These are typically the nations with the biggest industries, biggest production capabilities and the biggest populations.
Natural gas is widely used as an important energy source in many applications.
The deadly landslides in Kerala's ecologically fragile Wayanad district were triggered by a heavy burst of rainfall, made 10 per cent heavier by climate change, according to a new rapid attribution study by a global team of scientists.
'The Indian cement sector is the most energy-efficient worldwide, mainly due to modern technology used in the plants but also because of efficient monitoring of a plant's performance on a daily basis, focusing on energy savings and carbon dioxide emission reductions.'
Japan's strategy of providing incentives to various stakeholders together with building up mobilisation on environmental issues has worked well for the country.
In what could be claimed a major breakthrough, scientists have produced sugar from solar energy, using plant, bacterial, frog and fungal enzymes.
Organic molecules essential for life have been detected in another hot gas planet outside the solar system, within a year by scientists from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Sugar-powered cars may be our future. Researchers have developed a 'revolutionary' process for converting plant sugars into hydrogen, which they claim could be used to cheaply and efficiently run vehicles. According to the researchers, the conversion process involves combining plant sugars, water and a cocktail of powerful enzymes to produce hydrogen and carbon dioxide under mild reaction conditions.
Vatsala Gaikwad and Supriya Bhadakwad from Maharashtra hopped on a plane for the first time to protest about the loss of their jobs to rubbish-guzzling incinerators.
Global oil shortage is looming large. While the tug-of-war over oil is waging across the world, Hydrogen Regeneration can be a viable option.
The greater land-use in organic farming leads indirectly to higher carbon dioxide emissions, thanks to deforestation.
Contrary to the belief that plants could help cool land, scientists have found that plants will directly warm the land surface when there is excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
Al Gore has reportedly resorted to poetry, as his editor did not allow him to publish a chapter in the book about the ramifications of uncontrolled global warming.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Sunday India would continue to work with like-minded people to make the Copenhagen climate change conference a success.
Poor bandwidth availability and last-mile connectivity might have slowed the use of unified communications as a technology, but now it's emerging as a strategic tool with corporations for employee retention and going green. Corporations are encouraging the use of UC, helping them to curtail business travel. This, they believe, results in lowering carbon dioxide emission into the atmosphere.
On Saturday, crores of people across the world participated in 4000 simultaneous events in over 170 countries, to urge world leaders to support a clear solution to the climate change crisis. The events, organised by the Association of Community Organisations for Reform Now and the grassroots campaign 350.org, are seeking global action to reduce the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to 350 parts per million. The Indian unit of ACORN organised an event in Dharavi.
An environmentalist group has applauded the Export Import Bank of the United States for its decision to not to finance Reliance's coal-fired power plant in Sasan in Madhya Pradesh on the grounds that it would emit too much carbon dioxide, thus detrimental to the environment.
The melting of polar ice, he said, had nothing to do with man-made carbon dioxide. They come off due to the physics of ice and the flow of ice, Plimer said.
Tata Steel UK is reformatting its operations in Port Talbot by investing 1.25 billion in an electric arc furnace facility with the UK government contributing 500 million. The project will take around three years to complete, if all the regulatory clearances come through. The facility will use scrap and be classified as green since it will utilise renewable power and cut carbon emissions considerably.
According to a report by the Waste and Recycling Action Programme, an average British household throws away almost half a tonne of food-related waste a year, which is costing the country 12 billion pound a year in disposal.
IMD Director General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said that inducing artificial rain can only be attempted when there are clouds or moisture available.
Brian Bloom, the author of Beyond Neanderthal, which looks broadly at the causes and impact of climate change, says that it could be a mistaken premise. C02 emissions may be exacerbating the global rise in temperatures rather than causing it.
He rejected the recommendation of the report that "major emitters" in developing countries should aim at an emission trajectory that peaks in 2020 and leads to a 20 per cent cut by 2050.
The Beijing Auto Show 2010 saw as many as 800,000 people visiting the exhibition, with as many as 990 cars from various global manufacturers on display.
Some new EU cars, including Mercedes, BMW and Peugeot vehicles, were using around 50 percent more fuel than manufacturers claimed.
Climate experts have predicted that future summers are going to significantly drier, but before that we will have to put up with a couple of decades of unusually wet summers. The rising levels of carbon dioxide will lead to summer rainfall, London's Met Office's Hadley Centre predicted in a British daily. Research techniques have shown that the effect of global warming, with dangerous heat waves, is likely to be commonplace by 2040.
Volkswagen says false CO2 emissions affect only 36,000 cars.
When you reach for an ice cold mug of suds after playing a game of football, cricket or a long run, you're not just quenching your thirst, you're actually doing something healthy for your body -- seriously!
Tata Motors MD Ravi Kanth said that the launch of the car couldn't be deferred or stopped due to a lack of infrastructure.
Astronauts aboard the space station have found themselves facing a foe far tinier than any rogue asteroid: A joint study by IIT-Madras and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory -- under Principal Investigator Kasthuri Venkateswaran -- has revealed that strains of the bacterial species Enterobacter bugandensis, a multi-drug resistant superbug, have been hitting the gym in the microgravity crucible. Though the situation at the ISS is slightly unsettling, holding funeral dirges would be an overkill, says Kumar Abishek.
As weather patterns grow more unpredictable due to climate crisis, India is taking a giant leap with "Mission Mausam" to improve weather understanding and forecasting through expanded observation networks, better modeling and advanced tools like AI and machine learning.
Overall, Union Budget 2011-12 maintained status quo for the Chemical Industry.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Mars rover Curiosity has discovered water during its first sample analysis of the Red planet's surface.
The NCMC facilitates convenient travel while integrating last-mile connectivity, a must in India's extensive landscape. It enables travellers to pay for a cross-section of needs, including toll tax, retail shopping, and withdrawing money.
A video had gone viral on Thursday showing Rawat extolling the curative powers of the cow at a function in Dehradun.
Indian Olympic Association has decided to come up with a battery-powered mask through which athletes will be able to train without worrying about COVID-19.
Globally averaged temperatures in 2017 were 0.90 degree Celsius warmer than the 1951 to 1980 mean, according to scientists at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York. That is second only to global temperatures in 2016.
The industrialised world must work fast.
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