Climate and Weather
Bali Climate Change Meet: Better than expected, less than needed
Posted on 17 Dec, 2007 11:46 PMNot much was expected of the UN Climate Change Conference that took place in Bali, Indonesia, since developed and developing nations have been at loggerheads over a range of interrelated issues since the earlier Kyoto Conference: setting hard targets for greenhouse gas emission reductions, funding afforestation efforts in the developing world, deciding who should cut back more or pay more for damage repair , historical offenders in the developed world or newly emerging villains in the developing and so on. Besides, the Bali meet was only going to consider the idea of negotiating further on these issues.
Cloud seeding for increasing rainfall
Posted on 16 Nov, 2007 08:18 PMDue to the heat from the Sun the water in the rivers, lakes and Oceans becomes water vapour. As this hot moist air rises into the sky the temperature gets reduced at 7oC per km height in the sky.
"Water Initiatives Orissa", a five-year old campaign to work on water issues in Orissa
Posted on 28 Jul, 2007 02:38 AM"Water Initiatives Orissa is a five-year-old campaign which draws strength from civil society organsations, grassroots communities, academicians and others who are determined to work on water, disasters and climate change issues". Email: waterinitiativesorissa@gmail.com
May-June issue of "Dams,Rivers and People" : Study from Brazil on the global warming impact of methane emissions from large dams
Posted on 05 Jul, 2007 04:38 AM
The May-June issue of "Dams, Rivers and People" is out and available here.