Global warming to dry up rivers, inundate cities
New Delhi: India’s summer monsoon will become highly unpredictable if the world’s average temperature rises by 2ºC in the next two-three decades, a scientific report commissioned by the World Bank sa
UN climate meet clears landmark deal to combat global warming
After days of emotional debate that saw India and the EU clash over a planned roadmap, UN climate talks on Sunday reached a landmark deal under which the European Union will place its current emission
Global warming threat to rainforests exaggerated
London: The threat to tropical rainforests from global warming may have been exaggerated, says a new study.
Researchers have shown that the world's tropical forests thrived in the far distant past wh
Earth will take 100,000 years ‘to recuperate from global warming’
London: Geologists have warned that the Earth will take 100,000 years to recover from global warming if mankind continues to pump greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
Geologists have been able to mo
'Dry water' that soaks up carbon faster
Scientists have created 'dry water' that soaks carbon three times better than water, and hence help combat global warming.
Each particle of dry water, a substance that looks like powdered sugar, cont