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Altered frequencies and intensities of extreme weather, together with sea level rise, are expected to have mostly adverse effects on natural and human systems.

The earth is currently warming rapidly. And this warming is bringing about massive changes. Our glaciers are melting rapidly. The artic ice-shelf is breaking apart into pieces and threatens to modify the salinity of the oceans.

In the debate over global warming, many a time, there is an attempt to indicate that human contribution to the Greenhouse effect is on a very minuscule scale and is negligible when compared to the scale at which GHGs as a whole work.

The 2009 World Water Week in Stockholm awarded the Water Prize to Laureate Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak.

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Download this guide to technologies which can assist you in your goal to restore lakes.

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The Ramsar Convention’s ‘wise use’ concept defined as ‘the maintenance of the wetlands ecological character, achieved through the implementation of ecosystem approaches, within the context of sustainable development’, has guided various measures for the sustainable use of wetlands and their resources, for the benefit of humankind.

It offers modules on various aspects of climate change in an interactive student friendly manner designed to making teaching fun for you.

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Greenpeace has done a lot of commendable work in the field of climate change. This link takes you through their climate change campaigns involving the masses.

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Trans-boundary aquifers (TBAs) of the world: This map shows the present state of information regarding the occurrence and extent of TBAs world-wide. The intention of the map is to provide a global overview of these important shared water resources and to encourage their further assessment.

In India, TBAs are located on the India-Pakistan, India-Nepal and India-Bangladesh borders.