India, China are two major re-foresters: Jairam Ramesh
November 1st, 2010 - 10:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) Union Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh Monday said China's green house gas emissions are four times that of India, but both countries are united in being ... Read more...
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‘Water mining’ prime culprit in rising sea levels
October 11th, 2010 - 4:59 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 11 (IANS) Global warming is not the only villain in raising sea levels. Much of the swelling seas come from "water mining", the pumping of vast amounts of groundwater from ... Read more...
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One dead, 42 ill after eating at China hotel
October 11th, 2010 - 4:59 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Oct 11 (IANS) One person died and 42 were hospitalised due to food poisoning after eating at a hotel in China's Sichuan province, officials said.Among the victims in the weekend's incident, ... Read more...
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Glaciers help actively growing mountains become higher
September 16th, 2010 - 5:51 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 16 (ANI): A University of Arizona-led research team has found that glaciers can help actively growing mountains become higher by protecting them from erosion.The finding is contrary to the conventional ... Read more...
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NZ glaciers melted as European expanded at the end of ice age
September 9th, 2010 - 5:26 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 9 (ANI): Adding a new clue to how the last ice age ended, researchers have revealed that New Zealand glaciers melted at the same time when European glaciers briefly expanded.For ... Read more...
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Nine killed in plane crash in New Zealand
September 4th, 2010 - 12:48 pm ICT by ANI
Wellington, Sept 4 (ANI): Nine people were killed when a skydive plane crashed at Fox Glacier airport in New Zealand.The Fletcher Fixed Wing plane burst into flames after taking off, just ... Read more...
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Freezable fruit fly created to extend organ donor shelf life
August 20th, 2010 - 4:22 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 20 (ANI): A team of Rutgers-Camden biologists is working to engineer cold tolerant fruit flies and ultimately human cells within the next three years.The research breakthrough can be credited to ... Read more...
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Ice chunk ‘4 times Manhattan’s size’ breaks away from Greenland glacier
August 7th, 2010 - 4:02 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 7 (ANI): A researcher from University of Delaware has reported that a huge chunk of ice, 4 times that of Manhattan's size, has broken away from a Greenland glacier.Andreas Muenchow, ... Read more...
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I feel like female James Bond, says 80-year-old rappeller
July 27th, 2010 - 12:31 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 27 (IANS) An 80-year-old British great grandmother, who rappelled down a 120 feet store front, says she "felt like a female James Bond".
Brenda Backhouse has jumped from aircraft, scaled glaciers ... Read more...
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Photos reveal ice of the Himalayas disappearing
July 17th, 2010 - 1:59 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 17 (ANI): Experts comparing a 1921 photo of Mount Everest with a photo of the same place taken in 2010, have confirmed that the ice mass is disappearing in an ... Read more...
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Pilgrims return after Amarnath shrine visit
July 4th, 2010 - 10:57 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, July 4 (IANS) Scores of Amarnath pilgrims have started returning to Jammu after offering prayers at the holy cave shrine in Kashmir with many of them Sunday describing their experience ... Read more...
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Painting mountains white to counter climate change
June 29th, 2010 - 4:48 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 29 (ANI): Eduardo Gold has devised a novel method to combat the effects of climate change - the activist has set out to paint the peaks of the Andes white.By ... Read more...
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Why Rohtang tunnel is important
June 28th, 2010 - 4:18 pm ICT by IANS
By Sarwar Kashani
Solang (Himachal Pradesh), June 28 (IANS) The Rohtang tunnel, the construction work of which was kickstarted by Congress president Sonia Gandhi Monday, is a key step forward to make ... Read more...
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UNDP rings alarm bells for Pak, no water from glaciers after 2060
June 14th, 2010 - 5:11 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Jun. 14 (ANI): A catastrophe is awaiting Pakistan fifty years from now as it would not get any water from glaciers after 2060, a report of the United Nations Development Program ... Read more...
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Global warming not the only cause behind Great Aletsch Glacier’s illness
June 5th, 2010 - 2:22 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 05 (ANI): Man-made global warming may not be the only reason behind the receding of the Great Aletsch Glacier, which is the largest Alpine glacier, in Valais, Switzerland.The glacier ... Read more...
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Greenland rapidly rising due to ice melting
May 19th, 2010 - 12:08 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 19 (ANI): Scientists are astounded as rapid ice meltdown in Greenland is causing the land to rise quickly.Moving glaciers in Greenland form dense icecaps up to 2 km thick that ... Read more...
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Global efforts mandatory to save environment, says Dr. Pachauri
May 11th, 2010 - 10:29 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, May 11 (ANI): Chairman of the UN's Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Dr R K Pachauri expressed his disappointment over the Copenhagen talks on Tuesday and urged upon the ... Read more...
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Hekla: Europe’s 9th Most Dangerous Volcano Erupts! or Did It?
April 20th, 2010 - 12:30 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Apr 19 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Iceland was first settled in the ninth century by Vikings. It quickly became known as "The land of fire and ice" because of the volcanoes and ... Read more...
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140 mn cubic metres ash spewed from Iceland volcano
April 19th, 2010 - 1:28 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 18 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Iceland's volcano has spewed about 140 million cubic metres of ash over the past three days, Icelandic scientists have said.
The Institute of Earth Sciences of the ... Read more...
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Glacier National Park loses 2 more glaciers due to climate change
April 11th, 2010 - 10:16 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Apr 11 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The US Geological Survey has said that the Glacier National Park has lost 2 more glaciers, due to climatic changes. The US Geological Survey also ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
More Glaciers Gone In Glacier National Park
April 8th, 2010 - 9:02 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Montana, Apr 8, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The impact of global warming is being felt all the more each day with more and more alarming news reaching the world almost every other ... Read more...
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Annual Taurid meteors shower may have led to ice age mammals’ extinction
April 8th, 2010 - 1:45 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 8 (ANI): Thousands of Tunguska-sized cometary fragments struck the earth for over an hour 13,000 years ago, leading to a dramatic cooling of the planet and extinction of ice age ... Read more...
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Did large comet explosion trigger earth’s cooling?
April 2nd, 2010 - 4:38 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 2 (IANS) Some 13,000 years ago, thousands of Tunguska-sized cometary fragments struck the earth for over an hour, leading to a dramatic cooling of the planet, says a new study.
The ... Read more...
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Antarctica Imminently Falling Apart?
March 8th, 2010 - 9:20 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
March 8, 2010 (Pen Men At Work): Topical information on gigantic icebergs, which are of the size of diminutive U.S. states, separating Antarctica, may sound dire. But these developments typically symbolize ... Read more...
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Emergence Of Huge Glaciers Give Rise To Fear Of Antarctica Falling Apart
March 8th, 2010 - 8:56 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Mar 8, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Antarctica is falling apart and certainly it isn't any Ice Age story. The recent reports of emergence of huge icebergs, just about the size of American ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Tourism promotion course has many takers in Kashmir
March 2nd, 2010 - 5:30 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar, Mar. 2 (ANI): A newly introduced tourism promotion course has found many takers in Jammu and Kashmir, as many enthusiastic youngsters are not only joining it to brighten their own job ... Read more...
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UN chief regrets climate official’s resignation
February 19th, 2010 - 1:44 am ICT by IANS
New York, Feb 19 (DPA) UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Thursday regretfully accepted the resignation of the top official for the UN programme on fighting climate change and has begun the search ... Read more...
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Himachal to set up centre for climate change
February 15th, 2010 - 9:49 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Feb 15 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh is all set to have a centre for climate change to enhance its preparedness for natural disasters, Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal announced in Costa ... Read more...
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Climate scientists blast IPCC’s ’sloppy’ melting Himalayan glaciers error
February 9th, 2010 - 1:36 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 9 (ANI): Reports indicate that climate scientists who worked on Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report say they are dismayed by 'sloppy' work by their colleagues that introduced an ... Read more...
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Major Antarctic glacier ‘passes critical tipping point’
January 14th, 2010 - 2:07 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 14 (ANI): A new modelling study by researchers at University of Oxford has revealed that a major Antarctic glacier has passed its tipping point.Richard Katz of the University of ... Read more...
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Global warming affecting Tibetan plateau: Dalai Lama
January 13th, 2010 - 5:07 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Jan 13 (IANS) Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama Wednesday said global warming is a major problem that the world is facing today and the Tibetan plateau is already facing its ... Read more...
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Sea level rise may be even more urgent than previously thought
December 17th, 2009 - 2:30 pm ICT by ANI
London, December 17 (ANI): A new study has suggested that as a result of global warming, sea level rise may be even more urgent than previously thought.According to a report in Nature ... Read more...
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Black carbon deposits on Himalayas threaten Earth’s ‘Third Pole’
December 15th, 2009 - 2:20 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, December 15 (ANI): A new research by scientists from NASA and the Chinese Academy of Sciences has determined that black soot deposited on Tibetan glaciers in the Himalayas is threatening the ... Read more...
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East Antarctic ice sheet losing mass from last 3 years
November 23rd, 2009 - 2:12 pm ICT by ANI
London, November 23 (ANI): An analysis of data from a gravity-measuring satellite mission has determined that the East Antarctic ice sheet has been losing mass for the last three years.According to a ... Read more...
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New Zealand glaciers melting away, survey shows
November 23rd, 2009 - 1:38 pm ICT by IANS
Wellington, Nov 23 (DPA) New Zealand's glaciers are melting away, according to an annual survey of the snowline on 50 glaciers in the South Island, the National Institute of Water and ... Read more...
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