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Fire, fuel composition and resilience threshold in subalpine ecosystem

Forecasting the effects of global changes on high altitude ecosystems requires an understanding of the long-term relationships between biota and forcing factors to identify resilience thresholds. Fire is a crucial forcing factor: both fuel build-up from land-abandonment in European mountains, and more droughts linked to global warming are likely to increase fire risks.

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Sep 2010
PLoS ONE
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Indian Ocean rising faster than others

Sep 06th, 2010 - Rashme Sehgal | Newly detected rising sea levels in parts of the Indian Ocean have led Indian scientists to conclude that the Indian Ocean is rising faster than other oceans. Dr Satheesh C.

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06/09/2010
Asian Age (New Delhi)
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India has many programmes to cut emissions but it can do more

Jyoti Mukul & Sudheer Pal Singh / September 06, 2010, 0:16 IST Nobuo TanakaPromoting energy-efficient technologies to reach the Blue Map scenario of 50 per cent reduction from 2005 energy-related emission levels by 2050 is the aim of the Paris-based International Energy Agency, a non-government organisation advising 28 member-countries.

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06/09/2010
Business Standard (New Delhi)

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