NEWS SNIPPETS

Great Siberian thaw

Methane, carbon dioxide will be released on a huge scale

Generating heat

US industry not doing enough about its emissions to mitigate global warming

Bytes

UK firms fail to meet environmental standards

Nemo finds its predator

Rising carbon emissions muddle smelling ability of small fish

The climate-forest continuum

Green Mission: raise forests, sink CO2

Protect biodiversity too, say experts  

How much life has ever existed on Earth?

A new study has looked at big questions like how much life will ever exist on Earth 

CoP26 Diary (Nov 3): Activists outrage at not being able to access event

A round-up of what went on at the Glasgow summit

All for a change

Global climate change is today a spectre which allows for no ostriches

Volcanoes play their own role in warming Earth: Study

It also found that all volcanoes on the planet are emitting carbon dioxide

Pollution in news on June 7

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and debates on pollution

How looking into space can help our understanding of climate change on Earth

Atmospheric changes on exoplanets could hold clues to our own environmental problems

Harley-Davidson to pay $12-million fine over emission violation

The company will also spend additional $3 million to reduce air pollution on US roads

Energy and environment in 21st century India

Decentralised small grids hold the key to India’s energy impasse

Leading the polluters

The ecological cost of air travel

Concrete worries

Cement kilns are the third largest contributors of carbon dioxide

Kyoto targets impossible

Eco-friendly growth

Despite a growing economy, global carbon emissions declined by 0.5 per cent in 1998

A problem with pollen

Global warming could worsen allergies, says a new study

Flying fines

Clean move

China cuts down its carbon dioxide emissions

Small is efficient