Environment

Something rotten Sitaram Yechury December 15, 2009 First Published: 21:22 IST(15/12/2009) Last Updated: 21:28 IST(15/12/2009) Print The global negotiations on Climate Change at Copenhagen enters its final stage with the three-day Heads of States Summit sta ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Dec 31 2009 - 9:06am

Arctic could face seasonally ice-free conditions: Study

Arctic could face seasonally ice-free conditions: Study PTI 30 December 2009, 12:58pm ISTText Size:|Topics:arctic US Geological Survey WASHINGTON: US Geological Survey (USGS) has warned that the Arctic could face seasonally ice-free conditions and much war ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Jan 1 2010 - 7:14am

'Copenhagen could mean end of Kyoto'

'Copenhagen could mean end of Kyoto' TNN 28 December 2009, 02:55am ISTText Size:|Topics:India Saran Copenhagen Kyoto NEW DELHI: Prime Minister's special envoy on climate change Shyam Saran on Sunday admitted in a TV interview that the Copen ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Jan 1 2010 - 7:19am

Environmentalists worried over global warming affecting Kashmir climate

Environmentalists worried over global warming affecting Kashmir climate ANI 25 December 2009, 09:53pm ISTText Size:|Topics:Kashmir Valley Chilai Kalan SRINAGAR: Environmentalists have expressed concern over Chilai Kalan, the 70-day-long coldest period of w ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Jan 1 2010 - 7:29am

Asian Monkey Hair Warns Of Toxic Threats To Humans

Writing in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, a team of researchers says that testing hair from Asian monkeys living close to people may provide early warnings of toxic threats to humans and wildlife. In parts of South and Southeast Asia, macaq ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 4 2010 - 7:49pm

The United Nations process failed to deliver Copenhagen analysis by experts

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Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Jan 6 2010 - 11:07am

Carbon Sequestration

Carbon Sequestration The Virginia Center for Coal and Energy Research is using the LI-8100 to monitor soil CO2 flux near the injection well. Southeast Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership’s Central Appalachian Coal Seam Project Coal Bed Methane Inject ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Jan 7 2010 - 8:31am

Study Explains How Plants Respond To Climate Change

A new report published in the January 8 issue of Cell explains how plants, which are incredibly temperature sensitive, not only 'feel' the temperature rise, but also coordinate an appropriate response-- activating hundreds of genes and deactivati ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 7 2010 - 2:35pm

Should The EPA Ban Mountaintop Mining?

Writing in the January 8 issue of Science, a group of environmental scientists is calling on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S Army Corps of Engineers to stay all new mountaintop mining permits. They argue that peer-reviewed research une ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 7 2010 - 5:54pm

Defrosting The Freezer

Defrosting The Freezer There are many ways to defrost a freezer. You can just switch off the power and wait for room temperature to permeate the ice. You can use a heat source such as a hair-dryer or hot air gun. Or you could chip away the ice and dump ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - Jan 8 2010 - 4:23pm