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Antarctic ice loss has doubled: study |
Damian Carrington |
The Hindu , Wednesday, May 21, 2014 |
Data on change in the height of ice from 2010 - 2013 was compared to that from 2005 - 2010
Antarctica is shedding 160 billion tonnes a year of ice into the ocean, twice the amount of a few years ago, ...More
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We need to reform energy pricing structures: Prabhu |
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The Indian Express , Wednesday, May 21, 2014 |
Former power minister and current chairperson of the Council on Energy, Environment and Water, Suresh Prabhu, in an interview with The Indian
Express, spells out his roadmap for the energy sector. E ...More
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Sea level rise forces US space agency to retreat |
AFP |
The Times of India , Wednesday, May 21, 2014 |
WASHINGTON: Sea level rise is threatening the majority of Nasa's launch pads and multi-billion dollar complexes famous for training astronauts and launching historic missions to space, scientists said ...More
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Sea level rise forces NASA to retreat |
Kerry Sheridan |
Live Mint , Wednesday, May 21, 2014 |
Washington: Sea level rise is threatening the majority of NASA’s launch pads and multi-billion dollar complexes famous for training astronauts and launching historic missions to space, scientists sa ...More
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Glaciers in Canada rapidly melting: Report |
IANS |
The Economic Times , Tuesday, May 20, 2014 |
VANCOUVER: The mountains of British Columbia cradle glaciers in west Canada are in rapid retreat, which has become a major climate change issue, a media report said, citing an American state-of-the ...More
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Glaciers in Canada rapidly melting: Report |
IANS |
The Times of India , Tuesday, May 20, 2014 |
VANCOUVER: The mountains of British Columbia cradle glaciers in west Canada are in rapid retreat, which has become a major climate change issue, a media report said, citing an American state-of-the un ...More
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Wildfires worse due to global warming, studies say |
AP |
The Economic Times , Tuesday, May 20, 2014 |
WASHINGTON: The devastating wildfires scorching Southern California offer a glimpse of a warmer and more fiery future, according to scientists and federal and international reports.
In the past ...More
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The Green Guard |
Prachi Rege |
DNA India , Tuesday, May 20, 2014 |
Shreyak Mahajan, was crowned the youth ambassador under LEADearthSHIP, a TERI-Tetra Pak initiative, and even won a trip to Antarctica. He speaks to Prachi Rege about his invaluable experience in the g ...More
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Collapse of West Antarctic ice sheet has begun: Study |
Kounteya Sinha |
The Times of India , Friday, May 16, 2014 |
LONDON: The collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, which holds enough water to raise global seas by several feet, has begun.
University of Washington researchers have used detailed topography ma ...More
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Collapse of West Antarctic ice sheet has begun: Study |
Kounteya Sinha |
The Economic Times , Friday, May 16, 2014 |
LONDON: The collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, which holds enough water to raise global seas by several feet, has begun.
University of Washington researchers have used detailed topography ...More
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Tamil Nadu bird census completed |
R. Rajaram |
The Hindu , Wednesday, May 14, 2014 |
Teams of officials, volunteers and experts visited 14 bird sanctuaries
In its endeavour to have a holistic documentation of bio diversity of avifauna, the Forest Department conducted a State-wide bi ...More
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What has stopped Antarctica from warming |
IANS |
The Times of India , Wednesday, May 14, 2014 |
MELBOURNE: The secret to why Antarctica is not warming as much as the other continents, and why Australia faces more droughts lies in strengthening of ocean winds due to climate change, a study said.
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A future of thirst: Water crisis lies on the horizon |
Richard Ingham & Anthony Lucas |
The Asian Age , Wednesday, May 14, 2014 |
The next time your throat is as dry as a bone and the Sun is beating down, take a glass of clean, cool water.Savour it. Sip by sip.Vital and appreciated as that water is, it will be even more prec ...More
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