Climate conundrum: Conflicting indicators on what preceded human-driven warming

When the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently requested a figure for its annual report, to show global temperature trends over the last 10,000 years, the Univ...

Global warming has become normal climate to most

Global warming has been going on for so long that most people were not even born the last time the Earth was cooler than average in 1985 in a shift that is altering percept...

Global Warming May Increase with Rising Water Vapor in the Atmosphere

What might cause global warming to increase in the next few decades? It could be water vapor. Scientists have found that rising levels of water vapor in the upper troposphe...

Climate change may slowdown crop production in 20 yrs

Washington, July 26 (ANI): A new study has revealed that climate change could lead to major crop production slowdown in the next 20 years. The experts from Stanford Univers...

Congress’s head-in-the-sand approach to climate change

ANY GOOD business executive knows that the world is full of risks, ignored at a company’s peril. Interest rates could spike. China could change its currency policy. C...

India’s rainfall patterns changing drastically, say Stanford scientists

Longer dry spells and wetter wet spells could spell doom for the Indian agriculture, they warn Tough times are ahead for the Indian agriculture which is highly dependent on...

Rising carbon dioxide level affecting food quality

Rising carbon dioxide level in the atmosphere is lowering protein in key dietary crops which may affect the nutritious value of foods, a new study has warned. For the first...

Can our agriculture tackle climate change?

The latest report of the inter-governmental panel points to the impact of extreme weather events on farming in India

India has long been regarded a ‘climate c...

Big climate report: Warming is big risk for people

If you think of climate change as a hazard for some far-off polar bears years from now, you’re mistaken. That’s the message from top climate scientists gatherin...