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The long-term hazards of the haze, or brown cloud, which forms over north Indian cities in winter are not yet well understood, though its adverse impact on health of the people is clear, a leading Indian expert said.

Say Brown Clouds Not Limited To Delhi, Mercury Not Rising

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Asian cities from New Delhi to Beijing are getting darker, glaciers on the mighty Himalayas are melting faster and weather system is getting more extreme, a United Nations study has warned.

A three-kilometre thick cloud of brown soot and other pollutants hanging over Asia is darkening cities, killing thousands and damaging crops but may be holding off the worst effects of global warming, the UN said on Thursday.

The takeover talks between IBM and Sun highlight a shift in the industry

Long after the shooting and bombing stops, Iraqis will still be dying from the war.

Destroyed factories have become untended hazardous waste sites, leaking poison into the water and the soil. Forests in the north and palm groves in the south have been obliterated to remove the enemy's hiding places.

The world should take a leaf from US President Franklin Roosevelt's playbook for tackling the Great Depression and fund a "Green New Deal" to fight climate change, a UN agency proposed.

Human-induced emissions are on the rise, says a new study

In a recent study, the Global Carbon Project stated that carbon emissions from human activity have grown nearly four times faster than in the 1990s. The emissions grew at 3.5 per cent per year between 2000 and 2007 as against 0.9 per cent per year between 1990 and 1999.