12-12-2006
Scientists Predict Carbon Dioxide Emissions Will Reduce Density of Earth's Outermost Atmosphere by 2017
Carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of fossil fuels will produce a 3 percent reduction in the density of Earth's outermost atmosphere by 2017
12-12-2006
Climate change direction the right one
Business will welcome the fact the Government has extended its energy policy horizon to several decades.
11-12-2006
Alps 'warmer than any time in 1,300 years'
EUROPE'S Alpine region is going through its warmest period in 1,300 years, a leading climatologist has said.
11-12-2006
It's official: global warming is guff
AT LAST, evidence that global warming is a load of hot air. Cow flatulence has attracted the attention of ministers after emerging as an environmental menace to rival factory chimneys, Chelsea tractors and cheap air travel.
11-12-2006
Somali children bear brunt of disaster misery
Whimpering quietly as she is placed in a sling to be weighed at a feeding station in Wajid in flood-stricken southern Somalia, emaciated two-year-old Habiba Somo peers listlessly from sunken eyes.
08-12-2006
'Recent' flowing water points to life on Mars
Scientists have found the strongest evidence yet that liquid water flows on Mars, raising the prospects that there may be simple microbial life still living on the red planet.
08-12-2006
The Big Question: Is Nasa's trillion-dollar space mission worth the money?
08-12-2006
Russia and the EU agree to join efforts to promote energy efficiency
At the second meeting of the Permanent Partnership Council (PPC) on Energy in Moscow on 8 December 2006, the EU and Russia agreed to work together to enhance energy efficiency, recognising the huge mutual challenge and potential for energy savings that they quantify annually at around 400 million tonnes of oil equivalent each by the year 2020.
07-12-2006
Global warming 'may cause decline in marine life'
Global warming could result in a rapid reduction in marine life because of its effect on the ocean food chain, scientists warned yesterday.
07-12-2006
The Commission adopts new rules on State aid in agriculture
The Commission today adopted new rules on the granting of State aid in the agricultural sector.
07-12-2006
Libya Seeks U.S. Technology and Partnerships in Energy and Environmental Sectors
Phoenicia Group Libya LLC (www.phoenicia-group.net), the U.S.-Libyan risk management and business services firm, today announced a two year cooperation and partnership agreement with the Libya-based Environment Friend's Association (EFA), a non governmental organization concerned with safeguarding and preserving Libya's environment.
06-12-2006
2006 unusually warm, but not hottest year
The average temperature in 2006 is likely to be amongst the hottest since records began nearly 150 years ago, giving what seems another example of global warming, experts said on Monday.
06-12-2006
Hope freezes as winter nears for Kashmir's 'quake children'
They say that children are more resilient than adults. But a year after the 7.6 temblor flattened parts of Uri and Keran in Baramulla district and Tanghdar tehsil in Kupwara district, the impact of last October's earthquake is still apparent on children.
06-12-2006
Climate change alters seals' sexual selection
Some animals stand to gain from warming climates, say researchers who have looked at the effect of changing rainfall on mating and sexual selection in grey seals in Scotland.
05-12-2006
Nepal's farmers on the front line of global climate change
05-12-2006
Brazil creates 7 new protected areas in eastern Amazon rain forest
A swath of Amazon rain forest the size of Alabama was placed under government protection Monday in a region known for violent conflicts among loggers, ranchers and environmentalists.
05-12-2006
Brazil creates 7 new protected areas in eastern Amazon rain forest
A swath of Amazon rain forest the size of Alabama was placed under government protection Monday in a region known for violent conflicts among loggers, ranchers and environmentalists.
05-12-2006
Brazil creates 7 new protected areas in eastern Amazon rain forest
A swath of Amazon rain forest the size of Alabama was placed under government protection Monday in a region known for violent conflicts among loggers, ranchers and environmentalists.
05-12-2006
Pollution 'reducing rice harvest'
Pollution-laden clouds may be partly to blame for India's dwindling rice harvests, according to research.
01-12-2006
Nasa looks to a new frontier by building telescope on the Moon
01-12-2006
U.S. opposes European global warming cuts scheme for airliners
The Bush administration opposes European plans to require airlines to curb greenhouse gases on grounds it would unfairly disadvantage U.S. carriers.
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