Hot data

False hopes sunk?

The Amazon emits high levels of greenhouse gases

Soiled option?

US scientists evolve way to sequester carbon dioxide in soil

The rising

Concrete gain

Indian brick makers may sell carbon credits

Too greedy for foresight

The heat is on

There is tremendous pressure now on the South to meet the greenhouse gas emissions reduction quota of the west

Equity first

The only way to a lasting international climate treaty is to accept equal rights of all human beings to release greenhouse gases, acknowledges a …

An encounter

AMERICAN HEAT . By Donald A Brown . First edition . Published by Rowman and Littlefield Publishers Inc. . Maryland . USA . 2002

Scientists develop salt tolerant rice variety

The variety can withstand salt concentration of up to 200 micromole per litre

Oceans of evidence

The heat is on

The hottest temperatures recorded in the last century in Australia were in the 90s

Squaring off

Myth exploded

Curbing global warming not such an expensive proposition

F(ired)-gases

4th major oil shock in 30 years

No let-up in fossil fuel consumption. Why?

Quid pro no

Blair fails to budge Bush on climate controls again

Climate change affects world's lakes

By 2080, the world's lakes will experience a temperature change of up to 6.7c caused by greenhouse gas emissions, according to a study by the uk-…

"We increasingly rely on inorganic fertilisers"

James Galloway, chairperson of the US-based International Nitrogen Initiative,tells T V Jayan that problems associated with nitrogen cycle …

US public says yes to Kyoto Protocol

Alarming sign

Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are at their peak, claim UK scientists

One more down

A business group critical ofthe Kyoto Treaty loses yetanother member

Uncle Sam coming around?

Rat race

Emissions reduction projects go to large developing nations

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