PUNE: For most Puneites, traffic and transport pose the worst kind of problems. The clamour for a metro and a more effective Bus Rapid Transit System is growing, but urban planners and experts have wa ...More

LEHRAGAGA (Sangrur): After spreading awareness about organic farming through his documentary 'Toxic Tears', Dutch researcher Tom Deiters is on a tour to various parts of Asia to apprise people, especi ...More

Earlier this year, the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere reached 400 parts per million (ppm). The last time there was that much CO2 was three million years ago, when sea levels were 24 ...More

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The state biodiversity board is exploring the possibility of testing a 'landslide-forecasting device' from the United States at Munnar in Idukki, following a discussion with clim ...More

The government has cleared the setting up of a National Institute for Climate Change Studies and Actions, a dedicated think-tank that will undertake and coordinate strategic, economic and scientific s ...More

LEHRAGAGA (Sangrur): After spreading awareness about organic farming through his documentary 'Toxic Tears', Dutch researcher Tom Deiters is on a tour to various parts of Asia to apprise people, espe ...More

LEHRAGAGA (Sangrur): After spreading awareness about the organic farming through his documentary 'Toxic Tears', Dutch researcher Tom Deiters is visiting various parts of Asia to apprise people especia ...More

HYDERABAD: This summer's Uttarakhand tragedy, in which thousands of people lost their lives, was not induced by human activity and such events are likely to reoccur in the future with a bulk of them w ...More

Robert Swan, the first man to walk on both poles, will on Saturday launch a renewable energy charged third pole education base (E-Base) in Ladakh, where a cloudburst had washed away several villages i ...More

NEW DELHI: India and the UK have formed a green energy forum to enhance and acclerate activities in clean energy. "The launch of Indo-UK Green Energy Forum would enhance and accelerate Indo-UK a ...More

The 2013 edition of Science Express-Biodiversity Special (SEBS), an innovative mobile exhibition on a specially designed train, which was stationed in Tiruchi junction for four days commencing Sunday, ...More

Kerala, the recipient of FAO's recognition for its 'Below Sea Level Farming System' at Kuttanad is planning to set up a heritage museum and a research centre for the much praised agricultural system. ...More

Trichy: A special train to promote awareness on biodiversity and safe environment which chugged into the city a few days back is drawing a large number of people. A large number of students were in at ...More

As many as 25 young tribal boys and girls of Bhubaneswar-based Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences participated in a live discussion with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon via video conferencing, the ...More

NEW DELHI: The mean annual temperature in the Himalayan region is likely to rise by up to two degrees by 2030 while the rainfall would also rise by five to 13 per cent in the next two decades, said a ...More

Despite melting of Himalayan glaciers due to global warming, water levels of critical Himalayan rivers like Ganges and Indus will not drop over the next century due to an increase in monsoon rains, sa ...More

“Small steps can bring in huge change,” — was cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar’s message to his young fans for doing their individual bits for the conservation of environment at an event in the ...More

While green building as a concept isn’t new to Amdavadis, takers’ opinions vary. A study conducted by a student at the Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (Cept) University reveals th ...More

From giving protection to elephant corridors to curbing tourism in core areas, the Centre is going all-out to save the wildlife. But in conservationist and author BittuSahgal's words, it's not enough, ...More

In May, the research station at Mauna Loa, Hawaii, registered, for the first time, carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration in the atmosphere exceeding 400 parts per million (PPM). At the start of industria ...More