Paris: Nearly half of endangered land mammals and a quarter of birds are already harmed by climate change — a much higher segment than previously thought, researchers have found. Endangered primates ...More

Climate change and overfishing have left already endangered young penguins in Africa confused about where to find food, and they are dying in high numbers as a result, researchers said Thursday. The ...More

A parched winter with little rainfall has kept water migratory birds away from the Najafgarh lake, situated in the south-western part of Delhi. There has been a decline in the number of species that a ...More

New Delhi, Feb 8 (PTI) The Himalayan glaciers are retreating but not at a rapid pace and no abnormal trend in their melting was documented in recent years, the government said today. Union Earth Sc ...More

2016 ended on a sad note for nature lovers in Coimbatore, as the annual migration of butterflies to Western Ghats via Anaikatti hills did not take place even after January. Scientists and researchers ...More

The winter is over and the outrage that erupted over pollution after last year’s Diwali has also been overtaken by other news events. But the problem of polluted air stubbornly persists, affecting the ...More

BENGALURU: Each time your vehicle goes to the service station, you are billed for an oil change. But have you ever wondered what happens to the old engine oil that is drained out from your vehicle? I ...More

Increasing the level of water table can help in slowing down global warming, boost crop yields and preserve peat soils in the UK, according to a new study. The research, led by scientists from the Uni ...More

Where are house sparrows these days? They have just become extinct!” is a common rhetoric we hear in the cities. Yet, it is impossible to scientifically assert that they are dwindling in numbers, sinc ...More

Rising temperatures could boost mercury levels in fish by up to seven times the current rates, say Swedish researchers. They’ve discovered a new way in which warming increases levels of the toxin in s ...More

The hurry to declare the clean-up operation complete raises questions that go beyond just the specifics of the oil spill on the Chennai coast On January 14, 2017, Ennorefisherfolk and the Save Ennore ...More

Along look at the once migratory birds’ haven Pashan Lake would make one wonder if it is a football ground. It is only when one inches closer to it that they see water visible in patches. The deterior ...More

KOCHI: Cranes stroll the shallows searching for crabs among the lake bed cracks. The water has receded to a thin strip exposing the lake bed. Thattekad bird sanctuary, the tropical rain forest, which ...More

Have you ever thought that how important are Wetlands for our environment? How indispensable they are, for a number of reasons, providing countless help to humanity with fresh water supply, flood cont ...More

Okhla waste-to-energy plant here was on Thursday allowed to function by the National Green Tribunal which said it need not be shut down or shifted as it is non-polluting now but directed it to pay an ...More

The Okhla waste-to-energy plant here was on Thursday allowed to function by the National Green Tribunal, which said it need not be shut down or shifted as it is non-polluting now but directed it to pa ...More

The Northeast forms a complex geomorphology with vast flood plains, valleys, hills and ridges of varying elevations, beels (wetlands) and swamp areas with presence of large number of avifaunal diversi ...More

According to a state government report, there has been an 80% drop in cases of mangrove destruction in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) from 2015 to 2016. However, activists have criticised the su ...More

Climate change may cause serious harm to Vembanad ecosystem, E.J. James, Member, Central Wetland Regulatory Authority, has said. Mr. James was addressing a workshop on ‘Vembanad-kol wetland and clima ...More

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has told National Green Tribunal that it has repeatedly asked the Delhi Government to expedite and submit the State Action Plan on Climate Change ...More