Category Archives: climate change

Himalayan glaciers ‘melting fast’

Posted on May 12, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

Melting glaciers in the Himalayas could lead to water shortages for hundreds of millions of people, the conservation group WWF has claimed. In a report, the WWF says India, China and Nepal could experience floods followed by droughts in coming … Continue reading →

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Sea Salt Holds Clues To Climate Change

Posted on May 8, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

New research in United Kingdom (U.K.) suggests that the amount of salt in seawater is varying in direct response to  climate change. Working  with data collected over the past 50 years, Peter Stott, head of climate monitoring and attribution at … Continue reading →

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Google employs goats!!!

Posted on May 3, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

Google is conserving energy by cutting its Mountain View, Calif., lawns with adorable goats!! Yes, it’s true. The company has enlisted an innovative start-up called California Grazing to bring some of the Google greenery a more carbon-friendly, less polluting alternative … Continue reading →

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Fire :An Important and under-appreciated part of global climate change

Posted on April 24, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

Fire must be accounted for as an integral part of climate change, according to 22 authors of an article published in the April 24 issue of the journal Science. The authors determined that intentional deforestation fires alone contribute up to … Continue reading →

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