NASA hunt for warming 'hiatus' |
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The Financial Express , Wednesday, October 08, 2014 |
The deep ocean may not be hiding heat after all, raising new questions about why global warming appears to have slowed in recent years, said the US space agency today.
Scientists have noticed that w ...More
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Air pollution leading to swelling rivers: Study |
IANS |
The Economic Times , Tuesday, October 07, 2014 |
LONDON: Air pollutants, known as aerosols, can lead to an increase in the amount of water flowing through many rivers in the northern hemisphere, revealed a research.
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Air pollution increases river-flows: Study |
PTI |
The Times of India , Tuesday, October 07, 2014 |
LONDON: Air pollution has had a significant impact on the amount of water flowing through many rivers in the northern hemisphere, a new study has found.
The study shows how aerosols can have an im ...More
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Puducherry to host biodiversity film festival |
Bosco Dominique |
The Times of India , Tuesday, October 07, 2014 |
PUDUCHERRY: New Delhi-based NGO Centre for Media Studies (CMS), in association with the Union and Puducherry governments, will conduct an environment and wildlife film festival here from October 7 to ...More
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Air pollution increases river-flows: study |
Press Trust of India |
Business Standard , Tuesday, October 07, 2014 |
Air pollution has had a significant impact on the amount of water flowing through many rivers in the northern hemisphere, a new study has found.
The study shows how aerosols can have an impact o ...More
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Gujarat getting warmer every year: Study |
Himanshu Kaushik |
The Times of India , Tuesday, October 07, 2014 |
AHMEDABAD: The average annual minimum temperature in Gujarat is increasing by 0.02 degree celsius every year, while the maximum temperature is also increasing at the same rate. This was revealed in th ...More
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Air pollution leading to swelling rivers: Study |
IANS |
The Economic Times , Tuesday, October 07, 2014 |
LONDON: Air pollutants, known as aerosols, can lead to an increase in the amount of water flowing through many rivers in the northern hemisphere, revealed a research.
Aerosols reduce the amount ...More
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Workshop on Wildlife |
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The New Indian Express , Tuesday, October 07, 2014 |
BHUBANESWAR: The Orissa Environmental Society in collaboration with Indian Science Congress, Bhubaneswar Chapter, organised a workshop on ‘Wildlife and Climate Change’ here on Monday.
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World falling behind 2020 plan for nature protection: UN |
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The Economic Times , Monday, October 06, 2014 |
OSLO: Governments are failing to meet goals to protect animals and plants set out in a biodiversity plan for 2020 that also aims to increase food supplies and slow climate change, a U.N. report show ...More
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Taking ties beyond the Beltway |
Jayant Prasad |
The Hindu , Monday, October 06, 2014 |
Narendra Modi’s U.S. visit has restored a degree of confidence to a neglected relationship, preparing the ground for a lift to bilateral ties, while ensuring that India and the U.S. get on with operat ...More
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Climate change and its ripples |
Sohaila Abdulali |
Live Mint , Saturday, October 04, 2014 |
Imagine three circles, one inside the other. The first circle is very large, as large as our wonderful planet and its atmosphere. This is the circle of climate change. It is a sobering circle. It is ...More
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Trade-off must for climate meet success |
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Deccan Herald , Friday, October 03, 2014 |
The United Nations Climate Summit, convened by secretary-general Ban Ki-moon in New York recently, had two faces to it. One was the People’s Climate March which was a congregation of people from all o ...More
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New tool to predict impact of climate change |
Press Trust of India |
Business Standard , Friday, October 03, 2014 |
Researchers have developed a new tool to overcome a major challenge of predicting how organisms may respond to climate change.
"When climate changes, organisms have three choices: migrate, adapt ...More
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Tibetan plateau becomes focus of intense climate study |
K. S. RAJGOPAL |
The Hindu , Thursday, October 02, 2014 |
The Tibetan plateau has become the focus of intense meteorological study in a never-before attempt to understand its effect on climate locally as well as globally, notes Nature News.
This developmen ...More
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