UN warns against delayed action on global warming

Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 16:37

Delaying action on global warming will only increase the costs and reduce the options for dealing with the worst effects of climate change, according to a draft report by UN experts.

Climate change can become irreversible in 15 years, if not addressed immediately

Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 14:30

A United Nations ( UN) panel has warned of climate change becoming a great problem nearly impossible to solve in another 15 years, if not seriously addressed.

Day`s weather influence people form global warming opinions

Last Updated: Monday, January 13, 2014, 20:47

It may sound strange but even global warming opinions among the common men on the street waver as the weather changes from hot to cold and vice versa.

2013 one of the driest years in Cherrapunjee

Last Updated: Monday, January 13, 2014, 19:11

The year 2013 was one of the driest in Cherrapunjee (renamed Sohra) -- known as one of the wettest places on the earth -- in Meghalaya compared to the last 35 years.

Public against climate engineering: Study

Last Updated: Monday, January 13, 2014, 15:36

For the public, it`s a thumbs-down when it comes to climate engineering measures -- the deliberate large-scale manipulation of the environment to counteract climate change, says a study.

Is climate change behind US cold snap?

Last Updated: Thursday, January 9, 2014, 18:47

The arctic blast that brought record low temperatures across the US in the past few days has provided fuel for global-warming sceptics, even as scientists debate whether the extreme cold might, in fact, be a consequence of a warming climate.

`Stopping` global warming artificially could lead to climate chaos

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 8, 2014, 15:10

Scientists have warned that the proposal to ward off global warming by cooling earth artificially could lead to climate disorder like drought in poorest countries, particularly in Africa, South America and Asia.

Stable population only hope in species` response to climate change

Last Updated: Monday, January 6, 2014, 12:20

The climate in the UK has warmed over the last forty years, and many species, including butterflies, have shifted their distributions northwards, a new study has found.

Local factors causing significant spikes in coastal ocean acidity

Last Updated: Sunday, January 5, 2014, 13:09

A new study has documented dramatic, natural short-term increases in the acidity of a North Carolina estuary.

Climate change no threat for desert plants

Last Updated: Thursday, January 2, 2014, 19:21

For plants thriving in a desert environment, climate change poses no potential threat.

Climate change causing mangroves to grow in Florida

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 1, 2014, 16:20

Mangrove trees, which are highly sensitive to cold, have expanded enormously on the Atlantic coast of Florida as the frequency of frosts has diminished, says a study.

Climate change would result in major reductions in sea floor marine life by 2010

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 1, 2014, 11:36

A new study used advanced climate models to predict that sea floor dwelling marine life would decline by 38 per cent in the North Atlantic and over five per cent globally over the next century.