Russia to lay down diesel submarine
August 17th, 2012 - 8:43 am ICT by IANS
St. Petersburg, Aug 17 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Admiralty Shipyard here will lay down Friday a new diesel-electric submarine for Russia's Black Sea Fleet, the company said.Stary Oskol will be the ... Read more...
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US hit by worst drought since 1950s (Lead)
July 20th, 2012 - 4:31 am ICT by IANS
Washington, July 20 (IANS) The US has been hit by the worst drought since 1950s, with almost two thirds of the country toiling it out, a report said.The National Oceanic ... Read more...
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US hit by worst drought since 1950s (Lead)
July 20th, 2012 - 4:30 am ICT by IANS
Washington, July 20 (IANS) The US has been hit by the worst drought since 1950s, with almost two thirds of the country toiling it out, a report said.The National Oceanic ... Read more...
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US faces worst drought in over 50 years
July 20th, 2012 - 4:08 am ICT by IANS
Washington, July 20 (IANS) The US has been hit by the worst drought since 1950s, with almost two thirds of the country toiling it out, a report said.It said, as ... Read more...
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Russian Navy to receive 10 diesel submarines by 2020
November 22nd, 2011 - 12:43 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Nov 22 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Russian Navy is planning to receive up to 10 diesel-electric submarines by 2020, a navy spokesperson said."The Russian Navy expects to receive 8-10 diesel ... Read more...
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China sea levels to rise up to 130mm
November 16th, 2011 - 2:55 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Nov 16 (IANS) Sea levels near China will rise up to 130 millimetres in the coming two decades due to global warming, a national scientific report has observed.The rise ... Read more...
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India records ‘modest growth’ of forest area despite population boom: FAO report
February 3rd, 2011 - 2:46 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Feb 3(ANI): India, China, Vietnam and the Philippines have seen their forested areas increase in size largely due to a switch from felling to planting, according to a United Nations ... Read more...
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Huge parts of world drying up due to land ‘evapotranspiration’: Study
October 11th, 2010 - 2:44 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 11 (ANI): A group of researchers examining 'evapotranspiration' on a global basis have concluded that the soils in large areas of the Southern Hemisphere, including major portions of Australia, Africa ... Read more...
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Pachauri-led IPCC lauds initiative to build food security in face of climate change
May 7th, 2010 - 1:13 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 7 (ANI): The Dr. R.K. Pachauri-led UN Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has reportedly welcomed a new research initiative that focuses on how to build food security in the ... Read more...
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38 percent of world’s land surface at risk of desertification
February 10th, 2010 - 1:54 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 10 (ANI): A new research has shown that 38 percent of the land surface of the world is at risk of desertification.Scientists at the Institute of Agro Food Research and ... Read more...
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Not all forests act against global warming
January 22nd, 2010 - 4:03 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 22 (IANS) The notion that forests remove carbon dioxide from the air and prevent global warming has some complications, says a new study. There's a kind of forest that does ... Read more...
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Alps growing just as quickly in height, as they are shrinking
November 6th, 2009 - 1:40 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, November 6 (ANI): A group of German and Swiss geoscientists are on the verge of proving that the Alps are growing just as quickly in height, as they are shrinking.Due to ... Read more...
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Arctic area, oceans lock up fourth of world’s carbon dioxide
October 15th, 2009 - 3:29 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 15 (IANS) Arctic land and seas lock up as much as a fourth of the world's carbon dioxide, so the melting of Arctic ice can potentially alter climate, says a ... Read more...
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River delta areas can provide clue to environmental changes in 21st century
May 12th, 2009 - 1:54 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 12 (ANI): Researchers at Texas A and M University, US, have determined that the historical information that can be gathered from sediment cores collected in and around river delta areas ... Read more...
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Water Water Everywhere, But Not A Drop To Drink
March 23rd, 2009 - 1:02 am ICT by admin
By Shobha ShuklaWater constitutes about three fourths of the earth’s surface, but only less than one percent of it can be used by its inhabitants. Most of it is salt water oceans ... Read more...
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Permafrost likely to shrink in northern Sweden
February 21st, 2009 - 5:09 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 21 (ANI): A new study by researchers from Lund University in Sweden has determined that permafrost is thawing in northern Sweden, because of warmer summers and more winter precipitation.According ... Read more...
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Geoscientists offer new explanation for formation of monsoons
July 22nd, 2008 - 12:17 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 22 (ANI): Geoscientists at the California Institute of Technology have come up with a new explanation for the formation of monsoons, proposing an overhaul of a theory about the ... Read more...
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Massive greenhouse gases may be released as destruction of world wetlands worsens
July 21st, 2008 - 12:49 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 21 (ANI): Scientists have warned that ongoing destruction of world wetlands, which hold a volume of carbon similar to that in the atmosphere today, could cause them to exhale ... Read more...
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Madagascars new road map will protect thousands of its rare species
April 11th, 2008 - 1:15 pm ICT by admin
Washington, April 11 (ANI): Conversation biologists, along with an international team of researchers have developed a new road map for protecting thousands of rare species that live only in Madagascar.The researchers, ... Read more...
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New global map most comprehensive ever
March 18th, 2008 - 7:02 pm ICT by admin
New York, March 18 (IANS) A new global map that details the planet's land cover with a resolution 10 times sharper than any of its predecessors is also the most comprehensive ever. ... Read more...
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ESAs Earth map shows land cover as never before
March 18th, 2008 - 3:14 pm ICT by admin
Paris, March 18 (ANI): A new global portrait by ESA (European Space Agency), taken from space, details Earths land cover with a resolution never before obtained.Earths land cover has been charted ... Read more...
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