Shifting from coal to natural gas would fail to significantly slow down climate change, a new study has suggested. The study by Tom Wigley, who is a senior research associate at the National Center f ...More

NEW DELHI: An independent ministry must be set up for the Himalayan region which faces unique ecological threats, the fallouts of which will affect the entire country in the near future, a group of en ...More

*Each month, unfailingly, the concentration of greenhouse gas CO2 in the air reaches an all-time high for that month. The level of atmospheric CO2, emitted by human activities, is now inching up to 40 ...More

Environmental protection must not become an ally for countries to boost market access for industrial goods Can countries protect the environment while advocating and practising policies that liberali ...More

Open access power consumers may soon have to shell out more to foot their electricity bills, with regulators agreeing to impose mandatory renewable purchase obligations on them. As of now, only power ...More

South Africa's foreign minister says she is hoping for compromise but expects only incremental progress ahead of climate change talks she's hosting. Maite Nkoana-Mashabane was speaking Monday, thre ...More

LONDON: The presence of a deep-reaching ocean circulation system off Iceland that could significantly influence the ocean's response to climate change in previously unforeseen ways has been confirme ...More

In the face of climate change, models being evolved for sustainable management of ecosystems Arctic scientists are working to evolve models for future sustainable management of Arctic ecosystems. The ...More

Shimla, August 11 Concerned over the inordinate delay in the revision of the expired forest working plans (FWPs), the bible of forest management, the government has decided to make an Additional Prin ...More

The loss of ice due to climate change in Antarctica is causing the once buoyant continent to be heaven-bound. Donald Argus of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, and colleague ...More

Srinagar, July 31 Governor NN Vohra said today that while the study of languages and other subjects was important, a majority of the existing and emerging problems on varied fronts required building ...More

The rainfall pattern in the region has remained erratic in the last few years. While last year heavy downpour flooded the region, the year 2009 was comparatively a waterless year. If the Mete ...More

Officials launched a database recently which they dubbed as the Google of Central American weather." It's designed to predict natural disasters as the region grapples with devastating consequences ...More

Officials launched a database recently which they dubbed as the Google of Central American weather." It's designed to predict natural disasters as the region grapples with devastating consequences ...More

NEW DELHI: India blocked an attempt to snatch the climate change discussions away from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to the UN Security Council (UNSC). But, it also played a ...More

NEW DELHI: India blocked an attempt to snatch the climate change discussions away from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change(UNFCCC) to the UN Security Council (UNSC). But, it also played a ...More

India's forest cover has been increasing, says the government. But the government might just be fudging the figures. According to a research paper called 'Cryptic Destruction of India's Native Fores ...More

With Madhya Pradesh emerging as a most favourite tourist hub due to its rich flora and fauna and rich culture the State Govt has embarked on ecotourism development, writes Vivek Trivedi Madhya Pr ...More

SYDNEY: Australia announced plans on Sunday totax carbon pollution at Aus$23 (US$24.74) per tonne to help battle climate change, as it moved towards creating the region's biggest emissions trading sch ...More

GUWAHATI, July 10 – In the present juncture, it has become imperative for the four riparian nations – China, India, Bhutan and Bangladesh to enter into a water-sharing treaty for sustainable, equitabl ...More