169 killed in North Korea floods
August 6th, 2012 - 3:50 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 6 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Severe floods have killed up to 169 people and injured 144 in North Korea since July, state KCNA news agency reported.Another 400 people have gone ... Read more...
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Rising sea level greatest climate change threat: Pachauri
September 6th, 2011 - 4:49 pm ICT by IANS
Kathamandu, Sep 6 (IANS) The rise of the sea level would be the greatest threat to the world in the days to come unless efforts are made to contain and ... Read more...
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Chemical use a threat to China’s grain output: Experts
July 18th, 2011 - 4:34 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 18 (IANS) The high usage of chemicals is posing a threat to China's grain output, experts have warned.China's grain production hit 546.4 million tonnes in 2010 despite floods ... Read more...
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Scientists link extreme weather with climate change
July 3rd, 2011 - 4:08 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 3 (IANS) Climate change seems to have triggered extreme weather that has wreaked destruction all over the globe during the last decade.
After more than 20 years of ... Read more...
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International summit to discuss water resource management
April 12th, 2011 - 6:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) An international summit, beginning here Wednesday, will explore new eco-friendly strategies and technologies in the management of water resources and ways to ensure sustainable development.The ... Read more...
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Drought-hit China to spend $9 bn on reservoirs
February 23rd, 2011 - 5:37 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Feb 23 (IANS) China will spend nearly 63 billion yuan ($9.3 billion) on more than 45,000 small reservoirs across the country as part of its efforts to tackle drought and flooding.By ... Read more...
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Asia, Pacific governments warned of increasing climate-induced migrations
February 7th, 2011 - 5:15 pm ICT by ANI
Manila, Feb 7 (ANI): Governments in Asia and the Pacific should be prepared to deal with increased migrations caused because of climatic change in the coming years, a forthcoming report of the ... Read more...
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‘Global warming likely to bring more floods, droughts in Pak’
November 1st, 2010 - 2:24 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, Nov 1(ANI): The recent floods in Pakistan were due to global warming and a change in extreme weather conditions, which may cause more floods and droughts in the country in future, ... Read more...
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Nature and humans destroying aquatic food webs
October 16th, 2010 - 6:05 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 16 (ANI): A new research has suggested that humans and nature itself are making it tough for rivers to continue in their central role to support fish species.Globally, rivers and ... Read more...
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First satellite measurement of Amazon floodplain water volume
August 7th, 2010 - 4:44 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 7 (ANI): Scientists have been able to collect satellite measurements of the amount of water that rises and falls annually in the Amazon River floodplain.The amount - 285 billion metric ... Read more...
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African Union leader warns of catastrophe if Copenhagen fails
December 7th, 2009 - 11:23 pm ICT by IANS
Vienna, Dec 7 (DPA) African Union leader Jean Ping warned Monday in Vienna that the population on his continent would disappear if there was no progress at the UN Climate Change Conference ... Read more...
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Climate change may kill 400,000 children every year
November 30th, 2009 - 3:58 pm ICT by ANI
London, November 30 (ANI): In a new report, a leading charity has warned that climate change could kill more than 400,000 children every year in the future because of floods and droughts.According ... Read more...
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Climate change could displace 25 million by 2010 (With Image)
June 10th, 2009 - 2:35 pm ICT by IANS
By Joydeep Gupta
Bonn, June 10 (IANS) By next year - that's how soon around 25-50 million people will be displaced by climate change as it unleashes more natural disasters and affects farm ... Read more...
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Poorest countries unprepared for health impacts of climate change
May 17th, 2009 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 17 (IANS) The world's poorest nations are unprepared for the strain climate change will put on their public health systems, according to studies by the International Institute for Environment and ... Read more...
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Solar cycles may help predict future floods and droughts
December 11th, 2008 - 2:16 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 11 (ANI): A new research has suggested that solar cycles can help predict extreme climatic events like floods and droughts on Earth decades ahead of time.Solar cycles are 11-year ... Read more...
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G8 must do more for food security: ActionAid
July 7th, 2008 - 12:48 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 7 (IANS) As the G8 summit starts in Japan, international NGO ActionAid has appealed to leaders of the world's eight richest countries to take urgent steps to end the current ... Read more...
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Nepal Electricity Authority cuts load shedding
June 5th, 2008 - 4:00 pm ICT by ANI
Kathmandu, June 5 (ANI): The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has reduced load-shedding from nine to five hours a week.
Nepalnews quoted electricity authority as saying that it was able to reduce load-shedding ... Read more...
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Nature loss could halve living standards for the worlds poor
May 30th, 2008 - 12:11 pm ICT by admin
London, May 30 (ANI): An environmental review, headed by an Indian, has concluded that damage to forests, rivers, marine life and other aspects of nature could halve living standards for the ... Read more...
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Global warming will reduce crop yield by 30 percent
March 12th, 2008 - 11:10 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) Global warming will lead to 30 percent reduction in crop harvest and increase child mortality due to diarrhoea, parliament was informed Wednesday. The fourth report of the ... Read more...
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