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Irrigation Decreases, Urbanization Increases Monsoon RainsWest Lafayette IN (SPX) Dec 23, 2009 A Purdue University scientist has shown man-made changes to the landscape have affected Indian monsoon rains, suggesting that land-use decisions play an important role in climate change. Monsoon rainfall has decreased over the last 50 years in rural areas where irrigation has been used to increase agriculture in northern India, said Dev Niyogi, an associate professor of agronomy and earth ... read more |
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Copenhagen (AFP) Dec 19, 2009It will not cool the globe, but the new world climate accord may temper Washington's political heat for Barack Obama and it has crucially given him a deal he can defend at home. The US president engineered the compromise with rising powers China, Brazil, South Africa and India, at the tense UN climate summit in Copenhagen. "For the first time in history all major economies have come toge ... more  
New Delhi (UPI) Dec 16, 2009 India inaugurated Azure Power's 2-megawatt photovoltaic plant in the state of Punjab, the first privately owned, utility-scale power plant on the Asian subcontinent. Built under a 30-year power purchase agreement with the Punjab State Electricity Board, the plant will help power 4,000 rural homes for 20,000 people. Farooq Abdullah, minister of new and renewable energy, said the ... more  
Beijing (UPI) Dec 15, 2009 Tibet's glaciers are melting at an alarming rate, scientists say. Black soot is probably responsible for as much as half of the glacial melt and greenhouse gases responsible for the rest, according to research announced Tuesday by NASA and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. "During the last 20 years, the black soot concentration has increased two- to three-fold relative to its ... more |
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Kokomo, Indiana (AFP) Dec 15, 2009For most of the past century, the Continental Steel mill loomed over the town of Kokomo, Indiana -- first as a sign of prosperity, then as a stark reminder of the rust belt's decline and the massive costs of environmental cleanup. A 50-foot (15-meter) high pile of slag was left over from 74 years of making nails, wire and fencing from scrap metal. There were 2,450 drums filled with ... more 
Sydney (AFP) Dec 14, 2009Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd Monday warned that troubled global climate talks were at risk of "failure" and urged world leaders to adopt a more flexible approach. Rudd, who is due to arrive at the summit on Wednesday, said key polluters like China and India had made positive statements but as the talks enter their second week, a consensus looked difficult to achieve. "There's a ... more  
Dhaka (AFP) Dec 14, 2009Bangladesh's police force is in such a "dire state" that it risks inviting a military takeover of law and order duties, an international research institute has warned. The Brussels-based International Crisis Group (ICG) said in a report published over the weekend that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government lacked the political will to reform the police force despite a UN-led effort to do ... more |
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