According to the SAARC Meteorological Research Centre (SMRC), the sea level along the coast of Bangladesh is rising at the rate of about three millimetres a year. Sea surface temperature is also

A senior Japanese scientist hinted that the current trend of global warming could be stopped to a large extent in the new millennium provided that the industrialized nations begin to consume fuel

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THE Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) held a workshop and a seminar to discuss India's stance prior to the Fourth Conference of Parties on Climate Change (cop-4), which is currently being

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Greenpeace welcomed the decision by the companies Artsana, Prenatal and Grazioli to stop using vinyl plastic (PVC) in their products for infants and children under three worldwide. Artsana is the

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