Rome zoo feeds animals frozen yoghurt
August 21st, 2012 - 10:21 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, Aug 21 (IANS/AKI) A zoo in Rome is helping its animals overcome the blistering summer temperatures with specially flavoured frozen yoghurt and shaved ice.The Rome Biopark adopted the new ... Read more...
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Northern Hemisphere facing hotter summers
August 7th, 2012 - 2:47 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 7 (IANS) Land areas are now much more likely to experience an extreme summer heat wave than they were in the middle of the 20th century, according to ... Read more...
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Extreme summers will be commonplace by mid-century
February 17th, 2012 - 12:36 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 17 (IANS) Extreme summers, not unusual in the US today, will become commonplace by mid-century if the emission of greenhouses gases continues unabated.For instance, a 100-ft drop in ... Read more...
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Arctic’s sea ice melt hits second-lowest level
October 7th, 2011 - 3:05 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 7 (IANS) The extent of sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean has dipped to the second-lowest level, narrowly missing a new record low, said satellite data from NASA.The ... Read more...
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Arctic sea ice level reaches second-lowest in history
October 6th, 2011 - 1:26 am ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- The extent of sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean has declined to the second-lowest extent on record, NASA said on Tuesday.The Arctic ice cap grows each winter ... Read more...
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Arctic sea ice hits second-lowest level
October 5th, 2011 - 7:20 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 5 (IANS) The extent of sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean in September declined to the second-lowest on record, said experts.The Arctic ice cap grows each winter as ... Read more...
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Hundreds of thousands welcome pope in Madrid
August 19th, 2011 - 12:33 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, Aug 19 (IANS/EFE) Hundreds of thousands of young people gathered Thursday in the Spanish capital's Plaza de Cibeles to welcome Pope Benedict XVI to the 26th World Youth Day ... Read more...
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Hotter summers in the pipeline
June 7th, 2011 - 9:38 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, June 7 (THAINDIAN NEWS) If the current trend continues, the next 20 to 60 years the planet will be irreversibly changed, summer temperature wise, a new scientific study reveals. The ... Read more...
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Delhi to arrange for extra electricity from Damodar Valley Corp.
May 19th, 2011 - 1:38 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) To meet the ever-increasing power demand due to the soaring summer temperatures, the Delhi government said Wednesday it will try to arrange additional power from ... Read more...
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Climate change strips Arctic of much snow cover
May 5th, 2011 - 4:00 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 5 (IANS) Climate change is showing its ugly hand in the Arctic -- a much reduced snow cover, shorter winters and thawing tundra.And the changes are taking place ... Read more...
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Water flowing into Arctic warmest in 2,000 years
February 1st, 2011 - 5:26 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 1 (IANS) Water flowing from the North Atlantic Ocean into the Arctic Ocean is at its warmest level for more than 2,000 years.
The sea in the Gulf Stream between ... Read more...
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Greenland ice sheet melted at record rates in 2010
January 22nd, 2011 - 5:13 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 22 (ANI): A new study shows that Greenland Ice Sheet set new records for melting in 2010 - the 'exceptional' season stretched up to 50 days longer than average."This past ... Read more...
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FIFA is ‘the galacticos of corruption’, says former official
December 5th, 2010 - 1:54 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 5(ANI): A former FIFA official has accused the international football's governing body of being "the galacticos of corruption".Mel Brennan, a delegate for North America at the 2002 World Cup, ... Read more...
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Earth’s lakes are warming, says NASA study
November 24th, 2010 - 12:17 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 24 (ANI): Earth's largest lakes have warmed during the past 25 years in response to climate change, say NASA scientists.Philipp Schneider and Simon Hook of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in ... Read more...
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Is the weather going awry or we?
November 11th, 2010 - 3:59 pm ICT by ANI
Is the weather going awry or we?By Lavkumar KhaccharRajkot (Gujarat), Nov.11 (ANI): In India, the Weather Gods seem to have always been in an inscrutable mood. As while in one region, ... Read more...
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China’s glaciers may shrink 27 percent by 2050: Report
October 9th, 2010 - 6:37 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, Oct 9 (ANI): The average area of glaciers in western China might shrink by 27.2 percent by 2050 because of global warming, damaging crop production and worsening droughts, according to a ... Read more...
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Qatar makes pitch for FIFA World Cup in the desert
September 15th, 2010 - 2:25 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 15 (ANI): Qatar, one of the world's wealthiest countries, is hoping to convince FIFA officials to stage the World Cup in the Middle East for the first time - with ... Read more...
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Nevada Wild Horses Death Creates Headlines
July 16th, 2010 - 8:43 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
July 16, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The news of a dozen wild horses that have died following a U.S. Bureau of Land Management directed roundup has created sensation in Nevada. A number ... Read more...
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Kids, elderly most vulnerable to rising summer temperatures
June 20th, 2010 - 1:56 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 20 (ANI): With the arrival of summer, physicians are urging everyone to take special precautions to protect those who are most vulnerable to the dangers posed by this season's heat ... Read more...
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Rising temperature due to climate change: NGO
April 12th, 2010 - 9:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) The unusual rise in summer temperatures this year is due to global warming and there is enough scientific evidence to back the claim, an environmental organisation said ... Read more...
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Bering Strait influenced ice age climate patterns worldwide 100,000 years ago
January 11th, 2010 - 4:13 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, January 11 (ANI): A new study has shown that water levels in the Bering Strait helped drive global climate patterns during ice age episodes dating back more than 100,000 years.The international ... Read more...
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Moon harbors coldest place in solar system
December 17th, 2009 - 1:20 pm ICT by ANI
London, December 17 (ANI): NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has used its Diviner instrument to find the coldest place in the solar system at the Moon, where night-time surface temperatures can dip as ... Read more...
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NASA finds coldest place on Moon
December 17th, 2009 - 1:15 pm ICT by ANI
London, December 17 (ANI): NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has used its Diviner instrument to find the coldest place on the Moon, where night-time surface temperatures can dip as low as minus 249 ... Read more...
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Climate change brings drought to Mediterranean
December 13th, 2009 - 9:25 am ICT by IANS
Nicosia (Cyprus), Dec 13 (DPA) At first glance, the water flowing into Cyprus' largest reservoir looks like a raging torrent. But in reality, the volume of water that runs from the Kouris ... Read more...
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Carbon and oxygen isotopes in tree rings may shed new light on past climate events
December 4th, 2009 - 4:58 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, December 4 (ANI): Scientists have determined that the analysis of carbon and oxygen isotopes embedded in tree rings may shed new light on past climate events.Scientists have long looked at the ... Read more...
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International experts express concern over melting Kashmir glaciers
October 12th, 2009 - 11:14 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar, Oct 12(ANI): A three-day conference pertaining to effects of global warming on melting glaciers in the Himalayan region of Jammu and Kashmir commenced in Srinagar on Monday.The conference is being attended ... Read more...
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Sudden heating of Arctic in last 50 yrs proof of humans influencing climate
September 4th, 2009 - 2:05 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, September 4 (ANI): A new study indicates that Arctic temperatures suddenly increased during the last 50 years, after 1,900 years of natural cooling, which is additional evidence that humans are influencing ... Read more...
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Why Himalayan glaciers grew while Asia heated up 9,000 years ago
August 28th, 2009 - 3:44 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 28 (ANI): A new study by scientists at Brigham Young University (BYU), US, has pieced together the chain of events surrounding the unexpected glacial growth in the Southeast Himalayas 9,000 ... Read more...
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Trees colonize new territories in response to higher temperatures
August 26th, 2009 - 3:36 pm ICT by ANI
London, August 26 (ANI): Reports indicate that trees around the world are colonizing new territories in response to higher temperatures, all thanks to global warming.From the US west coast to northern Siberia ... Read more...
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Treelines not universally responding to climate warming as expected
August 13th, 2009 - 3:57 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 13 (ANI): In a new research, scientists have found that treelines are not universally responding to climate warming by advancing as expected.Treelines are the elevation or latitudinal limits where trees ... Read more...
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Pune institute in global race for swine flu vaccine
August 12th, 2009 - 1:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) It is ironical that Pune reported the first loss of life due to swine flu in India as it is home to the country's largest biotech firm, ... Read more...
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Cologne gay pride carnival attracts 500,000
July 6th, 2009 - 12:11 am ICT by IANS
Cologne (Germany), July 5 (DPA) Around half-a-million people thronged the centre of Cologne Sunday for the annual gay pride parade known as Christopher Street Day.
More than 90 brightly coloured floats snaked their ... Read more...
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Sharapova loses in three-set at Wimbledon
June 24th, 2009 - 10:31 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 24 (DPA) Maria Sharapova's charmed life over three sets was ended as Argentine underdog Gisela Dulko held off a fightback to eliminate the 2004 champion 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 ... Read more...
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Warm weather may not halt swine flu
May 10th, 2009 - 4:33 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 10 (ANI): New data from Mexico and case numbers so far suggest that if the spread of H1N1 "swine flu" continues elsewhere as it has in the Americas, the virus ... Read more...
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Indian summer too hot for Cheetahs from Singapore
May 6th, 2009 - 4:38 pm ICT by IANS
Junagadh (Gujarat), May 6 (IANS) Authorities in the Shakkarbaug Zoo of Gujarat's Junagadh town have removed a pair of Cheetahs received from Singapore in June last year from public view as the ... Read more...
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