S.R. Niranjana, Vice-Chancellor of Gulbarga University, has expressed concern over the adverse impact of global warming on agricultural productivity and food security. Delivering the inaugural addr ...More

THANE: Notwithstanding the concrete boom and rise in air pollution, Thane city's vast creek and abundant green cover are inviting many new species of migratory birds that are flocking here in hordes. ...More

A new study has found that Greenland ice sheet due to climate change is rapidly losing the ability to buffer its contribution to the rising sea levelS. Research undertaken by scholars at the York Uni ...More

LONDON: Climate change over the last few years has altered the structure of the Greenland ice sheet, causing it to lose its ability to limit mass loss of ice by retaining meltwater, a new study has fo ...More

PARIS: The hidden danger to wildlife posed by imported consumer goods -- an espresso coffee in Beijing, a tofu salad in Chicago -- can now be pinpointed and measured, researchers said Wednesday. Cr ...More

LONDON: Climate change over the last few years has altered the structure of the Greenland ice sheet, causing it to lose its ability to limit mass loss of ice by retaining meltwater, a new study has fo ...More

The number of migratory birds flocking Bareilly this winter has reduced by nearly 50%, according to a recent survey conducted by a city NGO. Experts say change in weather conditions, pollution in rive ...More

The colourful butterflies fluttering through Zanzibar’s Jozaniforest are beautiful to look at, but for farmers and charcoalproducers in the region, they mean something more: a paycheck. In an effort ...More

New Delhi: In an effort to meet targets under the recently approved Paris climate change agreement and to take forward the ongoing clean and green India drive, the government is expected to take multi ...More

The government will soon declare rules for management of various types of waste, as part of its action plan for 2016 to achieve post-Paris Climate Change targets. In a slew of review meetings held ...More

The Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) advised the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MEF&CC) not to overturn the Supreme Court judgement which currently bans jallikattu, (bull rac ...More

Fundamentally, it’s about “people, planet and profit”, and some Indian companies are already showing how The world has witnessed rapid globalisation over the last few decades, with both developed and ...More

BENGALURU: Union environment minister Prakash Javadekar today said the government will surely think of banning use of phosphate in detergents when there was an alternative to do so. "The professor ...More

Javadekar promises to consider restrictions on phosphates, a major component in detergents, to reduce frothing of lakes. Can a ban on phosphates in detergents be the saviour for the frothing Bellandu ...More

With the Delhi government's odd-even policy set to roll out in two days, the union ministry of environment, forests and climate change (MoEF&CC) too issued fresh directions to all governments falling ...More

At the recently concluded Paris climate conference, India stepped forward to show that it is willing to take seriously its responsibility towards the issue of climate change. Despite the fact that our ...More

DEHRADUN: In an important step to check river pollution, the Uttarakhand Environment Protection Pollution Control Board (UEPPCB) has issued a notice to the industries, ashrams and hotels of Haridwar n ...More

NEW DELHI: The Central Government on Wednesday issued directions to all agencies falling under Delhi airshed area under Section 18 of the Air Act 1981 to control air pollution and improve the ambient ...More

Soaring pollution levels, crippling floods, quivering Richter notes to scores of environment laws awaiting implementation — this, in short, was India's environmental standing this year. As alarming a ...More

JOHANNESBURG: African Penguins struggle to find food at sea, contributing to a sharp drop in numbers over the years. The endangered animals also face a shore-based threat in South Africa — from pet do ...More