The mighty Siachen glacier was once 150 kilometres long and was covered with 600 mt of ice. The glacier length today stands at only 74 km, following a melting in the Holocene era 8,000 years ago writes Kalyan Ray

evolution Wolves from dogs Human beings can enrich biodiversity without doing much. Take raising dogs as pets, for example. A study says dogs have helped in the evolution of black colour in wolves. This bodes well for wolves inhabiting fast depleting snow-covered northern environments like the Arctic tundra. While hunting, the dark colour helps them merge with surroundings. Using

Rising temperatures push North American birds to the far north BIRDS usually fly south to warmer regions in winter. But birds in North America were found moving north to colder climes in early winter. Audubon Society, a leading US-based advocacy group for conserving wildlife and ecology, reported this unusual change in migratory patterns in February 2009 after a study over four decades.

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Surat: Surat and five other Indian cities are among the 17 from Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN) selected by US-based Rockefeller Foundation under 'International Climate Change Initiative' on a pilot basis. For this, initial grant of $50 million will be given to six Indian cities to prepare them to cope with the effects of climate change.

Global Warming Prompts Both To Redraw Boundary

London: Climate change is literally bringing European neighbours Italy and Switzerland closer. Melting glaciers in the Alps have prompted the two countries to redraw their borders, with a parliamentary draft legislation being readied in Rome, a British daily reported.

Rapid climatic change poses a major challenge to the survival of mankind on the Earth. It is not correct to say that there had not been climatic change in the past. Before the advent of man on the Earth, only the natural factors like changes in solar radiation and internal adjustments within the earth