Environment
Climate change debate outside UNSC’s mandate: India
21 Jul 2011
India has said discussion on climate change in the United Nations Security Council, though welcome, was not part of the 15-member body’s mandate.
Nepal to re-measure Mount Everest
20 Jul 2011
Embroiled in a perpetual controversy with neighbouring China over the actual height of Mt Everest, Nepal has ordered a new survey of the world’s tallest mountain
Earth's loudest animal: a tiny European insect
04 Jul 2011
What is extraordinary about the ability of the M schlotzi is that the area they use to create sound only measures about 50 micrometres across, roughly the width of a human hair.
India for extending Kyoto Protocol
04 Jul 2011
Global warming could alter the US premium wine industry within 30 years
04 Jul 2011
The amount of high-value Northern California land suitable for growing premium wine grapes could be cut in half by 2040 because of global warming.
Kids 45 miles away from Tepco plant to be issued dosimeters
30 Jun 2011
34,000 children aged between four and 15 living 45 miles from the plant in in Fukushima city will have to wear radiation monitors
Ramesh clears mining proposals in Chattisgarh
24 Jun 2011
Chevrolet unveils Beat battery electric vehicle
23 Jun 2011
Beef barons exposed by space pics face jail
17 Jun 2011
China's Brahmputra plans not worrisome: Krishna
16 Jun 2011
Total buys controlling stake in SunPower for $1.3 billion
15 Jun 2011
Total's takeover of SunPower will create a new global leader in the solar industry
Seaports need a plan for weathering climate change, say Stanford researchers
By By Donna Hesterman | 14 Jun 2011
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