MOSCOW: Environmental groups said on Monday global warming was to blame for Russia's worst drought in decades and expressed hope this would persuade Russia to cut its carbon emissions, among the world ...More

SAN FRANCISCO: Stephen Schneider, a Stanford University scientist who served on the international research panel on global warming that shared the 2007 Nobel Prize with former Vice President Al Gore ...More

CHENNAI: The vagaries of climate affect developing nations more than climate change. Economic development is the only means to ensure security for the poorer people of the world, according to economis ...More

PARIS: China has overtaken the United States as the world's largest energy consumer, the International Energy Agency said Tuesday. China immediately questioned the report, claiming its calculations we ...More

PARIS: The first six months of 2010 brought a string of warmest-ever global temperatures, but connecting these dots to long-term climate change patterns remains frustratingly difficult, experts say. ...More

SAN FRANCISCO: Stephen Schneider, a Stanford University scientist who served on the international research panel on global warming that shared the 2007 Nobel Prize with former Vice President Al Gore, ...More

Whiter clouds over oceans could stop global warming and bring more rains to the land, according to a recent study. “Clouds reflect sunlight and cool the planet. Clouds with bigger droplets tend to be ...More

CHENNAI: The vagaries of climate affect developing nations more than climate change. Economic development is the only means to ensure security for the poorer people of the world, according to economis ...More

PARIS: China has overtaken the United States as the world's largest energy consumer, the International Energy Agency said Tuesday. China immediately questioned the report, claiming its calculations we ...More

PARIS: The first six months of 2010 brought a string of warmest-ever global temperatures, but connecting these dots to long-term climate change patterns remains frustratingly difficult, experts say. ...More

MOSCOW: Environmental groups said on Monday global warming was to blame for Russia's worst drought in decades and expressed hope this would persuade Russia to cut its carbon emissions, among the wor ...More

David Breashears is one of America’s legendary mountain climbers, a man who has climbed Mount Everest five times and led the ‘Everest’ IMAX film team in 1996. These days, Breashears is still climbing ...More

COLOMBO: Six countries seen as most threatened by rising sea levels have vowed to cut their carbon emissions as a gesture of their commitment to fight global warming, the Maldivian government said M ...More

COLOMBO: Six countries seen as most threatened by rising sea levels have vowed to cut their carbon emissions as a gesture of their commitment to fight global warming, the Maldivian government said Mon ...More

In October last year, a month before the Copenhagen talks on climate change, emails and documents were leaked from the University of East Anglia’s Climate Research Unit. Dubbed Climategate, it gave a ...More

Washington: Everyone knows that the U.S. government considers as top priority the two big Cs – climate change and counterterrorism. Well now there is a “killer” product on the market that brings both ...More

Shimla, July 16 The country is lagging far behind in tapping solar energy for which there is a vast potential, particularly in high altitude Himalayan regions like Ladakh and Lahaul-Spiti. This was s ...More

COPENHAGEN: Public skepticism about global warming may be growing, but the scientific consensus is as solid as ever: man-made climate change is real, and we ignore it at our peril. But if that issue ...More

COPENHAGEN: Public skepticism about global warming may be growing, but the scientific consensus is as solid as ever: man-made climate change is real, and we ignore it at our peril. But if that issue i ...More

NEW YORK: When British climbing legend George Mallory took his iconic 1921 photo of Mount Everest's north face, the mighty, river-shaped glacier snaking under his feet seemed eternal. Decade ...More