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| Can UN scientists revive drive against climate change? |
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| The Economic Times , Monday, August 26, 2013 |
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PARIS: A leaden cloak of responsibility lies on the shoulders of UN scientists as they put the final touches to the first volume of a massive report that will give the world the most detailed picture ...More
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| 'Strike balance between devp, environment' |
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| The Times of India , Monday, August 26, 2013 |
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PUNE: Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan on Sunday said there is a need to strike a balance between implementation of infrastructure projects and protection of environment to achieve economic developmen ...More
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| Smartphones for Western Ghats conservation |
| T. Nandakumar |
| The Hindu , Monday, August 26, 2013 |
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The pocket-sized smartphone is set to give a fillip to conservation activities in the Western Ghats.
The Kerala State Biodiversity Board (KSBB) is joining hands with the University of Alabama in H ...More
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| Pitch in to save the planet |
| Roli Mahajan |
| The Hindu , Sunday, August 25, 2013 |
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Climate change seems to be the buzz-word in the world we inhabit. Almost all natural disasters, rising temperatures and the transforming natural world are blamed on the phenomenon, “climate change†...More
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| Ecological disaster |
| Vinod Kumar |
| Kashmir Times , Sunday, August 25, 2013 |
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The recent floods in Uttarakhand coupled with the massive devastation may obviously be attributed to the effects in climate change as also the ruthless expansion of construction activities in an ext ...More
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| Greater Flamingos give birdwatchers an extended treat |
| Darpan Singh |
| The Hindustan Times , Sunday, August 25, 2013 |
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Birdwatchers have got an extended treat. In a first, the stunning Greater Flamingos have overstayed in Delhi by a good six months.
Barring one exception, Delhi/NCR has been the only destination in no ...More
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| Climate change to trigger frequent and severe heatwaves |
| Press Trust of India |
| Business Standard , Sunday, August 18, 2013 |
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Climate change is set to trigger more frequent and severe heatwaves in the next 30 years regardless of the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted into the atmosphere, a new study has warned.
Ext ...More
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| Eco conservation can be a poll plank: R K Pachauri |
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| The New Indian Express , Saturday, August 17, 2013 |
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Laying out ways to tackle climate change problems, R K Pachauri said that neither adaptation nor mitigation alone, but adoption of both will help in handling challenges posed by climate change, and ...More
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| Climate change: Making a difference |
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| The New Indian Express , Friday, August 16, 2013 |
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The need of the hour is to take firm steps to mitigate the harsh and irreversible effects to tackle the phenomenon of climate change, according to Dr Rajendra K. Pachauri.
The Nobel Peace Laureate an ...More
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| Climate change affecting apples’ taste |
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| Live Mint , Thursday, August 15, 2013 |
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Paris: Global warming is causing apples to lose some of their crunch but is also making them sweeter, a study said on Thursday.
Analysing data gathered from 1970 to 2010 at two orchards in Japan, a r ...More
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| Climate change drove collapse of Bronze Age? |
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| The Economic Times , Thursday, August 15, 2013 |
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LONDON: Climate change may have hastened the collapse of once-flourishing Eastern Mediterranean civilisations in the 13th century BC by sparking political and economic turmoil, a new study has found. ...More
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| Towards 2050: the energy transition |
| Nitin Desai |
| Business Standard , Thursday, August 15, 2013 |
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The global energy system in 2050 will be radically different from what it is today. The change will be driven by the growing shortage of cheap liquid fuels and the pressures to reduce carbon emissions ...More
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| Winds of unity |
| Sujay Mehdudia |
| The Hindu , Thursday, August 15, 2013 |
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MPs cutting across party lines urge the Centre to take immediate steps for the growth of wind energy in India
Cutting across party lines, MPs from the coastal States have decided to nudge the Central ...More
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| Time for another palm oil rant |
| Graham Land |
| Asian Correspondent , Wednesday, August 14, 2013 |
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Despite Hazepocalypse, climate change, disappearing orang-utans, vanishing Sumatran tigers, human rights violations and a host of other calamities linked to the palm oil business, the tropical oil i ...More
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| Aggression need not rise with temperature alone |
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| The New Indian Express , Monday, August 12, 2013 |
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While social commentators have long suggested that extreme heat releases the beast in man, a formal study of the so-called heat hypothesis — the theory that high temperatures fuel aggressive and viole ...More
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