KINGSTON (JAMAICA): Jamaica is reporting a big decline in sightings of lionfish, the voracious invasive species that has been wreaking havoc on regional reefs for years and wolfing down native juvenil ...More

The cost of keeping global warming in check is "relatively modest", but only if the world acts quickly to reverse the build-up of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere, the head of the U.N.'s expert ...More

A holistic development plan for three lakes in South Kerala has gained momentum with the Environment and Climate Change Department roping in ‘Wetlands International’ for preparing a detailed project r ...More

SYDNEY: Fish are losing their survival instinct — even becoming attracted to the smell of their predators — as the world's oceans become more acidic because of climate change, new research said on M ...More

Fish are losing their survival instinct -- even becoming attracted to the smell of their predators -- as the world's oceans become more acidic because of climate change, new research said Monday. Th ...More

Berlin: Faster action is needed to keep global warming to agreed limits and delays until 2030 could force reliance on technologies to extract greenhouse gases from the air, a UN report said on Sunday. ...More

The U.N.’s expert panel on climate change on Sunday highlighted the disconnect between international goals to fight global warming and what is being done to attain them. Emissions of carbon dioxide ...More

BERLIN: The UN climate chief on Sunday called on governments to take bold steps to tame carbon emissions after a landmark report said the worldwide aim to limit global warming was still attainable. ...More

Climate change may pose new challenges in disease control in the State: SAPCC Climate change may trigger the emergence of new and unfamiliar infections and pose new challenges for disease control i ...More

New Delhi, April 13: An international panel today warned that the world hadn’t done enough to curb greenhouse gas emissions but said that changes in lifestyles and energy technologies could yet help ...More

Plans to reduce our impact on climate and mitigate the damage we’ve already done are important... There are few experiences more frustrating than a delay in travel plans caused by bad weather. Acco ...More

The world is simply not doing enough to prevent the planet from reaching a catastrophic climate change tipping point, the UN climate science panel has concluded in its latest report. Officially the ...More

The world has a likely chance of meeting the UN's warming limit of two degrees Celsius if it cuts annual greenhouse gas emissions 40-70 per cent by 2050, especially from energy, a top expert panel s ...More

BERLIN: The world has a likely chance of meeting the UN's target on global warming provided it cuts annual greenhouse gas emissions 40-70 per cent by 2050, a top expert panel said Sunday. The co ...More

NEW DELHI: Nearly two weeks after predicting a gloomy future for the world due to global warming, a UN panel on Sunday came out with yet another alarming report, telling the global community that ...More

WASHINGTON: A new UN report tackling greenhouse-gas emissions should serve as a "wakeup call" for entrepreneurs, especially in the energy sector, US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday. ...More

Even as rural areas in otherwise drought-hit regions of Maharashtra (as also in neighbouring areas of Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh) struggle to cope with immense damages due to untimely ...More

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Sunday urged all countries to act swiftly and boldly to limit global warming as greenhouse gas emissions across the world continue to rise at an accelerated pace. " ...More

After racing against the clock in an all-night session, the UN's expert panel on climate change was putting the final touches today on a scientific guide to help governments, industries and regular pe ...More

Berlin: Government representatives on Saturday approved a UN report listing options for rolling back emissions from greenhouse gases, NGOs following the proceedings said. In a six-day wrangle, they h ...More