KOLKATA: Urban Indians need to change their behavior and become more responsible in the manner they spend energy, said radio jockey, actor and musician Mir who is the Earth Hour ambassador this year. ...More

Burning midnight oil, dozens of senators seeking to push climate change higher up the US political agenda launched into a rare all-night session highlighting the need to reduce the global warming th ...More

MADURAI: A group of environmental activists in and around Madurai have come together to urge political parties to reveal their stand on global warming. A seminar was organised in the city on Sunda ...More

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change chair warns that floods and storms are increasing in intensity and frequency. The heaviest rainfall in 200 years, and floods and gales experienced in Brit ...More

AHMEDABAD: Gujarat Institute of Competitiveness (GIC) has developed a project to create awareness among micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) on climate change. Major initiatives under the ...More

LUCKNOW: Introducing disaster management as a subject in school and college curriculum will create awareness among the future leaders in better management of disasters. Eminent people from the field o ...More

The worldwide incidence of malaria, which killed about 6,27,000 people in 2012 alone, could rise as temperatures warm due to climate change, a new study has warned. Researchers have debated for more ...More

The worldwide incidence of malaria, which killed about 6,27,000 people in 2012 alone, could rise as temperatures warm due to climate change, a new study has warned. Researchers have debated for more ...More

LONDON: Climate change is threatening the world's cultural heritage with scientists estimating that 136 of 700 listed cultural monuments by Unesco will soon be under water. A new study by Ben ...More

WASHINGTON: Malaria is on the march to higher elevations as temperatures warm due to climate change, a trend that could increase the number of people sickened by the disease, researchers said on Thu ...More

The worldwide incidence of malaria, which killed about 6,27,000 people in 2012 alone, could rise as temperatures warm due to climate change, a new study has warned. Researchers have debated for ...More

INDORE: Plantation and conservation of forest cover on the bank of Narmada— main source of water supply to Indore, will significantly reduce water treatment cost, thereby easing burden from Indore M ...More

Palm oil prices are likely to rise six per cent soon on expectations of unfavourable climatic conditions in Malaysia and Indonesia, the two largest suppliers, said Dorab Mistry, director of Godrej Int ...More

LONDON: The world's first study of deep ocean trench has confirmed climate change — excessive warming of the ocean and melting of Arctic ice — has made marine life far sparser and less varied than ...More

LONDON: The world's first study of deep ocean trench has confirmed climate change — excessive warming of the ocean and melting of Arctic ice — has made marine life far sparser and less varied th ...More

Bangladesh on Tuesday asked BIMSTEC countries to take a “unified” stand and seriously consider the adverse impact of climate change keeping in mind global assessments that indicate an increase in ...More

KOLKATA: At the Boatkhali Kadambini Pre-primary School on Sagar Island in the Sunderbans, classes stop for five-six days each, twice a month, during June to August. Sea water invades the classrooms to ...More

The genetics of North American caribou may impair their ability to cope with climate change. When ice sheets marched across North America 20,000 years ago during the Last Glacial Maximum, they devo ...More

Warren Buffett says the rate of disasters that Berkshire Hathaway's insurance companies see hasn't changed because of extreme weather. Buffett said on CNBC today that he hasn't made any change in ...More

For centuries, farmers in the fragile ecosystems of the high Andes have looked to the behaviour of plants and animals to figure out what crops to grow and when. If reeds dried up in the late summer, ...More