Environment

Last-minute crumbs at Copenhagen With 24 hours to go, a minor US concession and a truce between squabbling nation blocs on Thursday allowed some crumbs to be salvaged from the Copenhagen climate summit. For India, in the months ahead, even this weak statem ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Dec 17 2009 - 7:18pm

Developed nations should deliver on Kyoto Protocol, says Manmohan Singh

Developed nations should deliver on Kyoto Protocol, says Manmohan Singh Buzz Up Share Twitter Delicious Myspace Digg Stumble Upon Facebook Fri, Dec 18 07:30 PM Copenhagen, Dec.18 (ANI): Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said that there is need ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Dec 18 2009 - 11:05am

President Barack Obama is holding another one-on-one meeting with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao

COPENHAGEN – President Barack Obama is holding another one-on-one meeting with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, in hopes of sweeping aside some of the disputes that have barred a final deal at an international climate conference. That makes the second private t ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Dec 18 2009 - 12:31pm

Obama says 'meaningful' deal struck with India, 3 others

Obama says 'meaningful' deal struck with India, 3 others Buzz Up Share Twitter Delicious Myspace Digg Stumble Upon Facebook Sat, Dec 19 10:25 AM President Barack Obama today said the US has reached a "meaningful" deal to curb greenhouse ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Dec 19 2009 - 4:56am

Climate chnge or population change is threat to global earth

Copenhagen is discussing climate change problems of green house gases. Nobody seems to care for the real problem of climate change being casued by unplanned growth of population which has neither to eat nor to feed nor keep themselves clean and keep enviro ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Dec 19 2009 - 6:24am

Biofuels and Development

Biofuels and Development The potential for biofuels is particularly large in tropical countries, where crop yields are higher than in temperate regions; also land and labour costs are generally lower. With crude oil prices above US$ 0.40 per litre, biofuel ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Dec 19 2009 - 6:48am

Calotropis procera (Ait.) Ait. f. giant milkweed has great potential for colonization of wastelands

Calotropis procera (Ait.) Ait. f. giant milkweed ASCLEPIADACEAE Synonym: Asclepias procera Ait. General Description.—Giant milkweed is also known as sodom apple, calotrope, French cotton, small crown flower (English), algodón de seda, bomba (Spanish), cott ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Dec 20 2009 - 5:57am

India says to better cuts in gas emissions growth

India says to better cuts in gas emissions growth Buzz Up Share Twitter Delicious Myspace Digg Stumble Upon Facebook Tue, Dec 22 06:42 PM Enlarge Photo A man walks in front of a garbage processing plant in Daddumajra village on the... The government could ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Dec 22 2009 - 9:02am

Christmas With A Flood

Just a short note, a record to be precise. Last night the sea water level rose to +1.35 meters above average in the Venice lagoon, in a quite uncharacteristic quarter-moon surge triggered by low pressure conditions on the Adriatic sea. Tonight and tomorrow ...

Blog Post - Tommaso Dorigo - Dec 23 2009 - 2:31pm

Can Nature Adapt To Climate Change In Time?

The climate is changing and the natural world has to adapt to it. But how much time do the multitudes of species and their habitats have before it's too late? A team of environmental researchers has set out to answer that very question, and they say t ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 24 2009 - 2:32am