India has been ranked 14th in this year's Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) 2018 out of 56 nations and the European Union by environmental organisation Germanwatch, an improvement from its 20th position last year, for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by opting to transform its electricity sector towards green technology.
China with its high emissions and growing energy use ranks 41st in the list.
Nov 14, 2017
First CO2 Rise in Four Years
Global emissions of CO2 in 2017 are projected to rise for the first time in four years, dashing hopes that a peak might soon be reached.
The main cause of the expected growth has been greater use of coal in China as its economy expanded.
The latest figures indicate that in 2017, emissions of CO2 from all human activities grew by about 2% globally.
Nov 12, 2017
BARC To Commission World’s 2nd Largest Telescope to Detect Gamma Rays
A new hi-tech telescope of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) for detecting gamma rays, Major Atmospheric Cerenkov Experiment (MACE), located at Hanle in Ladakh will be partially commissioned on November 15. The 45-m telescope, equipped with 160 mirrors located at an altitude of 4200m, will be the second largest in the world and the biggest in this region.The AEC chief said that the telescope will be mainly operated from BARC at Trombay —the first time that a telescope will be controlled from Mumbai.
Nov 09, 2017
Heat Source under Antarctica
A study by NASA has found that a geothermal heat source called mantle plume lies deep below Antarctica’s Marie Byrd Land, explaining some of the melting that creates lakes and rivers under the ice sheet.
Nov 08, 2017
Syria Signs Paris Climate Agreement
Syria has decided to sign the Paris agreement on climate change, the world’s final functioning state to do so.
The surprise decision by Syria will leave the US as the only country outside the agreement if it follows through on President Donald Trump’s vow to leave.
Syria’s decision brings to 197 the number of nations signed up to the landmark 2015 pact on global warming.
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