View Point 2008

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Getting Rid of CO2 ~ Deb Kumar Bose CO 2 is a major constituent of Greenhouse Gas.The volume of CO2 in the atmosphere has been continuously increasing. It has been acting as a screen around the globe preventing reflection of the heat rays generated by the Sun on the surface of the earth. It has been identified as the main agent responsible for global warming. Scientists have been working to devise means for getting rid of CO2........ read more

Nuclear Weapon-free World ~ By M. R. Srinivasan, Former Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission [Reprinted from Amity, August 2007, pp 16-17] The recently concluded G8 Summit in Germany discussed more extensively issues of climate change and aid to Africa. Among other subjects, it also discussed global security concerns. In the nuclear area, the G8 agreed to strengthen measures to prevent proliferation, intensify counter-proliferation initiatives, and tighten sanctions against Iran to prevent it from pursuing enrichment of uranium. It also decided to take coordinated steps to prevent the spread of uranium enrichment and spent fuel reprocessing (to separate plutonium) technologies.. ......read more

The Other View on Global Warming ~ Environmental policy should rediscover the middle ground By Professor Bjorn Lomborg from Amity.Dec 2007 All eyes are on Greenland’s melting glaciers as alarm about global warming spreads. This year, delegations of US and European politicians have made pilgrimages to the fast-moving glacier at Ilulissat, where they declare that they see climate change unfolding before their eyes...... read more

Another View on Global Warming ~ Deb Kumar Bose Professor Bjorn Lomborg, economist at Denmark, has been raising a number of counterpoints against the much publicized views on global warming. He has to his credit two books on the subject that have attracted much attention. (1). Lomborg must be complimented for bringing out in sharp focus some of the issues which are often missed in the debate on global warming. We shall respond here to some of the points in this paper.... ....read more

A Decade after Nuclear Explosions by India and Pakistan - 15/08/08 Ten years ago, in 1998, India and Pakistan exploded a series of nuclear bombs to Impress each other neighbouring States and the world the capability achieved by them. Three articles reproduced here analyze the significance and implications of the events. 1. India is Erasing Her Own Memory ~Praful Bidwai 2. Ten Years After Pokhran and Chagai ~ ( Economic & Political Weekly Editorial. May 17, 2008) 3. Ten Years of the Bomb ~ Zia Mian

Al Gore on Challenge to Repower America ~ Al Gore 25/10/08 Al Gore thinks American energy demand can be met 100 percent by Solar power in 10 year’s time.There are times in the history of our nation when our very way of life depends upon dispelling illusions and awakening to the challenge of a present danger. In such moments, we are called upon to move quickly and boldly to shake off complacency, throw aside old habits and rise, clear-eyed and alert, to the necessity of big changes....read more

Global Warming Twenty Years Later: Tipping Points Near ~ James Hansen 25/10/08 Hansen, renowned Astrophysicist, was the whistle blower to point out that global temperature was rising from accumulation of GreenhouseGas. Hansen warns that the world is reaching the brink from which there can be no return unless appropriate measures are adopted without delay. ....read more

Antarctic Sea Ice Increases Despite Warming ~ (From NewScientistEnvironment.12 September 2008.NewScientist.com news service) 25/10/08 Skeptics find confirmation that global warming is hoax. Climatologists offer different explanation.The amount of sea ice around Antarctica has grown in recent Septembers in what could be an unusual side-effect of global warming, experts says....read more

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