High risk of permafrost thaw
Northern soils will release huge amounts of carbon in a warmer world, say Edward A. G. Schuur, Benjamin Abbott and the Permafrost Carbon Network.
Northern soils will release huge amounts of carbon in a warmer world, say Edward A. G. Schuur, Benjamin Abbott and the Permafrost Carbon Network.
The planet keeps getting hotter and hotter. In many regions, people are experiencing climate change at first hand. However, when it comes to the issue of a binding climate agreement, politicians struggle
A discussion paper by the UNCTAD argues that Green Growth based on enhanced material, resource and energy efficiency, as well as a drastic change in the energy mix will not lead to the greenhouse gas (GHG)
The European Union’s demand for a road map leading to the next legally-binding global warming treaty raises a hurdle that may snarl negotiations at the United Nations climate conference this week. The
Global warming already is causing suffering and conflict in Africa, from drought in Sudan and Somalia to flooding in South Africa, President Jacob Zuma said on Monday, urging delegates at an international
‘It has become imperative in view of climate change' Bio-fortified varieties of staple food grains, such as Vitamin-A-enriched ‘Golden Rice', or iron-enriched wheat, could improve the nutritional status
JAMMU: Underlining the far reaching consequences of climatic change, Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah on Thursday asked for a unified and committed strategy to address this concern and help restrict human
The government wants a new globally binding climate deal to be "operational" by 2020 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions enough to keep world temperature rises to a limit of 2 degrees Celsius, the UK's
The US is refusing to sign off on a flagship global climate fund, as already fraught negotiations intensify ahead of next week’s UN climate summit and carbon prices plummet to new lows. It was already
Eight South American countries pledged Tuesday to boost cooperation to protect one of the planet’s largest natural reserves from deforestation and illegal trafficking in timber and minerals. Representatives
The ‘Climategate’ dispute over global warming science was reignited on Tuesday when thousands more hacked emails from climate researchers, some of them potentially damaging, were released online on
Australian scientists claim to have finally unravelled the mystery behind the mass death of corals worldwide as the Earth’s climate warms — upon sea water warming, corals send a signal to their infected
India and China should jointly work for a multilateral river water sharing accord among riparian states of the Tibet/Himalayan region without succumbing to the ‘water tensions’ being built up by different
An increase in heat waves is almost certain, while heavier rainfall, more floods, stronger cyclones, landslides and more intense droughts are likely across the globe this century as the Earth's climate
Climate Change Of late, farmer Rinchen of Semtokha is seeing some strange behaviour in her garden. When trees in her garden at this time of the year shed leaves, a few apple trees have flowered again;
At least some of the weather extremes being seen around the world are consequences of human-induced climate change and can be expected to worsen in coming decades, a United Nations panel reported on Friday.
We may trigger hyperwarming that transforms the planet into a hothouse with tropical temperatures and lush forests close to the poles.
National Glaciers Within the last three decades, glaciers of Bhutan shrank by 189sqkm, less than half the size of one of the country’s smallest dzongkhags, Pemagatshel. It is a fall by 7.3 percent,
The mystery of how a subglacial mountain range the size of the Alps formed up to 250 million years ago has finally been solved, scientists said on Wednesday, which could help map the effects of climate
Green house gas emissions such as carbon dioxide have been increasing. NOAA's updated Annual Greenhouse Gas Index, which measures the direct climate influence of many GHGs such as carbon dioxide and methane,