The incidence of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) in Sweden has substantially increased since the mid-1980s. During the same period the climate has become milder and ticks have become more abundant. We investigated whether there is a link between the change in climate and the increase in incidence of TBE.
The Madhya Pradesh Government has launched a massive pani roko abhiyan based on the principal of conserving water where it falls and has constructed seven lakh water harvesting structures with
In a major breakthrough which would have a far-reaching impact on the development of ceramic industry, Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute, Ahmedabad has developed a technology for
The Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) has granted exemption from supply licence to the 4 KW micro hydel demonstration project PICO Jalavidyut Yojana, which is being taken up at a
US President George Bush stunned the world when he rejected the Kyoto Protocol (KP), that addresses the issue of reducing the greenhouse gases (GHG) that cause global warming. More surprising is one
Australia and the European Union remained divided over how to progress with negotiations on the Kyoto climate-change protocol following high-level talks in Sydney on Friday. Australian Environment
One of the effects of global warming could be the spread of the disease-carrying Asian tiger mosquito, a new study warns. Two researchers at Illinois State University found that the Asian tiger
A European Union delegation on Friday lobbied a lukewarm Australian government to stick to its commitments under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on cutting greenhouse gas emissions, and not back Washington'
A high-level European Union delegation had no luck yesterday in its attempt to persuade the Australian Government to ratify the Kyoto agreement on climate change. Cabinet is set to decide Australia's
The chairman of a United Nations conference negotiating a climate treaty has said that he is willing to delay the target date when countries would have to start cutting emissions of heat-trapping