Life Improving Guide
Even if they are not, I’m sure petrol will be! Race to save the planet has resulted in the buzz for green tax, carbon free, non-nuclear electricity and now it is a bid to ban petrol-powered cars by 2040.
In the UK, the Lib Democrats have backed a…
Are petrol-powered cars to be banned by 2040? Read More »
A move by the U.S. President George Bush could see a speedier removal of HCFCs in refrigeration. In a move designed to go beyond the proposals of the Kyoto Protocol, the President plans to pursue a new action plan to combat global warming. His…
Bush Moves for Quicker Phase-Out of HCFC’s Read More »
Unseen, little known, ancient animals roamed the arctic tundra for years. Their left over waste and organic matter remains sealed inside the frozen permafrost. With the permafrost thawing, scientists believe that, once this organic matter becomes…
Will dinosaur dung and mammoth poop accelerate global warming in the Arctic? Read More »
While on one hand, man is busy exploiting the world’s natural resources to devastation to let his ends meet, on the other, a lot seems to have been left unexplored. In inlands like Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands several flying fox species…
Unique orange-furred flying fox-breed spotted in Philippines Read More »
In another incentive to reduce pollution, the Kyoto protocol has extended project eligibility under the carbon-trading scheme whereby efficient coal-fired power plants will be able to sell carbon-offsetting credits.
The U.N.’s clean…
Kyoto Protocol suggests clean coal for carbon offsetting Read More »
Sailors had often looked for an alternate and short passage from Europe to Asia and Global warming seems to have made that possible for them. With warming temperatures the ice-bound sea of the arctic is melting, paving the way for the Northwest…
Lowest ever-Arctic ice coverage leaves Northwest Passage open Read More »
The Texas-Louisiana border area got its share of the tropical storms’ punches with 2007 declared as the ‘Hurricane Year’. It was on Thursday, the shock-struck upper Texas coast about 30 miles (48 km) east of Galveston was left with one person killed,.
Hurricane Humberto hits Texas, Louisiana at record rate of intensity! Read More »
Indonesia was shocked, rocked and quaked again, with an earthquake that devastated interior and coastal parts of the country, bringing with it the memories of devastating 2004 Tsunami. But, thankfully, this earthquake that gave airs to fears of a…
Earthquake shakes Indonesia Read More »
With 2007 declared the Hurricane Year, the Atlantic hurricane season is in its peak starting from June 1 and already through witnessing eight tropical storms, is still to see more with its ending till November 30.
The Atlantic’s ninth storm is…
Atlantic coast-dwellers, be aware! Tropical Storm Ingrid is in the making Read More »
While the debate to grow food or fuel carries on, scientists are looking for plants that produce biofuels butsustainable. For instance in Mali, Africa, Jatroph mainly used as a natural fence between rows of their regular crops could very well become an.
Jatropha’s Potential Power wooing Mali’s farmers Read More »
