An informed, transparent debate involving the public should be imperative in the implementation of either the Madhav Gadgil committee report or the Kasturirangan committee report on the Western Ghats, ...More

KOCHI: The highly polluted backwaters of Cochin estuary could be a rich source of biofuel, as a research team of Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat) has managed to isolate a micro-alga ...More

The numbers of mussels could be threatened by climate change, as it has made oceans increasingly acidic, a team of British researchers has revealed. In a new paper published in the Royal Society's jo ...More

NEW DELHI: 2014 saw India playing a crucial role in protecting the interests of developing nations at the UN climate talks in Lima where negotiators prepared a way for a new ambitious and binding deal ...More

The population of shellfish mussel could be under threat globally as climate change causes oceans to become increasingly acidic, scientists have claimed. The world's oceans are becoming increasin ...More

NEW DELHI: 2014 saw India playing a crucial role in protecting the interests of developing nations at the UN climate talks in Lima where negotiators prepared a way for a new ambitious and binding deal ...More

Large parts of Europe, West and Central Africa, and South America face the threat of outbreaks of the deadly dengue virus due to climate change and urbanisation, according to the first-ever maps of de ...More

NEW DELHI: At the time when developing world is worried about the rich nations' reluctance for contributing to the Green Climate Fund (GCF), the chairman of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ...More

Minister of State for Shipping, Shri Pon. Radhakrishnan informed the Rajya Sabha today that no instance has been reported regarding any country dumping hazardous waste in India by sending ships for br ...More

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Cultivation of tuber crops in Kerala, which once enjoyed a significant position among food crops in the state, is all set to get a revival with the Kerala State Biodiversity Board ...More

Nagpur: In a belated move, the state government has finally sent the technical report of international level zoo at Gorewada to the Central Zoo Authority (CZA), a statutory body under the ministry of ...More

Due to increased distress in rural Karnataka, and with no other urban area in the state guaranteeing employment, we are likely to see an increase in migration to Bengaluru A Union report on rural i ...More

NASHIK: Sunday morning saw a bustle of children of all ages led by their teachers to the freight depot road at the Nashik Road Railway Station where a white16-coach train with colourful pictures relat ...More

President Barack Obama has been criticised as cautious on foreign policy, but the secret negotiations on Cuba suggest a willingness for bold and risky action, if he can keep tight control and rely on ...More

Scientists warn extreme sea temperatures could cause a “historic” coral reef die-off around the world over the coming months, following a massive coral bleaching already under way in the North Pacific ...More

Golden-winged warblers may be able to hear deadly storms thousands of kilometres away and flee to safer places, according to a new study. The study conducted by researchers at the University of Ca ...More

A climate deal cannot be achieved by endless squabbling, but by accepting responsibility and acting decisively After nearly a fortnight of prolonged talks, some of it acrimonious, there was little th ...More

CHENNAI: With rainforests being destroyed for the expansion of fast food outlets and India’s vast cultural biodiversity being run over by urbanisation, the Indian Biodiversity Congress (IBC) 2014 saw ...More

Lima talks have put off the difficult task of negotiating a global agreement on climate change to Paris next year. As India anchors the developing world against the developed countries’ efforts to shi ...More

The recent climate change meet at Lima has paved the way for a pragmatic pact on emission reduction The UNFCCC Conference of Parties in Lima, Peru, concluded with 196 countries agreeing to collective ...More