NEW DELHI: More than 12 million trees have died in California because of a combination of drought, heat and insects, according to a new study from University of California Santa Barbara's National Cen ...More

The widest global effort yet to gauge citizens’ views on climate change showed 79 percent to be “very concerned” about its effects, but less than half support a carbon tax to curb emissions, organiser ...More

‘Eco Dialogue,’ an initiative of the district unit of the Kerala Sastra SahithyaParishad (KSSP) in several parts of the district as a public awareness programme on environmental protection, drew to a ...More

They're the two biggest emitters of greenhouse gases in the world — but the US and China have very different ideas about tackling the problem of climate change. In a new survey taken months before ...More

Warmer temperatures will cause oxygen levels in the oceans to decline which may result in marine animals shifting away from the equator, a new study has found. Just as the combination of physical ...More

William Nordhaus of Yale University is among the world’s most pre-eminent economists. He could well be a strong candidate for a Nobel Prize in economics for his decades-long work on environmental issu ...More

G7 leaders are committed to a goal of limiting the rise in average global temperatures to 2°C compared to pre-industrial levels, German Chancellor Angela Merkel says. German Chancellor Angela Merkel ...More

London: As talks aimed at slowing global warming drag on, researchers are pushing new ideas that some are calling last-ditch attempts to avert the worst effects of climate change. Some proposals are ...More

India is playing a proactive role in coordinating the developing world ahead of United Nations Climate ChangeConference (COP21) in Paris in December, and has set an example for the developed world by ...More

Group of Seven leaders agreed on Monday to provide insurance against climate hazards for up to 400 million for more vulnerable people and back development of early warning systems, but did not outline ...More

The United States and the United Kingdom, although the two biggest emitters of greenhouse gases in the world, are more reluctant to address the problem of climate change as compared to countries like ...More

World Oceans Day is celebrated on June 8 in order to bring awareness about the importance of our planet's oceans, improve its current state and celebrate its beauty. "The oceans are vast – but their ...More

The recommendations, which were submitted to CM Siddaramaiah on June 5, have baffled the bureaucracy, with many IAS officers describing these as 'mostly bizarre' Tackling air pollution in Bengaluru ...More

Warmer temperatures will cause oxygen levels in the oceans to decline which may result in marine animals shifting away from the equator, a new study has found. Just as the combination of physical ...More

OSLO (Beijing): China's greenhouse gas emissions could peak by 2025, five years earlier than indicated by Beijing, a development that could help limit the mounting risks of global warming, a study by ...More

India is playing a pro-active role in coordinating the developing world ahead of UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris in December, and has set an example for the developed world by taking pre ...More

NEW DELHI: The Government plans to set up air quality monitoring stations, which are presently functional at 10 places, in more cities in the country. The air quality monitoring stations is also p ...More

Warmer water temperature and decreased levels of oxygen in the ocean will act together to push marine animals away from the equator to places in the ocean where the oxygen supply can meet their future ...More

BENGALURU: Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) recommendations for the State Action Plan on Climate Change specifically focus on the need to move to an equitable, sustainable, low-carbon p ...More

MYSURU: Chief ministerSiddaramaiah here on Sunday said a majority of the saplings planted with much pomp and show during World Environment Day celebrations are orphaned once the festivities are over. ...More