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The Earth naturally absorbs incoming solar radiation and emits thermal radiation back into space. Some of the thermal radiation is trapped by certain so called greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. In recent years, carbon dioxide (CO2), a...
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We are facing crises of freshwater, food, deforestation, and ocean health. We need leadership in the protection of all our natural resources.
made popular Oct 6 2008
Ironically, the consequences of our actions are being borne by animals, which have always played critical roles in the sustenance of their ecosystems. And it is sad...
made popular Oct 6 2008
We are still facing a big challenge to reach the masses for the efforts being made towards reducing global warming.
Being an ordinary man coming from India, I wish to...
made popular Oct 6 2008
It’s never too late, they say, or is it? Well, the Arctic is disappearing and it seems no one can do anything about it. In the recent past due to climate changes and...
made popular Sep 29 2008
Be it China, United States, Russia, India or Indonesia, all of them have one thing in common; increasing carbon dioxide emissions. The world has surpassed the estimated...
made popular Sep 28 2008
Global warming is perhaps the most important environmental problem in the world today. Many organizations, big celebrities are giving their valuable time for the...
made popular Sep 25 2008
An analysis, carried out by a scientist of Indian origin, along with his colleagues, has shown that irreversible global warming will lead to biodiversity loss and...
made popular Sep 22 2008
By Vincent Van Ross
If ever there is a third world war, it might well be for water. Believe it or not, water is going to be the most sought after and fought for item...
made popular Sep 18 2008
We all want to live in a Flat world. No, I am not talking about Nandan Nielkani’s open trade opportunities for everybody. I am talking about the growing waist and...
made popular Sep 13 2008
Eco Factor: The absorbed salt will help reduce the effect of global warming by reflecting back the sun’s heat more effectively.
In what will be surely considered a...
made popular Sep 10 2008
It seems chaos at London’s Heathrow Airport has no end. The airport has already been the focus of a storm of complaints about overcrowding, lost bags and now its...
made popular Sep 9 2008
While the geologists, conservationists and environmentalists are concerned with the gruesome devastations of global warming, doctors too seem to be worried for the same...
made popular Sep 8 2008
Eco Factor: An elaborate system that aims at cleaning up the world’s oceans and constantly monitor them.
The Eco-Mobile Robot is one of the most extensive and...
made popular Sep 8 2008
UN figures suggest that meat production puts more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere than transport.
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization has estimated that...
made popular Sep 8 2008
The meltdown of the much revered ice lingam (stalagmite) has become a cause of concern for both pilgrims as well as the ecologists. Some are putting the onus on the...
made popular Sep 8 2008
Ice thawing at the poles has been a big concern for scientists especially for the last decade - considering it a serious symptom of global warming, leaving the coastal...
made popular Sep 7 2008
Droughts. Hurricanes. Floods. Monsoons. Disappearing coastlines. These are just a few of the weather effects we’re currently experiencing and will see more of in the...
made popular Sep 5 2008
Global warming is likely to boost the power of the strongest tropical cyclones, a study released on Wednesday says.
An additional 1°C in sea temperatures in tropical...
made popular Sep 4 2008
Coral reefs face an immediate threat from their ecosystem, the vast ocean itself! Reason: Thanks to increased greenhouse gases in atmosphere, oceans are becoming warmer...
made popular Aug 29 2008
The Arctic ice cap keeps melting under the effects of global warming and in August saw its second largest summer shrinkage since satellite observations began 30 years...
made popular Aug 28 2008
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The environmental damage caused by rich nations disproportionately impacts poor nations and costs them more than their combined foreign debt, according to a first-ever...
made popular Jan 22 2008
The ozone hole over the Antarctic is the smallest in the last 5 years! At 25 million square kilometers, though it is still very large, the fact that it is shrinking is...
made popular Nov 17 2007
Greenhouse gases or HCFCs are used in air conditioning, refrigeration, fire-fighting foam and hairsprays. These gases raise the Earth’s temperature and lead to...
made popular Sep 25 2007
Be it smog, acid rain or CFC’s, air pollution or ozone depletion in the stratosphere, air pollution has long been threatening both human health as well as the...
made popular Jun 30 2007
In the past 20 years, the ozone loss in the Antarctic has been ‘massive’. Compared to the same phenomenon in the Arctic, a new study ahs found that the loss...
made popular Dec 26 2006
Ocean’s food supply can get dramatically affected by ozone depletion’s long-term impacts. This is suggested by a new research in Antarctica. Phytoplankton...
made popular Jul 21 2006
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