We are made up of the same five elements — earth, water, fire, air and space — that constitute the Universe. We are the soil. We are the earth. What we do to the soil, we do to ourselves. And it is no ...More

Every living organism is dependent on one another and it is this healthy coexistence among different species that strengthens the ecosystem. The disproportionate percentage of plant and animal life wi ...More

Climate change has caused Nepal's Himalayan glaciers to shrink by nearly a quarter in just over 30 years, raising the risk of natural disasters in the ecologically fragile region, a scientist said t ...More

GUWAHATI: Nagaland scripted another conservation success story on Thursday when the state was awarded for its efforts to protect its biodiversity. The joint forest management committee (JFMC) in Ol ...More

NEW DELHI: The capital celebrated International Biodiversity Day in unique ways. While National Zoological Park staff spent the day inside the elephant enclosure highlighting the plight of the pachyde ...More

Sydney, May 22 (IANS/EFE) Semi-arid areas on the planet could become carbon sinks in the future despite the fact that they hold the carbon for a short period compared to tropical forests, according to ...More

With 19 months to go until the deadline for a new, global pact on climate change, the United States' top negotiator cautioned today against unrealistic expectations, saying the deal "won't be perfec ...More

As forests disappear and ice melts, concerns over climate change continue to rise but scientists have now discovered a new source of oceanic "bio-available" iron that could help buffer the effects o ...More

LONDON: Superbugs resistant to drugs pose a serious worldwide threat and demand a response on the same scale as efforts to combat climate change, infectious disease specialists said on Thursday. ...More

BEIJING: Glaciers in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, home to several Himalayan rivers, have been shrunk by 15 per cent in the past three decades and the situation could worsen in future due to global warmi ...More

In agenda for new Govt, dwells on energy efficiency, pollution, sustainable solutions Mumbai, May 21: The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) said energy efficient measures can reduce energy co ...More

If Sunday is the most preferred day to relax and unwind, it is the busiest day for the representatives of India Youth for Society, a group of environmentally-conscious people, to hunt for a new spot t ...More

KERI: May 22, is being celebrated as the International Day of Biodiversity this year with the theme on 'Island Biodiversity'. Goa, nestled amidst the Western Ghats and west coast has displayed ri ...More

Beijing: Glaciers in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, home to several Himalayan rivers, have been shrunk by 15% in the past three decades and the situation could worsen in future due to global warming, Ch ...More

Poster contest to promote green agenda among youth. With the carbon dioxide level in the atmosphere crossing 400 parts per million, the growing need to preserve the planet was highlighted by the organ ...More

NEW DELHI: Emissions of fine particulate matter or PM2.5 in Delhi have increased by 11.5% over the past four years, according to a GIS-based inventory prepared by Indian Institute of Tropical Meteor ...More

KOCHI: Kerala Governor Sheila Dikshit said that research on disease diagnosis, surveillance and management of aquatic organisms needs to be strengthened for the prevention and control of viral and ba ...More

NEW DELHI: The Yamuna may not be a lost cause after all. A heronry that has recently developed inside the Yamuna Biodiversity Park gives an inkling of what its floodplains could be-if sustained in t ...More

Mountaineering tourism in Nepal faces a threat from global warming as melting glaciers feed the risk of more deadly disasters such as the avalanche on Mount Everest that killed 16 people last month, s ...More

Climate change is threatening US landmarks from the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor to the César Chávez National Monument in Keene, California with floods, rising sea levels and fires, scientis ...More