Aberrations in monsoon behaviour are not uncommon. What is new is the difficulty in forecasting caused by factors coming under the generic title, ‘Climate change.’ Forecasts by the South Asian Climat ...More

Jorhat, April 30: The Tea Research Association (TRA) has tied up with two foreign universities to seek a few answers for the industry within the next couple of years to cope with climate change in one ...More

The European Commission Wednesday approved funding for 225 new projects under the LIFE programme -- the European Union's environment fund, and will provide 282 million euros (391 million dollars) fo ...More

In the run-up to the new global agreement on climate change, which will be negotiated by 2015, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has launched a climate action programme that will focus on ...More

Amidst worrisome indications that human-induced climate change is affecting the monsoon over India, research just published adds to a body of evidence showing that extremes in rainfall are increasing. ...More

SYDNEY: The UNESCO on Thursday condemned a decision to allow the dumping of dredge waste in Great Barrier Reef waters and recommended the Australian marine park be considered for inclusion on the Worl ...More

Research on climate change and biodiversity in India received a boost on Tuesday with a Rs. 14-crore grant from the Norwegian Embassy to Bangalore-based Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the En ...More

The European Commission Wednesday approved funding for 225 new projects under the LIFE programme -- the European Union's environment fund, and will provide 282 million euros (391 million dollars) for ...More

WASHINGTON: In an alarming research, a team of scientists at Stanford University have identified significant changes in the patterns of extreme wet and dry events that are increasing the risk of droug ...More

Gare Village: The man walked into Ramesh Agrawal's tiny Internet cafe, pulled out a pistol and hissed, "You talk too much." Then he fired two bullets into Agrawal's left leg and fled on a motorcycle. ...More

A concerted Hornbill conservation programme in Kerala has given the bird a new lease of life They are magnificent, and look awkwardly huge with their oversized beaks. But Hornbills are beautiful with ...More

Investing to curb greenhouse gases Scientists fear that the glaciers casing Mt Everest are melting at an unprecedented pace, thanks to changes in climate due to global warming. What causes this? Gree ...More

PUNE: The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) has launched a feature service to make environmental literature easier to understand and more accessible to the common man. The service, launched l ...More

A new report has quantified for the first time how much our food choices affect pollutant nitrogen emissions, climate change and land-use across Europe. The executive summary of the European Nitrogen ...More

KOLKATA: Sabuj Mancha, a platform of organizations and individuals supporting the cause of environment have come up with a list of deliverable demands from the new government to be sent across to va ...More

BHOPAL: Farmers are disposing of the remains of the crop destroyed in the recent hailstorm by burning. This is adding to air pollution as huge quantities of particulate matter, carbon dioxide, carbo ...More

Researchers have found increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere cause soil microbes to produce more carbon dioxide, accelerating climate change. Two Northern Arizona University researcher ...More

Scientists have claimed that climbing Mount Everest is becoming less predictable and possibly more dangerous, as climate change brings warmer temperatures that may eat through the ice and snow on the ...More

Washington: Environmentalists on Wednesday urged the US to drop plans to haul India to the WTO to open its solar market, saying the action would hurt the fight against climate change. The World Trade ...More

WASHINGTON: Scientists have claimed that climbing Mount Everest is becoming less predictable and possibly more dangerous, as climate change brings warmer temperatures that may eat through the ice and ...More