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About poles, polar bears and climate change |
Staff Reporter |
The Hindu , Tuesday, February 01, 2011 |
The Union Ministry of Earth Sciences and the Royal Norwegian Embassy in New Delhi in collaboration with the National Centre for Antarctic & Ocean Science, Goa, and the Norwegian Polar Institute, Troms ...More
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New forest policy launched |
Ravi Krishnan Khajuria / Tribune News Service |
The Tribune , Tuesday, February 01, 2011 |
Jammu, January 31
With 14,539 hectares of forest land having been encroached upon in the state, Forest Minister Mian Altaf Ahmed, while releasing the J&K State Forest Policy 2010 here today, not only ...More
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New forest policy launched |
Ravi Krishnan Khajuria |
The Tribune , Tuesday, February 01, 2011 |
Jammu, January 31
With 14,539 hectares of forest land having been encroached upon in the state, Forest Minister Mian Altaf Ahmed, while releasing the J&K State Forest Policy 2010 here today, not only ...More
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UN's Ban to US: take the lead on climate change |
Agencies |
The Indian Express , Saturday, January 29, 2011 |
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon today called on the United States and Europe to take the lead in combating climate change, rather than waiting for others to act.
"This climate change campaign should ...More
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Firms to spend Rs 30,000 cr for green cause |
C Sarita |
The Financial Chronicle , Friday, January 28, 2011 |
Companies in eight industry sectors including thermal power and fertilisers will have to invest about Rs 30,000 crore to save 10 million tonnes of oil equivalent in next three years, power secretary P ...More
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Can’t win climate fight without India: Obama |
TNN |
The Times of India , Friday, January 28, 2011 |
NEW DELHI: The US could not get a climate deal with India, but President Barack Obama on Tuesday made a strong pitch for emission cuts and said the world does not "stand a chance against climate chang ...More
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Castration seen as climate change aid for reindeer |
REUTERS |
Times of India , Thursday, January 27, 2011 |
TROMSOE, Norway: Indigenous Sami peoples in the Arctic may have found a way to help their reindeer herds cope with climate change: more castration.
Research by Sami experts shows that sterilised ...More
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Top scientists challenge claims of IPCC |
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The Asian Age , Thursday, January 27, 2011 |
A non-governmental international panel on climate change (NIPCC) comprising over 40,000 international scientists have challenged the findings of all the Four Assessment Reports (ARA 4) written by scie ...More
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‘Himalayan glaciers advancing, despite global warming’ |
Charu Sudan Kasturi |
The Hindustan Times , Wednesday, January 26, 2011 |
Several glaciers in the greater Himalayas are either advancing or are stable, American and German researchers have found, corroborating India's stand against a controversial prediction by the UN's cli ...More
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Faithful told to go on ‘carbon fast' during Lent |
K.S. Sudhi |
The Hindu , Tuesday, January 25, 2011 |
KOCHI: Lent, a season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, can also be the time to go on a ‘carbon fast' and reduce the carbon footprint. Philipose Mar Chrysostom Marthoma Senior Metrop ...More
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Cosmic rays contribute 40 p.c. to global warming: study |
Priscilla Jebaraj |
The Hindu , Friday, January 21, 2011 |
Physicist U.R. Rao says carbon emission impact is lower than IPCC claim
A key belief of climate science theology — that a reduction in carbon emissions will take care of the bulk of global warming — ...More
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Climate change to trigger more rainfall over tropics |
Y. Mallikarjun |
The Hindu , Thursday, January 20, 2011 |
Current projections indicate that rainfall might increase by five per cent to 25 per cent all over the tropics in the next 25 to 30 years on account of climate change, according to Ajit Tyagi, Directo ...More
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