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of articles pertaining to Environment
List of articles pertaining to Environment
Tsunami alert in Andaman & Nicobar
Thursday, September 13, 2007 www.rediff.com
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Environment
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A tsunami alert was issued on Wednesday to the Andaman and Nicobar islands, after a powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.9 on the Richter scale stuck Indonesia. Meanwhile the Central government asked the Andaman and Nicobar Islands administration to monitor the situation.
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Earthquake
Tsunami
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Spiders weave a giant web : Texas
Wednesday, September 12, 2007 sify.com
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Environment
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Entomologists studying spiders have claimed that a variety of spider species built on one another's work to create a sprawling web that has formed a blanket over hundreds of yards of trees and shrubs at a park in North Texas. The heavy rains earlier this summer resulted in creating prime feeding conditions for the spiders, thus encouraging their activity.
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Spider
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Norwegian ship Blue Lady to be Dismanteled
Tuesday, September 11, 2007 timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Nations , Environment
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Norwegian ship Blue Lady, reportedly containing toxic material has been granted permission by the Supreme Court for dismantling the ship on the basis of report submitted by the technical experts committee appointed by it. The ship is anchored along the coast of Alang in Gujarat.
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Norwegian
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Dismanteled
Supreme
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Indian scientists study climate change : Arctic
Wednesday, September 05, 2007 sify.com
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Environment
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The government informed the Rajya Sabha that
Indian scientists have undertaken a maiden expedition to the Arctic region to study climate change, glaciology and marine biology. A team of five scientists have reached the international research facility at Ny Alesund at Spitsbergen Island in Svalbard archipelago of Norway.
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Scientists
Arctic-Region
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Australia marks 1st anniverssary of 'crocodile hunter'
Tuesday, September 04, 2007 www.dnaindia.com
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Environment
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The first anniversary of the death of environmentalist and television "crocodile hunter" Steve Irwin was marked by Australia in a low-key manner. Tributes were paid to his wife and daughter for the manner which they conduced themselves since Irwin's death by a stingray barb that pierced his chest during filming on Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
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Crocodile-Hunter
Steve-Irwin
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More storms and tornadoes due to Global Warming
Friday, August 31, 2007 www.rediff.com
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Environment
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According to a new climate model developed by scientists at NASA, severe storms and violent tornadoes may become more prevalent as the Earth's climate rises. The model predicts a warmer climate, stronger and more severe storms can be expected, but with fewer storms overall.
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Climate-Model
NASA
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Campaign launched to save endangered birds
Thursday, August 16, 2007 sify.com
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Environment
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The UK-based BirdLife International plans to raise tens of millions of dollars to save 189 endangered birds over the next five years by protecting their habitat and raising public awareness about their plight. The conservation group is approaching environmental groups, corporations and individuals to contribute the USD 37.8 million for the 'the Species Champions initiative'.
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Conservation
Endangered-Birds
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'Climate change will trigger hunger in India' : UN agency
Thursday, August 16, 2007 www.expressindia.com
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Environment
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The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has warned against the effects of climate change in India. According to the UN agency, climate change is likely to trigger a "risk of hunger" in India by affecting cereal production by as much as 18 per cent because of floods and droughts.
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Climate-Change
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'Global warming can reduce agri production by 25pc ' : Expert
Saturday, August 11, 2007 www.ptinews.com
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Environment
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G M Pillay, the director general of the World Institute of Sustainable Energy warned that soil erosion and drying of rivers due to global warming can reduce agricultural production by nearly 25 per cent. At a lecture on global warming, he warned of the disastrous consequences of the ozone depletion, triggered by global warming included inter-alia, impact on the health of mankind, extinction of som
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Global-Warming
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'India not the largest greenhouse gas emitter' : India to UN
Thursday, August 02, 2007 www.rediff.com
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Environment
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India rejected the charge that it is one of the largest emitter of greenhouse gases, instead it accused the developed countries of externalising the problem they had created and trying to pass on the cost of the solution to the developing nations.The Indian UN Ambassador, Nirupam Sen said India with 17 per cent of the population has only 4 per cent of global green house gases.
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Greenhouse-Gases
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