The study spanned six continents. A total of 236 lakes, representing more than half of the world’s freshwater supply, were monitored for at least 25 years. Climate change is warming lakes around the ...More

As the water crisis in Uttarakhand continues to deepen with continued drop in water level of rivers taking place for more than a decade now, a considerable number of the traditional Dhara (natural wat ...More

Asserting that it has "secured" India's interest in the Paris agreement on climate change, government today said the pact meets its "broad expectations" and recognises the country's development impera ...More

The entire world must urge leaders from across the globe to now urgently implement last week’s global Paris agreement on climate change to head off a civilizational threat which transcends borders and ...More

Air pollution, which is one of the top ten killers in the world and fifth leading cause of death in India, is responsible for about 10,000 to 30,000 deaths annually in Delhi, a report by the Centre ...More

As is customary, at the end of every important round of climate-change talks, all major parties and negotiating blocks are claiming the Paris round to be a victory for themselves. The science of clima ...More

Union Environment, Forests and Climate Change Minister Prakash Javadekar said that he would make a statement on India's role in Paris Agreement in the parliament on Wednesday. "We are satisfied with ...More

Chummu, Shonu, Monu and their two finch sib lings are taken to the local vet every time they're sick. "So far, the birds haven't suffered from any serious ailment. Doctors at these clinics can treat a ...More

Wild gaurs in the Munnar-Marayur area are falling victims to the vagaries of nature. The recent deaths of a number of them, especially in the peripheral areas of forests, were stated to be directly c ...More

Authorities in the National Capital Region (NCR), despite various formulas like car-free day and the proposed odd-even formula have not been able to check the rising air pollution in the region leavin ...More

Now (air pollution) poses the danger in cities, where elites face the distress of seeing their children go to school with pollution masks, says the Canadian writer and activist. Air pollution is like ...More

India has seen an increase in vector-borne diseases like dengue and malaria due to climate change Sample this: Air pollution is the fifth leading cause of death in India, 37.7 million Indians are aff ...More

LE BOURGET (FRANCE), DEC 13: Climate scientists have welcomed a pact to battle global warming as a major political advance, but warned of a gaping hole – the lack of a detailed roadmap for cutting ...More

PARIS: Civil society groups and green think-tanks from South Asia did not appear too enthused with the Paris agreement which, they said, was not ambitious enough to save the world from disastrous cons ...More

PARIS: Civil society groups and green think-tanks from South Asia did not appear too enthused with the Paris agreement which, they said, was not ambitious enough to save the world from disastrous cons ...More

New Delhi: Calling the new global climate deal adopted by over 190 countries late Saturday evening ‘historic’, India praised the Paris climate accord stating that it supports the country’s right to de ...More

PARIS/NEW DELHI: World leaders on Sunday welcomed the climate deal to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius with Prime Minister Narendra Modi describing it as a victory of "climate just ...More

An agreement on curbing global warming to succeed the Kyoto protocol on climate change has finally been adopted at the Paris climate summit. The new pact, even if drafted astutely to let some critical ...More

Le Bourget, France: Nearly 200 nations adopted the first global pact to fight climate change on Saturday, calling on the world to collectively cut and then eliminate greenhouse gas pollution but impos ...More

TRICHY: A nocturnal moth species that had become endangered in recent years was found in the central regions of the state by a team of researchers from a city college. Q Ashoka Chakkarvarathy, eco ...More