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Global land temperatures for January and April likely warmest ever recorded : UN

Global land temperatures for January and April likely warmest ever recorded : UN

Global land surface temperatures for January and April will likely be ranked as the warmest since records began in 1880, the United Nations World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reported yesterday (7th Aug), adding that it is working with its partners to set up a multi-hazard early warning system to tackle the extremes brought on by climate […]

August 11, 2007 | By | Reply More
Rescue

Rescue

Floods in Bangladesh have killed scores so far and more than one million houses have been damaged. According to a report published recently, most deaths were caused by drowning in rivers in the northern hinterlands where more than 3,000 villages have been cut off for over two weeks. This photo is taken from Sirajganj, which […]

August 10, 2007 | By | Reply More
Green Sea!!!

Green Sea!!!

  We can make our country more greenish by planting lots of trees and all other seasonal crops. It can save our country from global warming. So, if you have chance, please plant some trees. Because it’s our responsibility to save our country, our world from global warming. This is a Photograph by Md. Shahidul […]

July 14, 2007 | By | Reply More
Climate change: a local perspective

Climate change: a local perspective

Bhutan: Farmer Rinchen had endured, without complaints, the weeds competing for nutrition and sunshine in her chili garden for many seasons. But in recent years she has come across new weeds that spread faster. “There are so many foreign weeds in the garden and they spread very fast,” says the 65-year old farmer from Semtokha, […]

July 7, 2007 | By | Reply More
Practical Action is helping people in Gaibandha to cope with climate change

Practical Action is helping people in Gaibandha to cope with climate change

With the help of technology, relocated communities are changing the way they live. The new village of Amader Bandhan stands on a sandbar about 190 miles north-west of Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka in the district of Gaibandha, and consists of 100 half-brick, half-tin homes. Its population is drawn from the ranks of the country’s climate change […]

July 1, 2007 | By | Reply More