In a sudden display of urgency and anxiety the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity has announced that it is targeting zero deforestation in the ASEAN region by 2020. It has correlated the recent food crisis to the loss of biodiversity..
Agricultural run offs have resulted in the formation of hundreds of dead zones (also known as hypoxic zones) in the oceans and seas all over the world. One such dead zone is present in the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana and Texas Coast. This is the…
It seems global warming has started making its impact already. It is not a distant reality anymore. According to the National Weather Service, Iowa, Kansas and Wisconsin have experienced extreme weather conditions that killed 24 people and led to the.
Amidst all the pondering and wondering about crude oil, recent reports have pointed out that coal still accounts for most of the emissions, especially in China. While it is having the largest population in the world and growing at a supersonic rate,..
The fourth China-US strategic economic dialogues (SED) is soon to be held in US this week. Both the countries plan to deal with the energy and environment issues together in the next decade. China and US are the two largest energy producer and…
Under the deep blue sea, thousands of species find their shelter in the beautiful coral reefs. They are entirely dependent on this for food, shelter and reproduction. But if the corals no more exist, where should they go? The global worming is a big…
Sounds like US are venturing to jeopardize the balance of Nature and its possession. The US administration has given acquiescence to seven oil companies to drill oil in the Chuckchi Sea, which is the habitat of a large number of polar bears. Sounds…
The land which was the birth place of so many conquerors and warlords in the medieval world, is now a demure agrarian economy and is finding it hard even to continue with the traditional farming practices. Large tracts of arable lands are now covered…
Forests are natures biggest recycle bins, recycling not only nutrients but also essential atmospheric gases. According to a paper published in the journal Science, forests could actually help reduce global warming by taking up excess carbon dioxide from..
Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency has ranked China as the top global carbon dioxide emitter and it is the third western agency to do so in the recent past. This further increases the discomfort of the Chinese who are already under the…
