ScienceDaily: A geoengineering solution to climate change could lead to significant rainfall reduction in Europe and North America, a team of European scientists concludes. The researchers studied how models of Earth in a warm, CO2-rich world respond to an artificial reduction in the amount of sunlight reaching the planet’s surface. The study is published June

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Guardian: Every five to seven years, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) produces a detailed and influential report summarising the science of climate change. The accuracy of these documents came under scrutiny in early 2010, after two highly publicised errors were discovered in the ‘Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability’ part of the Fourth Assessment

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PHYS.org: The Earth may be approaching a tipping point due to climate change and increasing population. Credit: Cheng (Lily) Li. A prestigious group of scientists from around the world is warning that population growth, widespread destruction of natural ecosystems, and climate change may be driving Earth toward an irreversible change in the biosphere, a planet-wide

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Times of India: Once known for its cool climes, Himachal Pradesh is witnessing the ill effects of global warming as, in the last four decades, the average maximum temperature has increased by 5.2 degrees Celsius in the state. While the average rainfall has remained static, the cycle of rain and snow has changed marginally. A

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IPS News: When it comes to expressing the threat to food security posed by changing climate patterns and extreme weather events in Asia and the Pacific, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) does not mince its words. “The greatest threat to food security is climate change,” the Bank said in a 45-page report, ‘Food Security and

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Sikkim Now: Impact of Climate Change in the Himalayas With Special Focus to Fauna of Sikkim: Global warming and climate change and its subsequent impact on biotic and abiotic components of the ecosystem have shaken the entire world. It is one of the greatest challenges being faced by scientists and policy planners around the globe.

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