Category Archives: climate change

Asia dims the lights for Earth Hour

Posted on March 28, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

Lights went out at Sydney’s Opera House and Harbour Bridge on Saturday for Earth Hour 2009, a global event in which landmarks and homes go dark for an hour to highlight the threat from climate change.In Asia, lights at landmarks … Continue reading →

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Future Farmers Will Face Growing Climate change Dilemma

Posted on March 26, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

Farmers of the future will have to use cattle and sheep that belch less methane, crops that emit far less planet-warming nitrous oxide and become experts in reporting their greenhouse gas emissions to the government.Agriculture is a major source of … Continue reading →

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And now Growing pollution Leads to “Global Dimming”

Posted on March 13, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

Visibility on clear days has declined in much of the world since the 1970s thanks to a rise in airborne pollutants, according to scientists  . They described a “global dimming” in particular over south and east Asia, South America, Australia … Continue reading →

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Arctic summer ice could vanish by 2013

Posted on March 6, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

The Arctic is warming up so quickly that the region’s sea ice cover in summer could vanish as early as 2013, decades earlier than some had predicted, a leading polar expert said .Warwick Vincent, director of the Center for Northern … Continue reading →

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