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9/6/2013
Climate change is likely to worsen floods on
rivers such as the Ganges, the Nile and the Amazon this century while a few, including the now-inundated Danube, may become less prone, a Japanese-led scientific study said on Sunday.
The ...
21/5/2013
Fierce competition for water could trigger conflict unless nations cooperate to share the diminishing resource, leaders from Asia-Pacific nations warned on Monday.
From Central to Southeast Asia, regional efforts to secure water have ...
13/5/2013
Deforestation may significantly decrease the hydroelectric potential of tropical rainforest regions, warns a new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.
The study, led by Claudia M. Stickler at the ...
23/4/2013
Home to giant catfish and stingrays, feeding over 60 million people, and with the largest abundance of freshwater fish in the world, the
Mekong River, and its numerous tributaries, brings food, culture, and life to much of Southeast Asia. Despite ...
10/4/2013
China is the world’s worst polluter -- home to 16 of the 20 dirtiest cities and the largest emitter of greenhouse gases. Recent headlines have been shocking: 16,000 decaying pig carcasses in Shanghai’s Whampoa
River, dire air quality reports in ...
9/4/2013
A
climate-change study on the Lower
Mekong Basin says Laos' and Vietnam's central highlands can anticipate declines in production of robusta coffee and forecasts the cash crop will become more suitable for northeastern Thailand.
"For ...
8/4/2013
Fish farms in the
Mekong Delta province of An Giang.
Climate change is likely to have a great impact on fish farming along the
Mekong River as erratic rainfall will disrupt the flood pulse cycle of the
river, predicts a new study. -- VNA/VNS ...
29/3/2013
Scientists meeting in the Thai capital have warned extreme weather caused by
climate change will reduce fish stocks and major crops in the
Mekong River Basin if countries in Southeast Asia fail to adapt. However, they also warn dam building, much ...
9/3/2013
Here come those dastardly dams! In Asia, Africa and the Middle East, nations are aggressively building hydroelectric dams, seemingly heedless of the potentially disastrous effects on the countries downstream.
As examples, Laos broke ...
7/2/2013
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7/2/2013
Climate change is threatening the survival of a number of Asian bird species, including those in India, a new study warns.
The research conducted by Durham University and BirdLife International says that many avian species from the ...
5/2/2013
Researchers from UK-based BirdLife International (of which Bombay Natural History Society is the India Partner) and Durham University have come up with new findings about the impact of
climate change on birds in Asia, including ...
19/1/2013
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17/1/2013
The European Union (EU) yesterday committed 4.95 million euros (over US$6 million) to the
Mekong River Commission (MRC) to boost its efforts to respond to the region's
climate change challenges.
Representatives of the EU and the MRC ...
14/1/2013
An Alarm in the Offing on
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18/12/2012
Climate change is likely to constrain natural resources, drive migration both domestically and internationally, and exacerbate tensions globally into 2030, according to a new National Intelligence Council “Global Trends 2030” ...
31/10/2012
Population growth, urbanisation, industrialisation and
climate change are putting pressure on the world's
river basins, and "hydro-diplomacy' is essential if water-related conflicts are to be avoided, experts said on Wednesday.Cooperation ...
10/10/2012
The world is on the verge of the greatest crisis it has ever faced. Worsening water security will have irreversible consequences on ecosystems, livelihoods and the global economic system.The ever-expanding water demand by the world's ...
12/9/2012
A new report from the National Research Council, a group that advises the United States government, brings some sobriety to the oft-heated discussion about melting Himalayan glaciers.Interest in the glaciers intensified in 2010 when the ...
18/8/2012
The Cambodian government has committed to the construction of five dams along the
Mekong River in order to meet a huge demand for electricity, but environmental groups warn that severe repercussions loom for this strategy.
"While each ...
13/8/2012
Lemons and sweet bamboo may not be associated with frontline efforts to adapt to
climate change in most parts of the world, but in Kioutaloun village in northern Laos, rice farmers hit by landslides, land erosion and severe flooding are looking ...
24/7/2012
Pakistan Line of Control, July 23 (AlertNet) - As the silver waters of the Kishanganga rush through this north Kashmir valley, Indian laborers are hard at work on a hydropower project that will dam the
river just before it flows across one of the ...
24/7/2012
As competition for clean water grows, some of the world's biggest companies have joined forces to create unprecedented maps of the liquid gold that flows beneath our feet.
The Aqueduct Alliance, which allows users to create maps by ...
23/7/2012
Disputes over water are common around the world, exacerbated by
climate change, growing populations, rapid urbanisation, increased irrigation and a rising demand for alternative energy sources such as hydroelectricity.
Following are a ...
20/7/2012
The Himalayan glaciers that feed major south Asian
rivers like the Indus, the Brahmaputra and the Ganges are melting more rapidly, reveals a major new study which says that soaring global temperatures are not the only reason.
The study, ...