Warming could unleash more violent storms, says study
July 11th, 2012 - 3:52 pm ICT by IANS
Tel Aviv, July 11 (IANS) Global warming could unleash more violent thunderstorms, flash floods and forest fires in the coming years, according to an Israeli researcher.The Tel Aviv University (TAU) ... Read more...
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3.3 million killed by wildfire smoke between 1997-2006
February 21st, 2012 - 1:05 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Feb 21 (IANS) Smoke from landscape fires caused the deaths of more than 3.3 million people worldwide between 1997 and 2006, according to a new study.The hardest hit were ... Read more...
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Meteorologists say that ‘La Nina’ is over
June 10th, 2011 - 7:54 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington, June 10 (THAINDIAN NEWS) There seems to be a relief in the air for those who stay in areas that have been affected by the recent severe storms. Meteorologists say La ... Read more...
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Top 10 global weather events in 2010
January 14th, 2011 - 3:39 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 14 (IANS) A panel of experts has ranked the top 10 global weather and climate events of 2010 as follows.According to Christian Science Monitor, voters considered the scope and unusualness ... Read more...
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Study finds changes in solar activity affect local climate
December 9th, 2010 - 6:02 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 9 (ANI): There is a lot of debate about whether the sun's activity could have influenced the earth's climate over thousands or millions of years.Now, Swedish researchers have revealed ... Read more...
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Is El Nino causing ice to melt at the South Pole?
October 30th, 2010 - 2:23 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 30 (ANI): Scientists at the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences believe that the climate phenomenon El Nino may be causing ice at the South Pole to melt.The year-by-year change ... Read more...
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New IPCC report to focus on Asian monsoon issues
October 16th, 2010 - 2:18 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 16 (ANI): A new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) known as AR5, will focus on factors that materially affect people's lives, such as the Asian monsoon. ... Read more...
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Ocean cooling ‘contributed to global warming hiatus during mid-20th century ‘
September 23rd, 2010 - 1:40 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 23 (ANI): A new study has indicated that the ocean cooling in North Atlantic around 1970 contributed to the hiatus of global warming in the Northern Hemisphere during the mid-20th ... Read more...
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10 of 18 penguin species experience further serious population decline
September 5th, 2010 - 4:47 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 5 (ANI): Ten of the planet's eighteen penguin species have experienced further serious population decline, warn Penguin biologists from around the world.Among the major factors contributing to the decline ... Read more...
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Indian origin Oz scientist says El Nino can help Australia win Ashes series
June 26th, 2010 - 5:23 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, June 26(ANI): A study led by an Indian origin meteorologist in Australia has predicted that the recent El Nino event in the country can help the Ricky Ponting-led team to win ... Read more...
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NOAA predicts active Hurricane Season in US
May 28th, 2010 - 12:32 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Miami, May 27 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted that the United States should buckle up, as it is about to experience an active hurricane season. They said on ... Read more...
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Snowfall over Himalayas may spur drought in India
April 24th, 2010 - 12:50 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, April 24 (IANS) Scientists have helped to explain why heavy snowfall over the Himalayas in winter and spring can lead to drought over India, especially in the early part of the ... Read more...
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Government expects normal monsoon this year (Lead)
April 23rd, 2010 - 9:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) After a deficit monsoon last year, the government Friday announced that the rainfall in the entire country was likely to be normal during the coming June to ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Predictions Say That The Hurricane Season Of 2010 Will Be A Busy One
April 10th, 2010 - 8:35 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
April 10, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): Early predictions are naming the hurricane season of 2010 to be a busy one. Predictions released by the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado ... Read more...
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Hurricane Season Predictions Make US Residents Cautious
April 10th, 2010 - 8:05 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Colorado, Apr 10, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The hurricane forecasting team of the Colorado State University has predicted that the hurricane season of 2010 can give the US residents enough reasons to ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Rodney Carrington To Perform At Brookings
March 21st, 2010 - 7:33 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Los Angeles, Mar 21, (THAINDIAN NEWS) American stand up comedian Rodney Carrington will be performing in Brookings in the upcoming week, on March 25. The "Bob and Tom" radio show ... Read more...
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Top 5 ways to mess with Earth’s day
March 4th, 2010 - 6:59 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 4 (ANI): An article in Discovery News has featured the top 5 ways by which Earth's day can get messed up.The first way for a day to get messed up ... Read more...
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2010 El Nino affecting North Pacific Ocean ecosystems adversely
March 4th, 2010 - 4:41 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 4 (ANI): Scientists at NOAA and Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, US, have revealed that the ongoing El Nino of 2010 is affecting north Pacific Ocean ecosystems in ... Read more...
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El Nino killed Costa Rican toad, not global warming
March 2nd, 2010 - 3:04 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 2 (ANI): A new study has determined that global warming not kill the Monteverde golden toad of Costa Rica, an often-cited example of climate-triggered extinction, but the culprits were El ... Read more...
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Ocean temperature patterns in tropics and subtropics will change rainfall patterns
February 27th, 2010 - 5:36 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 27 (ANI): A team of scientists has found that that ocean temperature patterns in the tropics and subtropics will change in ways that will lead to significant changes in rainfall ... Read more...
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More tropical cyclones in ancient past could play role in Earth’s warmer future
February 25th, 2010 - 5:01 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 25 (ANI): A team of climate scientists has determined that more frequent tropical cyclones in Earth's ancient past have contributed to persistent El Nino-like conditions, which could have implications for ... Read more...
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Corals reef in danger of being wiped off the face of the Earth
February 22nd, 2010 - 2:44 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 22 (ANI): If reports are anything to go by, then coral reefs are in danger of being wiped off the face of the Earth, all due to global warming.Corals get ... Read more...
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Dust storms from Arctic may affect climate and health in the Americas and Europe
February 20th, 2010 - 3:15 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 20 (ANI): New evidence has emerged which indicates that dust storms in the arctic, possibly caused by receding glaciers, may be making similar deposits in northern Europe and North America, ... Read more...
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Seawater temperatures in Kuwait Bay rising alarmingly since 1985
December 1st, 2009 - 5:23 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, December 1 (ANI): In a new research, scientists have determined that since 1985, seawater temperature in Kuwait Bay, northern Arabian Gulf, has increased on average 0.6 degree Celsius per decade, which ... Read more...
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Caracas suffers worst drought since 1947
November 4th, 2009 - 12:12 pm ICT by IANS
Caracas, Nov 4 (EFE) The Venezuelan capital is suffering its worst drought since 1947 as is much of the country, forcing the authorities to introduce water rationing.
Environmentalist Erik Quiroga told EFE Tuesday ... Read more...
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Ancient Nazca civilization brought about its own demise by destroying forests
November 2nd, 2009 - 12:30 pm ICT by ANI
London, November 2 (ANI): In a new research, archaeologists have determined that the ancient Nazca civilization, which once flourished in the valleys of south coastal Peru, brought about its own demise by ... Read more...
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1918 El Nino linked to severe flu pandemic in India
September 15th, 2009 - 12:03 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, September 15 (ANI): A new research conducted at Texas A and M University, US, has shown evidence of a possible link between El Nino and a severe flu pandemic in 1918 ... Read more...
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22 die as monsoon batters Karachi
July 19th, 2009 - 2:43 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 19 (DPA) At least 22 people died in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi as it received the first spell of monsoon rains at the weekend, media reports said Sunday.
Most ... Read more...
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Sunderbans needs synchronised disaster management policy: Experts
July 15th, 2009 - 9:10 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 15 (IANS) The government should formulate a synchronised disaster management policy to save the Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove swamp, from the growing impact of climate change, environmentalists said here ... Read more...
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New form of El Nino may increase chances of hurricanes making landfall
July 3rd, 2009 - 5:05 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 3 (ANI): A study by climatologists at the Georgia Institute of Technology suggests that a new form of El Nino may be changing potentially causing not only a greater number ... Read more...
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Inadequate rains may play havoc with public programmes
June 24th, 2009 - 10:34 am ICT by IANS
By James Jose
New Delhi, June 24 (IANS) The government, which is grappling with a ballooning fiscal deficit and looking for ways to kick start the economy, may well have to deal with ... Read more...
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First climate-based model to predict Dengue fever outbreaks developed
June 6th, 2009 - 1:29 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 6 (ANI): By using global climatological data and vegetation indices from Costa Rica, an interdisciplinary team of researchers from the University of Miami (UM) and the University of Costa Rica ... Read more...
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Water vapour adds a degree to global warming
February 25th, 2009 - 4:05 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Feb 25 (IANS) Water vapour released into the air adds one degree Celsius to global warming for every one contributed by humanity through other greenhouse gas emissions.
The evidence for this ... Read more...
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2008 was Earths coolest year since 2000
February 24th, 2009 - 12:22 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 24 (ANI): In a new analysis, climatologists have found that the year 2008 was Earths coolest year since 2000.The analysis, by climatologists at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space ... Read more...
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2008 was Earth’s ninth warmest year since 1880, says NASA
February 24th, 2009 - 5:44 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 24 (Xinhua) Climatologists at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York City have found that 2008 was the coolest year since 2000, and also the ninth ... Read more...
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