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| Awareness on climate change |
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| The Hindu , Saturday, May 05, 2012 |
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Well-known sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik on Friday created a sand sculpture on Puri beach to create awareness about climate change on the eve of Climate Impacts Day. ...More
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| A different take on global warming |
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| The Hindu , Friday, May 04, 2012 |
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G. Madhavan Nair interacts with students
The former Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation G. Madhavan Nair said here on Thursday that human intervention was not the only reason for clima ...More
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| South Korea approves emissions trading scheme |
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| The times of india , Thursday, May 03, 2012 |
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South Korea's parliament has approved a long-delayed bill to start trading carbon dioxide emissions in 2015, joining the vanguard of countries battling climate change. The legislation approved late We ...More
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| Green appliances can save crores every year |
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| The Hindu , Wednesday, May 02, 2012 |
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Switching over to energy-efficient appliances can help reduce the consumption of power by up to 20,000 MW per year and help save Rs.1.2 lakh crore in capital investment on new power plants and transmi ...More
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| Polar bears just as antique as brown bears |
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| Deccan Herald , Tuesday, May 01, 2012 |
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Polar bears were long thought to have branched off relatively recently from brown bears, developing their white coats, webbed paws and other adaptations to cope with life on Arctic Sea ice. New resear ...More
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| Standing tall in dry weather |
| Beating climate change |
| Deccan Herald , Tuesday, May 01, 2012 |
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A warmer and drier climate in the coming decades is the consensus of scientists. Drought resistance would be the key to surviving global warming, says S Ananthanarayanan
A 2011 study of drought by Ai ...More
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| Indora farmers abandoning orchards |
| Uncertain climate, heavy losses, ‘government apathy’ the trigger Dharamsala |
| The Tribune , Tuesday, May 01, 2012 |
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Horticulturists of Indora, the area known as the Nagpur of Himachal due to its kinnow production, are on the verge of uprooting their orchards. A survey in the area revealed that uncertain climate h ...More
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| Study finds warming speeding up rainfall cycle |
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| The Economic Times , Friday, April 27, 2012 |
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SYDNEY: An Australian study of ocean salinity over the past 50 years has revealed a "fingerprint" showing that climate change has accelerated the rainfall cycle, a researcher said Friday.
The stud ...More
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| Fossil fuel addiction will lead to disaster |
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| The Hindu , Thursday, April 26, 2012 |
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Governments are falling badly behind on low-carbon energy, putting carbon reduction targets out of reach and pushing the world to the brink of catastrophic climate change, the world's leading independ ...More
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| Diversity 'helped mammals to survive over deep time' |
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| Times of India , Wednesday, April 25, 2012 |
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The study tracked the waxing and waning of the range and diversity of families of mammals that inhabited the continental United States during this extended period.
Washington: Diversity is the mammal ...More
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| Climate research centre for southern African region |
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| The Hindu , Wednesday, April 25, 2012 |
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Five countries in southern Africa have joined forces to launch a research centre that will work on combating climate change in the region. South Africa, Angola, Botswana, Zambia and Namibia signed a d ...More
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| Vast aquifers detected in Sahara |
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| The Hindu , Wednesday, April 25, 2012 |
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The groundwater could help buffer climate change effects for years.
Researchers have found vast groundwater reserves in the Sahara, one of the driest places on earth, that could help buffer climate ...More
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| State gears up to tackle threat to ecology |
| Prepares action plan to protect green wealth /Tribune News Service |
| The Tribune , Tuesday, April 24, 2012 |
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Jammu : With concerns rising over the increased environmental destruction due to development projects, the state has formulated its first draft of State Action Plan on Climate Change (SAPCC) to inte ...More
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| Their message: reduce carbon emission levels |
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| The Hindu , Monday, April 23, 2012 |
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How many of us (who own two-wheelers) can spend a day without using the vehicle? Bangalore, which has a large population of two-wheelers, is rated as one of the more polluted cities in the country.
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| Where have all the birds gone? |
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| The Hindu , Monday, April 23, 2012 |
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It is April and another Vishu came and is gone. It is the New Year festival of Kerala, and closely related to the beginning of agricultural activities. In the past, immediately after Vishu paddy would ...More
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| Asia's largest solar field switched on in India |
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| Times of India , Friday, April 20, 2012 |
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NEW DELHI: The west Indian state of Gujarat is flipping the switch on Asia's largest solar power field as part of its 600 megawatt solar energy addition to India's power grid.
The Gujarat Solar Pa ...More
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