The marine aptitude to absorb carbon dioxide is exhausting in another sample of the excessive emisión of gases greenhouse caused by the activity of the man in the Herat. A recently study of the Nacional Geographic indicated that between 2000 and 2007,as consecuense of the emisión of this gas the oceanic absorption of the carbon [...]

The process across how the plants grow and produce more quantity of vegetable biomass is one of the most important biological processes in the planet. An international team of scientists has presented a new  study that demonstrates that, as the vegetable  species in the  world become extinct the natural habitats become less productive and contain [...]

Pollution exposure during pregnancy reduces the IQ of children, according to a study published in the journal Pediatrics. The study was conducted by the Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health and National Institute for Health of United States. At five years 249 children were studied from the City of new york. The results showed that [...]

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Germán Poveda,  scientist, member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, said that expanding the agricultural frontier and the proliferation of illicit crops have been devastated nearly fifty per cent of the forests in several regions of the country, which is more dangerous on the mountains. “The problem of deforestation is so severe that the [...]

Climate change kills 300,000 people annually and represents an economic cost of 125,000 million dollars (90,000 million euros), according to a report of the Global Humanitarian Forum headed by Kofi Annan presented in London. The publication of this study, which is backed by several institutes and international agencies, is part of a strategy that seeks [...]

Replacing traditional stoves in Africa and Asia with low-soot varieties would buy time in the fight against climate change. But the acceptability of such new stoves to the rural poor is an obstacle. Black carbon has newly emerged as the second biggest contributor to climate change. It is responsible for an estimated 18 per cent [...]

Water management programmes across the developing world are based on the mistaken belief that trees increase the available water in an area. Forests tend to diminish water supplies because they lose more water through evaporation than other vegetation, say the researchers. In wet climates, this is because of the ‘clothesline’ effect: just as wet clothes [...]

Preparing for cyclones can save lives, but to save livelihoods nations must also help people adapt to cyclones’ impacts. This is particularly true for countries affected by tropical cyclones. While climate change does not necessarily lead to more cyclones forming, the evidence is very strong now that the rising temperatures of the sea surface will [...]

A remote Chinese island is installing a power station that will harness the wind, sun and waves to produce energy and fresh water. Situated on Dangan Island in the South China Sea, the station should provide 80 per cent of the energy requirements of its 300 inhabitants. A desalination facility will provide 10,000 tons of [...]