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Sea bug vital for recycling planet`s carbon

Last Updated: Thursday, February 14, 2013, 15:12

SAR11 bug is the most abundant organism in the oceans, playing a vital role in the planet`s carbon cycle, says a study.

`Global warming has stalled since 1998`

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 9, 2013, 12:46

Global warming has stalled since 1998, and in the next few years Earth`s temperature will not rise as rapidly as feared, UK Met officials have claimed.

Higher sea rises caused by past emission levels

Last Updated: Sunday, January 6, 2013, 12:37

Past greenhouse gas concentrations, similar to present levels of about 400 parts per million, were also linked to sea levels rising at least nine metres higher than current levels over the past 40 million years

Internet spews out 830 million tonnes of CO2

Last Updated: Saturday, January 5, 2013, 19:06

Internet, video and other cloud services, which comprise information communications and technology (ICT) industry, spews out more than 830 million tonnes of carbon dioxide annually, researchers found.

IPCC report on global warming leaked online

Last Updated: Saturday, December 15, 2012, 12:27

The draft of a major global warming report by the UN has been leaked on the Internet, which says that scientist are sure that humans are responsible for causing the planet to warm.

Probe against Deutsche Bank CEO on Carbon cert tax evasion

Last Updated: Thursday, December 13, 2012, 13:31

German prosecutors have opened investigations against Deutsche Bank co-CEO Juergen Fitschen and management board member Stefan Krause to probe tax evasion involving the trading of carbon emission certificates.

Unable to resolve differences, climate talks extended by a day

Last Updated: Friday, December 7, 2012, 23:44

With several differences and concerns yet to be resolved, negotiators today head for another night of diplomatic wrangling at the Doha climate talks which has inevitably spilled over into an extra day.

`Rich nations should upscale their emission reduction targets`

Last Updated: Thursday, December 6, 2012, 22:37

The BASIC countries, including India, today demanded that rich nations upscale their emission reduction targets as well as financial pledges to enable a viable outcome from the meeting.

Doha Summit: LDCs side with developed countries over equity

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 5, 2012, 20:57

Negotiators from the world`s poorer nations today appeared to side with the developed countries in demanding that the debate on equity must not be used to "derail" the climate talks.

Rising carbon dioxide levels lowering rice yields

Last Updated: Sunday, December 2, 2012, 13:29

Rising levels of carbon dioxide are lowering the high grain yields of dwarf rice varieties, says a new research from Germany.

China opposes EU carbon emission tax

Last Updated: Thursday, November 22, 2012, 23:26

China has opposed the European Union's emissions trading scheme, which seeks to tax non-EU international airlines for carbon emissions.

Earth `to get hotter than estimated by end of 21st century`

Last Updated: Friday, November 9, 2012, 20:59

The world could be in for a devastating increase of some eight degrees Fahrenheit by 2100, resulting in drastically higher seas, disappearing coastlines and more severe droughts.