China

ARCHITECTS hoped to establish mud as a viable building medium when they set out to build the country's first major environmentally-sound building. The mud headquarters in Delhi of Development

Publication Date:

14/10/1992

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

1

Issue:

19921015

pp:

0

Tags:

Housing, Building Materials, Mud, Traditional Knowledge, China

Health

Into space market

CHINA came of commercial space age with the launch of the Australian telecommunications satellite, Optus B1. This was their second attempt at launching the satellite. The first, in March, failed as a

Publication Date:

29/09/1992

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Space Technology, China

India

The extent of desertification of grazingland in North China has reached crisis proportions. Effective governmental policy is needed to maintain an ecological balance between livestock numbers and pastureland

Publication Date:

14/09/1992

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Grazing Lands, Desert Spread, China

India

Harnessing the sun

IN TIBET, solar energy is being used increasingly to heat homes, cook food, run television sets, milk cows, shear sheep and, of course, provide light. Tibet gets 3,000 hours of sunshine each year,

Publication Date:

14/08/1992

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Solar Energy, Household Energy, China, India, Delhi

Forests

China explodes N test device

China, this fortnight, detonated its biggest nuclear test ever. The explosion, about 70 times as powerful as the one at Hiroshima, is seen as a sign of China's nuclear prowess. And also as a slight

Publication Date:

29/06/1992

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Trade, Nuclear Power, China, United States Of America (US)

Atmosphere And Ozone Layer

An overview of the Madden-Julian Oscillation and its relation to monsoon and mid-latitude circulation

In the past decade there has been extensive research into tropical intraseasonal variability, one of the major components of the low frequency variability of the general atmospheric circulation. This paper briefly reviews the state-of-the-art in this research area: the nature of the Madden-Julian Oscillation, its relation to monsoonal and extratropical circulations, and the current theoretical understandings.

Original Source

Publication Date:

01/02/1992

Author(s): Bin Wang

Source: Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Vol:

9

Issue:

1

pp:

93-111

Tags:

Monsoons, Atmosphere, Atmosphere Science, Indian Ocean, El Nino, South Asia, Droughts, Floods, China, Japan, Weather Predictions, Africa

Climate Change

A place in the sun

The UN sponsored discussions to prepare a global convention on climate began in February in USA. The aim is to prepare a legally binding convention to curb gaseous emissions leading to a much feared climate destabilisation. This convention is being seen as the world's greatest commitment to the environment and its future generations.

Publication Date:

01/04/1991

Author(s): Anil Agarwal, Sunita Narain

Source: India Magazine

pp:

54-55

Tags:

Climate Change, Green House Gases, Carbon Dioxide, India, Methane, China, Brazil, Developing Countries, Deforestation, Livestock, Rice, Anil Agarwal, Sunita Narain

Climate Change

Global warming in an unequal world: a case of environmental colonialism

The idea that developing countries like India and China must share the blame for heating up the earth and destablising its climate, as espoused in a recent study published in the United States by the WRI in collaboration with the UN, is an excellent example of environmental colonialism. The report of the WRI is based less on science and more on politically motivated and mathematical jugglery.

Publication Date:

Dec 1990

Author(s): Anil Agarwal, Sunita Narain

Source: Centre for Science and Environment

Tags:

Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, Green House Gases, China, India, Developing Countries

Climate Change