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Power and Transport Sector Contribute to Increased Level of Global CO2 Emissions

A recent report titled, “Long-term trend in global CO2 emissions," indicates that worldwide discharges of carbon dioxide (CO2), which is considered to be an important reason for global warming has gone up by 45% between the period 1990 and 2010 and attained the maximum level of 33 Bt in 2010.

23 Sep 2011

Air Products to be Included in Global Disclosure and Performance Leadership Indexes of Carbon Disclosure Project

Air Products, a worldwide provider of technology and equipment solutions, materials and gases, has declared that its name figures among the 23 worldwide companies and one among the four U.S. - based companies to be named to the Global Disclosure and Performance Leadership Indexes for 2011 owned by Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP).

17 Sep 2011

IRD Researchers Explain the Reasons for the Melt of Andean Glacier

A recent publication in the journal, Nature explains the success of the IRD researchers and their associates in elucidating the reasons for the glacial melt in the Andes during the last 10,000 years.

14 Sep 2011

Researchers Forecast Regular Occurrence of Extreme Level of Summertime Temperature

The results of the study performed by the Boston University researchers published in the latest issue of Climate Change Letters journal indicates the imminent impacts of increase in the worldwide average temperature level and on the summer season temperature level in the U.S and other parts of the world.

13 Sep 2011

Research Finds Proper, In time Rainfall Forecasts Improve Agricultural Yields

The outlook of the Sub-Saharan Africa, which entirely relies on the potential of its agricultural sector to feed its growing population, suffers an alarming level of starvation deaths as much as 30%, considered as the highest globally.

13 Sep 2011

NCAR Research Found Substituting Use of Coal with Natural Gas Does Not Decelerate Climate Change

A new study performed by Tom Wigley, National Center for Atmospheric Research’s (NCAR), senior research associate indicates that the increased level of natural gas usage substituting the use of coal does not decelerate climate change.

12 Sep 2011

Reduce Diesel Soot To Slow The Melting Of Arctic Ice?

A new study of dust-like particles of soot in the air — now emerging as the second most important — but previously overlooked — factor in global warming provides fresh evidence that reducing soot emissions from diesel engines and other sources could slow melting of sea ice in the Arctic faster and more economically than any other quick fix, a scientist reported here today.

1 Sep 2011

New Research Hints on Underestimation of Biodiversity Loss due to Global Warming

Researchers of the Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F) and the SENCKENBERG Gesellschaft für Naturkunde have published a story in the “Nature Climate Change” journal, in which they say that over 80% of inner-species of biodiversity will be lost by the year 2080.

26 Aug 2011

Increasing Greenhouse Gases Raises Concern

New research conducted at the University of Washington indicates that even when all the polar sea ice on Earth melts due to warming climate it could recover if the global temperatures come down again.

20 Aug 2011

Empa Reports Reveal Under-Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Pollutant measurements performed by the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Empa, has revealed that quite a few countries have under-reported their emissions.

20 Aug 2011