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Definition – Global warming is the increase in the average temperature of the Earth’s near-surface air and oceans since the mid-twentieth century and its projected continuation.
Causes - Global surface temperature increased rapidly during the..
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A new model for carbon cuts has been proposed by the researchers at the Princeton Environmental Institute. The model targets the rich and the developed nations of the...
made popular Jul 10 2009
Eco Factor: Industry giants pledge to reduce the use of plastic bags in order to reduce toxic plastic waste.
Plastic bags are jeopardizing both humans and wildlife in...
made popular Jul 7 2009
The U.S House of Representative just passed a bill that will address global warming by reducing the emission of gasses that cause climate change. It was a watered-down...
made popular Jul 1 2009
For all the right-wing hysteria about President Obama being a socialist, the president is actually quite a centrist and even a corporatist. Depending on one’s...
made popular Jun 29 2009
In a beloved film from my childhood, “Flight of Dragons,” the scientist hero confronts the evil red magician on a dark crag. As menacing snakes sprout out...
made popular Jun 27 2009
After much negotiations, the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives finally managed to pass President Obama’s “Cap-and-Trade” bill as part of...
made popular Jun 27 2009
Eco Factor: Synthetic trees to capture CO2 from the air and convert it into liquid CO2.
Research scientists at the Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering at...
made popular Jun 24 2009
The Symposium on the Climate Change in London witnessed the US Energy Secretary Steven Chu raising concerns over global warming. He went on to suggest painting roofs...
made popular Jun 23 2009
For the green hoodies New York’s the place to be, because erected outside the Madison Square Garden and Penn Station, by the Deutsche Bank is a 70-feet-tall digital...
made popular Jun 19 2009
Eco Factor: Real-time CO2 counter encourages people to curtail emissions.
Deutsche Bank, a name not directly related to environmental conservation, has lit a...
made popular Jun 19 2009
By mid-century, climate change may have outrun the ability of Africa’s farmers to adapt to rising temperatures, threatening the continent’s precarious food...
made popular Jun 18 2009
Oslo - Can the North Sea basin hold all of the carbon dioxide in Europe? Norway certainly hopes so.
At a high-level conference in Bergen last month, the oil-rich...
made popular Jun 16 2009
Argentina’s Perito Moreno glacier is one of only a few ice fields worldwide that have withstood rising global temperatures.
Nourished by Andean snowmelt, the...
made popular Jun 15 2009
Nuclear warfare is a constant threat to life on earth but climate change is no less serious, says a summit of the world’s Nobel Laureates who, along with Prince...
made popular Jun 6 2009
Jordanian Ministry of Environment will be marking World Environment Day, which is usually celebrated on the 5th of June, through a new campaign titled, “Your...
made popular Jun 5 2009
World Environment Day (WED) was established by the UN General Assembly in 1972 to mark the opening of the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment.
Commemorated...
made popular Jun 5 2009
People talk about the future, yet climate change is claiming lives now, notably in Africa. The nations, governors and those governed must stand up and be counted.
The...
made popular Jun 5 2009
Eco Factor: Solar-generating roofs coated with reflective tiles to reduce solar gain.
Recently news surfaced that painting the world white would help curb global...
made popular Jun 4 2009
On Tuesday, French climber Alain Robert, popularly known as “Spiderman,” climbed a 41-story Sydney tower with his bare hands, just to make the world aware about...
made popular Jun 2 2009
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On June 5, World Environment Day, hundreds of people “froze” across New Zealand, together at 1pm in public places people stopped moving and became human statues...
made popular Jun 8 2009
Eco Factor: Zero-emission car powered by electricity.
Mitsubishi Motors did its bit for the environment on the World Environment Day, by unveiling the production...
made popular Jun 6 2009
Irony: A hot supermodel trying to preach about global warming, not knowing that she herself may have become the biggest contributor in global warming by appearing so...
made popular Jun 5 2009
Jordanian Ministry of Environment will be marking World Environment Day, which is usually celebrated on the 5th of June, through a new campaign titled, “Your...
made popular Jun 5 2009
World Environment Day (WED) was established by the UN General Assembly in 1972 to mark the opening of the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment.
Commemorated...
made popular Jun 5 2009
At the U.N. Summit held on World Environment Day yesterday, leaders across the world pledged to cut trade barriers and promote agricultural productivity to fight the...
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From the land of Sunderlal Bahuguna, the founder of the Chipko movement in 1970s to save the Himalayan forests, another tree lover has emerged. Jagdish Bagla has been...
made popular Jun 6 2008
In our bid to generate awareness on saving our environment, we do focus on remedies and solutions that are alternatives to the factors that are disturbing our...
made popular Jun 6 2008
This really has nothing to do with the inspirational Hollywood flick but has something that is far more important and far more real at stake. It is not a Pseudo sport...
made popular Jun 5 2008
The government in Himachal Pradesh has abandoned several big and small hydroelectric projects of 425 MW capacity in Tirthan Valley of Kullu district. The cause behind...
made popular Jun 7 2007
SYDNEY-Australian protesters held a “picnic rally” against the logging of native forests while hundreds of Indian policemen swapped guns for spades to plant...
made popular Jun 6 2007
With the World Environment Day going on with this year’s slogan, “Don’t Desert Drylands!” researchers at MIT have developed printable surfaces....
made popular Jun 7 2006
Did you know that Delhi is the greenest city in India?
As proof, the national capital is ready to give home to 1.5 million new saplings in 2006-07.
Delhi has now 19...
made popular Jun 6 2006
Today is World Environment Day (WED). Every year since 1972, this day has been observed to spread awareness about the environment and to enhance political action in...
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Established in 1972 by the United Nations General Assembly, the World Environment Day (WED) is hosted every year by a different city. It is commemorated with a...
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When the world is burning with environment concerns and researchers and various agencies are busy spotting and predicting the environmental disasters and various...
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Established in 1972 by the United Nations General Assembly, the World Environment Day (WED) is hosted every year by a different city. It is commemorated with a...
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