The little-known Brokpatribals of Ladakh, who claim to have been vegans for some 2,200 years of their existence, are slowly opting for an alternative diet including dairy products, eggs, and meat — th ...More

A summer ‘vortex’ of cold air over the Karakoram, a large mountain range spanning the borders of India, Pakistan and China, is causing the glaciers in the region to grow in spite of global warming, sc ...More

Kozhikode: Turning the academic spotlight on Western Ghats, a Unesco World Heritage site and home to around 300 globally-threatened species, the Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (KVASU ...More

LONDON: A summer 'vortex' of cold air over the Karakoram, a large mountain range spanning the borders of India, Pakistan and China, is causing the glaciers in the region to grow in spite of global war ...More

New Delhi: Expansion projects of coal mines involving increase in production capacity by up to 40% in 2-3 phases will not require a public hearing, an expert panel of the environment ministry has held ...More

Beside the powerful economies and the strong human hold on the world, there is one natural phenomenon named by humans itself, which cannot be ignored and avoided because none has that supreme power, b ...More

Nagpur: Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has corroborated the TOI expose' on Koradi Thermal Power Station (KTPS) air pollution questioning the emission figures and Mahagenco's system of measurin ...More

Here's some good news: Gujarat has reported a record high of 650 Asiatic lions in the state's forests and national parks. This is the highest number of Asiatic lions, found only in Gujarat, recorded s ...More

The United States on Friday formally communicated to the UN its intent to withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate “as soon as it is eligible to do so” but left the door open for re-joining if and ...More

With climate change, comes a threat less discussed—harmful algal blooms, or HABs. A 2015 research published in the Geophysical Research Letters, a journal brought out by the American Geophysical Union ...More

Europe’s death toll from weather disasters could rise 50-fold by the end of this century, with extreme heat alone killing more than 150,000 people a year by 2100 if nothing is done to curb the effects ...More

London, Aug 3 (PTI) An endangered bat species with a UK population of less than 1,000 could be further threatened by the effects of global warming, a study has found. Scientists led by the University ...More

The impact of dams on the diversity of fish is a telling example of the unintended consequences of human activity. It is also true that while aquaculture may complement the yield of fisheries, enhan ...More

London, Aug 3 (PTI) An endangered bat species with a UK population of less than 1,000 could be further threatened by the effects of global warming, a study has found. Scientists led by the University ...More

Boston: Nearly 1.5 billion people in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh are likely to face deadly heat waves within the next few decades due to climate change, exposing them to unsurvivable temperatures a ...More

Climate change is set to increase the amount of ground-level ozone and fine particle pollution we breathe, which in turn leads to lung disease, heart conditions, and stroke. Less rain and more hea ...More

Scientists led by the University of Southampton warn that while conditions in the UK could actually become more favourable for the grey long-eared bat (Plecotus austriacus), populations in southern Eu ...More

Temperatures in the Indo-Gangetic Plains would exceed the upper limit of what normally people can tolerate NEW DELHI, AUGUST 3: North India, along with parts of Pakistan and Bangladesh, would be a ...More

An endangered bat species with a UK population of less than 1,000 could be further threatened by the effects of global warming, a study has found. Scientists led by the University of Southampton w ...More

Change in climate leads to increased amounts of ground - level ozone and fine particle that further impacts human health. Although fine particles and ground level ozone occur naturally, human beings h ...More