Researchers find new way of making steel without greenhouse-gas emissions

Last Updated: Thursday, May 9, 2013, 14:08

Steel-making, a major emitter of climate-altering gases, could be transformed by a new process developed at MIT.

Tropical forests more resilient to global warming than thought

Last Updated: Monday, March 11, 2013, 12:55

Tropical forests are less likely to lose biomass - plants and plant material - in response to greenhouse gas emissions over the twenty-first century than may previously have been thought, a study has suggested. <br><br>

Practical policy changes can help reduce greenhouse gas

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 13, 2013, 15:03

Cities across the globe can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions by implementing aggressive, but practical policy changes, a new study has said.

Airtel reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 11% per terabyte

Last Updated: Friday, January 11, 2013, 18:19

Bharti Airtel has reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 11 percent per terabyte in network infrastructure in 2011-12.

Wick lamps too account for huge carbon levels

Last Updated: Thursday, November 29, 2012, 15:41

Smoke emitted by simple wick lamps is also churning out carbon levels overlooked in greenhouse gas emissions, says a study.

UN climate change summit: `Time is running out`

Last Updated: Monday, November 26, 2012, 17:09

In Doha, delegates from over 190 countries gathered for discussions on major issues relating to global anti-warming efforts.

Carbon buried in soil by erosion may rise again after 500 years

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 6, 2012, 19:56

Scientists have identified a source of carbon emissions that could play a role in understanding past and future global change.

`Too late to stop global warming by cutting emissions`

Last Updated: Thursday, October 18, 2012, 19:08

Governments and institutions should focus on developing adaption policies to address and mitigate against the negative impact of global warming.

`Deep emissions cuts can’t stop rising sea levels`

Last Updated: Monday, July 2, 2012, 15:27

Rise in sea level cannot be stopped over the next several hundred years, even if deep emissions cuts lower global average temperatures.

World likely to face significant sea-level rise in coming centuries

Last Updated: Monday, June 25, 2012, 12:23

Sea levels around the world can be expected to rise by several meters in coming centuries, if global warming carries on, according to a new study.

Russia to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent

Last Updated: Friday, June 22, 2012, 10:04

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has said Russia will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent by 2020 in comparison to 1990.

`Benefits of biofuel use on environment overestimated`

Last Updated: Saturday, June 9, 2012, 18:42

Calculations of GHGs emissions from bioenergy production are neglecting crucial information that has led to the overestimation of the benefits of biofuels.