New research shows that butterflies in Greenland have become smaller in response to increasing temperatures due to climate change. It has often been demonstrated that the ongoing rapid climate change in the Arctic region is causing substantial change to Arctic ecosystems. Now Danish researchers demonstrate that a warmer Greenland could be bad for its butterflies, […]
The next two years could be the hottest on record globally, says research from the UK’s Met Office. It warns big changes could be under way in the climate system with greenhouse gases increasing the impact of natural trends. The research shows that a major El Nino event is in play in the Pacific, which […]
Oct 4 2015 | Posted in
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In 2000, malaria was identified as one of the biggest impediments to global development and selected as a critical global target of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Target 6c aimed to halt and begin to reverse the incidence of malaria by 2015. This report summarizes the remarkable progress seen, on a global and regional level, […]
We often hear it said that climate change is too abstract to win the support needed to effectively combat it. But the primary way we will experience climate change is through the water cycle – through droughts, floods, depleted rivers, shrinking reservoirs, dried-out soils, melting glaciers, loss of snowpack and overall shortages of water to […]
Sep 21 2015 | Posted in
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Pollution, industrial fishing and climate change have killed off half of marine life in the last four decades, according to a WWF report released yesterday. Species essential to global food supply — especially in poorer nations where fish provide essential dietary protein — were among the hardest hit, the conservation group’s Living Blue Planet Report […]
New research predicts a stunning meltoff of the Antarctic Ice Sheet if all of the world’s accessible fossil fuel is burned. New York City would be swallowed by the ocean. Tokyo and Shanghai, too, would vanish. Sea levels stand to rise by a staggering 164 feet (50 meters) or more if the world goes for […]
Climate change activists have got onto the north runway at Heathrow airport to launch a protest. A spokesman for direct action group Plane Stupid said a dozen demonstrators cut through a fence and entered the runway at 3.30am. He said the protesters were campaigning against airport expansion and would stay on the runway for as long as […]
Jul 13 2015 | Posted in
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গ্রিনহাউজ গ্যাস নির্গমন কমিয়ে আনার উদ্যোগ বিশ্বে ক্ষুধার্ত মানুষের সংখ্যা আরো বাড়িয়ে দিতে পারে বলে নতুন এক গবেষণায় আশঙ্কা প্রকাশ করা হয়েছে। অর্থনৈতিকভাবে সমৃদ্ধশালী দেশগুলো বিশ্ব ঊষ্ণায়ন রোধে গ্রিনহাউজ গ্যাস নির্গমণ হ্রাসে এক জোট হয়ে কাজ করছে। প্রধান গবেষক জাপানের ‘ন্যাশনাল ইন্সটিটিউট ফর এনভায়রনমেন্টাল স্টাডিজ’ এর টোমোকো হাসেগাওয়া বলেন, “এ ঝুঁকির কারণে যে গ্রিন হাউজ […]
Jun 29 2015 | Posted in
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চিকিৎসা বিজ্ঞানে অস্ত্রোপচারের ক্ষেত্রে রোগীদেরকে অচেতন করতে অ্যানেসথেটিক (চেতনানাশক) গ্যাসের ভূমিকা অসামান্য হলেও পৃথিবীর বায়ুমণ্ডলের জন্য এই গ্যাসগুলো বেশ ক্ষতিকর। সুইজারল্যান্ডের নতুন এক গবেষণায় এ তথ্য উঠে এসেছে। গবেষকরা বলছেন, কার্বন ডাইঅক্সাইড গ্যাসের মত অ্যানেসথেটিক গ্যাসগুলোও বায়ুমণ্ডলে সূর্যের অধিক তাপ ধরে রাখতে (গ্রিনহাউজ এফেক্ট) ভূমিকা রাখে। বরং কার্বন ডাইঅক্সাইডের তুলনায় চেতনানাশক গ্যাসগুলো বায়ুমন্ডলে সূর্যের অতিবেগুনী […]
May 20 2015 | Posted in
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BILLINGS, Mont. — Wildlife advocates asked a judge Wednesday to force federal officials to decide if a rare aquatic insect that’s found only in Montana’s Glacier National Park should be protected under the Endangered Species Act. Western glacier stoneflies were first identified by scientists in 1963. They live in streams fed by cold water from […]
Apr 19 2015 | Posted in
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