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Weather dice is loaded

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Fatal disconnect

Science drowns at land's end

Change of climate in the US

Ignorance and arrogance make for good floods

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A work in progress

Nicholas Stern on politics of climate change

In 2006, Nicholas Stern former chief economist, World Bank and advisor to the UK government, wrote about the economic threat from climate …

Empty Promises

The high-level conference at Rome was called to find a way out of the global food crisis. A series of consultations with experts preceded this …

Insect attacks affected 142 mn ha forest between 2003 and 2012: Report

The State of the World’s Forests report warned climate change will exacerbate wildfires and pest attacks in the future

One step forward, two steps back

Countries want to do little to keep global average temperature rise to below 2oC. The Warsaw climate talks have exposed this. A report by Uthra …

Of stoves, kilns and a fine distinction between emissions

In the second week of March, activists, academics, policy-makers and experts in various fields came together in Delhi to throw light on the …

A monsoon warning

Algae bloom worsens drought

Climate change is now a human rights issue

Antarctic ice shelf collapses

Warm weather favours locusts

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Changing climate Jharsuguda to seattle

Antarctica shrinking much faster than thought

Power games at UN climate talks

Climate talks unfolded amid high drama. Developing countries protested inaction by developed countries, civil society organisations walked out, …