At first glance, that might not seem logical. Shouldn't small changes in the temperature mean small changes in the frequency of scorchers? Unfortunately, the answer is no. Take Tasmania, for exampl ...More

London, Jan 9: Global warming has stalled since 1998, and in the next few years Earth’s temperature will not rise as rapidly as feared, UK Met officials have claimed. Over the next five years tem ...More

Fighting climate change by producing more biofuels could actually worsen a little-known type of air pollution and cause almost 1,400 premature deaths a year in Europe by 2020, according to a new study ...More

Calcutta, Jan. 6: The high concentration of fine particulate pollutants in Calcutta’s air and the fumes from diesel-run vehicles may be helping warm the city’s winters and disturb its normal monsoon t ...More

WASHINGTON, Jan 6: Researchers have unlocked the “black box” to the underground world, home to billions of microscopic organisms, unravelling why they make all life sustainable. ”The organisms that l ...More

Three extreme polluting events made 2012 one of Delhi’s worst years, according to scientists with the System for Air Quality Forecasting and Research (SAFAR) project under the Ministry of Earth Scie ...More

Climate change issues can be addressed effectively through policy responses that have locally relevant solutions. According to Arabinda Mishra, Adviser and Head, International Cooperation (Bilateral ...More

HERE’S a riddle: What do the Oklahoma dust bowl, smoke in Wenatchee, mold on Long Island and Washington’s oyster industry have in common? And why would a doctor, like me, care? The common link is ...More

KOLKATA: The fragile ecosystem of the Sunderbans needs to be handled with care, said Nobel laureate Rajendra K Pachauri at the 100th Indian Science Congress on Sunday. The water level at the mangrov ...More

Kolkata, Jan 6 : Climate change issues can be addressed effectively through policy responses that have locally relevant solutions. According to Arabinda Mishra, Adviser and Head, International C ...More

Dykes, an answer to protecting the ecology Kolkata, Jan 6: The rise in sea levels around the Sundarbans delta – the world’s largest mangrove forest spread across India and Bangladesh — is a cause ...More

JAMMU, Jan 4: Jammu and Kashmir government has formulated a draft Action Plan on Climate Change as part of the National Action Plan on Climate Change. The draft of State Action Plan has been prepa ...More

Globally agriculture is a major source of GHG, accounting for about 14% of emissions. If we combine the emissions caused by deforestation for farming, fertiliser manufacturing and agricultural energy ...More

‘Bring regulation of biotechnological processes under the Biodiversity Act’ The second Indian Biodiversity Congress (IBC 2012) held at Bangalore earlier this month has called for a ban on field trial ...More

“We have cut down our forests, that is why it does not rain, and ultimately there will be drought…” Kashi Bai of Barua Sagar village in the Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh, reasons for climate va ...More

The prospect of having no regime of emission cuts till the next accord is worked out, has been averted. “…frustration is a renewable resource, but frustration does not reduce emissions”, remarked a w ...More

Earth is growing warmer; the records prove that. Some still doubt human activity has anything to do with it, but it's past time for the rest of us to face reality. We need, first, good leadership. Th ...More

In 2012 governments turned their backs on the living planet, demonstrating that no chronic problem, however grave, will take priority over an immediate concern, however trivial. I believe there has be ...More

“Superstorm” Sandy killed more than 100 people, destroyed thousands of homes and businesses, and left millions without food, water, electricity, sanitation or shelter for days or even weeks. Our thoug ...More

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said regulatory mechanisms for environment protection and development needs should be transparent and accountable so that both could work in tandem. Speaking ...More