Atmosphere

Emissions from fire in sub-Saharan Africa: the magnitude of sources, their variability and uncertainty

About half of the global gas and particle emissions to the atmosphere resulting from the burning of biomass originate from sub-Saharan Africa. There are four principal pathways: wildfires, the use of biomass fuels for energy, burning associated with deforestation and the burning of agricultural residues.

Publication Date:

01/04/2011

Author(s): Robert J Scholes, Sally Archibald, Graham von Maltitz

Source: Global Environmental Research

Vol:

15

Issue:

1

pp:

53-63

Tags:

Forest Fires, Africa, Land Use, Agriculture, Firewood, Carbon Dioxide, Biomass, Aerosols, Crop Residues, Farm Residues, Air Pollution, Climate Change, Atmosphere, Rainfall Pattern

Climate Change

Sustainable way for alternative fuels and energy in aviation

The current report proposes an outlook with recommendations for further development of alternative fuels in aviation.

Publication Date:

01/04/2011

Source: European Commission

Tags:

Climate Change, Green House Gases, Carbon Dioxide, Atmosphere, Biofuel, Alternative Fuels, Air Transport

Climate Change

Black Carbon Research Initiative National Carbonaceous Aerosols Programme (NCAP) Science Plan

This document details the Black Carbon Research Initiative launched by India as part of the National Carbonaceous Aerosols Programme (NCAP). This joint initiative of several government ministries & leading research institutions builds on the existing work and sets out the science programme to respond to the scientific questions surrounding Black carbon.

Publication Date:

29/03/2011

Source: Ministry of Environment & Forests

Tags:

Aerosols, Climate Change, India, Climate Science, Global Warming, Atmosphere, Atmosphere Science, Biomass, Fossil Fuels, Diesel, Coal, Himalaya, Glaciers

Hazardous Waste

No threat from radioactive cloud to India

New Delhi: Experts have just one thing to say on the SMSes and Facebook messages of a possible radioactive threat to India from Japan

Publication Date:

16/03/2011

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Radioactive Waste, India, Japan, Nuclear Wastes, Atmosphere, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), Research Agencies

Environment

Compendium of environment statistics India 2010

The Compendium of Environment Statistics 2010 prepared under the broad Framework for Development of Environment Statistics provided by the United Nations Statistics Division and adopted by the Steering Committee on Environment Statistics set up by CSO during 1996. The five parameters of the framework, namely, biodiversity, atmosphere, land/soil, water, and human settlements have been used in this compendium.

Publication Date:

01/03/2011

Source: Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

Tags:

Environment, Statistics, Biodiversity, Atmosphere, Land Use, Soil Resources, Water Resources, Water Demand, Urbanisation, Forests, Air Pollution, Agriculture, Mining, Natural Disasters, India

Climate Change

Integrated assessment of black carbon and tropospheric ozone: summary for decision makers

This document summarizes findings and conclusions of the assessment report: Integrated Assessment of Black Carbon and Tropospheric Ozone. The assessment looks into all aspects

Publication Date:

01/02/2011

Source: UNEP

Tags:

Climate Change, Ozone, Global Warming, Emission Targets, India, Asia, Monsoons, Glaciers, Atmosphere

Climate Change

Kerala was warmer in 2010

Kerala was hotter by 0.7 degree celsius in 2010, while it received 66 percent excess rainfall during the north-east monsoon, the highest in the last 30 years, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

However, the total rainfall received by the state during 2010 exceeded the normal by only 1 percent.

Publication Date:

15/01/2011

Source: New Indian Express (Kochi)

Tags:

Kerala, Climate Change, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), Atmosphere, Rainfall

Climate Change

2010 warmest year since 1901: IMD

NEW DELHI: India Meteorological Department has declared that 2010 was the warmest year since 1901.
According to the department, the annual mean temperature averaged over the country as a whole was 25.8023 degrees Celsius last year.

This translates to an increase of 0.93 degrees over the average for the 30-year period from 1961-1990.

The previous record was achieved in 2009, when the annual

Publication Date:

15/01/2011

Source: Hindu (New Delhi)

Tags:

Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), Natural Disasters, Atmosphere, Climate Change, India

Climate Change

Casting a critical eye on climate models

Today's climate models are more sophisticated than ever – but they're still limited by our knowledge of the Earth. So how well do they really work?

Publication Date:

15/01/2011

Author(s): Anil Ananthaswamy

Source: New Scientist

Vol:

209

Issue:

2795

pp:

38

Tags:

Climate Change, Climate Science, Weather Predictions, Atmosphere, Green House Gases, Carbon Dioxide, Solar Radiation, Global Warming

Climate Change

Nitrous oxide emission from denitrification in stream and river networks

Nitrous oxide (N2O) is a potent greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change and stratospheric ozone destruction. Anthropogenic nitrogen (N) loading to river networks is a potentially important source of N2O via microbial denitrification that converts N to N2O and dinitrogen (N2).

Publication Date:

04/01/2011

Author(s): Jake J. Beaulieu, Jennifer L. Tank, Stephen K. Hamilton & et al

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Vol:

108

Issue:

1

pp:

214

Tags:

Oxides Of Nitrogen (NOx), Water Resources, United States Of America (US), Climate Change, Green House Gases, Rivers, Atmosphere