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Last Updated: Nov 5, 2009 - 1:41:32 PM |
Climate
Rapid environmental change threatens human health
Changes to the earth's land cover, climate and ecosystems are endangering the health of hundreds of millions, possibly over a billion, of people worldwide and now represent the greatest public health challenge of the 21st century, says international green think tank Worldwatch Institute.
Nov 5, 2009 - 5:56:48 PM
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Climate
Climate change means less water, less food
New Delhi, April 12 - Rainfall in India and other tropical and sub-tropical countries has gone down from the 1970s due to global warming, says the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change -, predicting that food supplies will also go down in these regions.
Apr 12, 2008 - 9:59:30 AM
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Climate
Reducing air pollution could increase rice harvests in India
New research from the University of California indicates that reductions of human-generated air pollution could create unexpected agricultural benefits in one of the world's poorest regions. These new findings will be published online the week of Dec. 4 in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
Dec 4, 2006 - 2:53:01 PM
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Climate
First Compilation of Tropical Ice Cores Shows Abrupt Global Climate Shift
For the first time, glaciologists have combined and compared sets of ancient climate records trapped in ice cores from the South American Andes and the Asian Himalayas to paint a picture of how climate has changed and is still changing in the tropics. Their conclusions mark a massive climate shift to a cooler regime that occurred just over 5,000 years ago, and a more recent reversal to a much warmer world within the last 50 years. The evidence also suggests that most of the high-altitude glaciers in the planets tropical regions will disappear in the near future. The paper was included in the current issue of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.
Jun 29, 2006 - 4:46:37 AM
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Climate
East Asia may experience less drastic climate change
The extreme effects of climate change on the world depicted in the US blockbuster movie The Day After Tomorrow may not be quite true where East Asia is concerned, according to a new study. In particular, the scene from the film depicting huge ice balls falling on Tokyo, causing death and destruction, is very unlikely. The research suggests that temperatures are unlikely to change as drastically in East Asia as they could do in countries bordering the North Atlantic, such as America and Great Britain.
Jun 29, 2006 - 4:41:37 AM
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Climate
Global warming may affect length of Respiratory syncytial virus infection season
Rising global temperatures over the past two decades may be responsible for a shortened season of a serious respiratory illness in the United Kingdom, according to an article in the March 1 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, now available online.
Feb 12, 2006 - 6:06:37 PM
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Climate
Heat acclimatization cause false indications of mortality due to ozone
Ozone is being wrongly blamed for many of the deaths during hot weather spells, finds a new UCL (University College London) study. UCL scientists warn that amidst all the concerns over air pollution, the more basic health message of staying cool when the weather is hot' may be being forgotten.
Oct 12, 2005 - 4:46:38 AM
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Climate
Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund raised $2 million in online funds in hours
The Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund announced that it has raised over $2 million in online donations. This announcement comes less than 6 hours after the Fund announced that it had raised $1 million dollars online in approximately 24 hours.
Sep 8, 2005 - 12:17:38 AM
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Climate
Atmosphere may cleanse itself better
A research team from Purdue University and the University of California, San Diego has found that the Earths atmosphere may be more effective at cleansing itself of smog and other damaging hydrocarbons than was once thought.
May 13, 2005 - 8:04:38 PM
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Climate
Earth's reflectivity a great unknown in gauging climate change impacts
Earth's climate is being changed substantially by a buildup of atmospheric greenhouse gases, but a group of leading climate scientists contends the overall impact is not understood as well as it should be because data are too scarce on how much energy the planet reflects into space.
May 6, 2005 - 4:30:38 PM
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