Environmental scientists and other experts are currently grappling with the proposed geoengineering technologies and are studying the impact they could have on biodiversity. HYDERABAD: Can the impac ...More

The world’s largest mangrove forest, the Sundarbans, is increasingly becoming vulnerable to rising sea levels and frequent natural disasters. The Sundarbans form an archipelago straddling India and ...More

A Yale Foundation study has found that Indians understand and respond to the idea of climate change affecting their lives and their future prospects, and have faith in science to tackle it. Called ' ...More

Conservation expert Martin Kaonga says that formulating effective policies and including local communities in decision-making is essential for conservation Consider this: forests are not far removed ...More

With the quadrennial presidential election extravaganza reaching its peak, it’s useful to ask how the political campaigns are dealing with the most crucial issues we face. The simple answer is: badly, ...More

The Hindu Union Environment and Forests Minister Jayanthi Natarajan, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity Braulio Ferreira ...More

The Giant panda with his beguiling looks has found himself a place as an Ambassador of Friendship. However, all is not rosy, asthe Giant panda isnow in the endangered list. Did you know that Giant pa ...More

The UK's dismal recent summers can be blamed on a substantial warming of the North Atlantic Ocean in the late 1990s, according to new scientific research. The shift has resulted in rain-soaked weather ...More

Climate sceptics feature more prominently in newspapers in the US and UK than other countries, and their views are more likely to go unchallenged in right-leaning papers, an academic study has shown. ...More

NEW DELHI: Close on the heels of the controversy over the climate change chapter in the 12th five year plan, Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia has got into another row on the ...More

India’s energy needs can be met entirely by solar and other renewable sources, says a new study by two professors at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore. Their report published in the ...More

NEW DELHI: Close on the heels of the controversy over the climate change chapter in the 12th five year plan, Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia has got into another row on the ...More

WASHINGTON: The UN climate chief said Monday that countries have not backed off what they had agreed in climate talks in Durban last year but said current actions and pledges are not enough to avert a ...More

Global warming may shrink fish species in size by up to 24 per cent, with the largest decreases in the Indian and Atlantic Oceans, scientists have warned. Researchers from the University of British C ...More

There are a lot of big issues that you won't be hearing much about during the closing weeks of the presidential race. One of them is the war in Afghanistan. Don't expect either candidate to offer any ...More

LONDON: A new study has warned that changes in ocean and climate systems could lead to smaller fish. The study led by fisheries scientists at the University of British Columbia provides the first-e ...More

Arctic sea ice has melted to its minimum extent for the year due to climate change, setting a record for the lowest summer cover since satellites began collecting data. The 2012 extent has fallen to ...More

The first traces of plastic debris have been found in what was thought to be the pristine environment of the Southern Ocean, according to a study released in London by the French scientific research v ...More

LONDON: More than 100 million people will die and global economic growth will be cut by 3.2% of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2030 if the world fails to tackle climate change, a report commissioned ...More

Nick Clegg taunted the Conservative party for abandoning their environmental ambitions in his leader's speech to the Liberal Democrat party conference on Wednesday as he sought to use green issues to ...More