AMSTERDAM: Chronic hunger may be "the defining human tragedy of this century," as climate change causes growing seasons to shift, crops to fail, and storms and droughts to ravage fields, an advocacy g ...More

TORONTO: Vast amounts of carbon, about twice as much as contained in the atmosphere, is stored in the Arctic, according to a new study. The amount of carbon in frozen soils, sediments and river deltas ...More

SYDNEY: The melting of West Antarctic ice sheet, Antarctica's most vulnerable part, could raise global sea levels by up to five metres. "Polar ice sheets have grown and collapsed at least 40 times ...More

WASHINGTON: Climate change is rapidly expanding the size of the world’s tropical zone, threatening to bring disease and drought to heavily populated areas, an Australian study has found. Researche ...More

PARIS: Leaders of the world's established and emerging economic powerhouses will be under pressure at this week's G8 summit to give a badly-needed jolt to the quest for a new global climate pact. ...More

BANGALORE : Scanty monsoon, falling water levels in reservoirs and grave power crisis. In this scenario, flushing Cauvery water down your toilet is criminal. That's what the Karnataka State Pollution ...More

In an initiative aimed at ensuring active community participation to address ecological issues of global concern, delegates from the United Nations and Sikh leaders from various parts of the country a ...More

LINDAU (Germany): Industrialized nations should take "concrete steps" to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and prevent global warming, the brunt of which developing countries are bearing in the form of ...More

MADRID: Climate change, which could transform the Iberian peninsula into a semi-desert, is forcing winemakers in Spain to consider moving theirvines to higher ground to escape the blistering heat. ...More

CHENNAI: No comprehensive study or survey has ever been done on the impact of climate change in Tamil Nadu, according to the State’s Environment Department. “From various nationwide studies done, ...More

BHUBANESWAR: Experts and policymakers here on Saturday expressed concerns over ‘adverse’ impact of climate change over future fish production and aquaculture in the country. Presenting a comparative r ...More

LINDAU (Germany): Industrialized nations should take "concrete steps" to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and prevent global warming, the brunt of which developing countries are bearing in the form of ...More

MADRID: Climate change, which could transform the Iberian peninsula into a semi-desert, is forcing winemakers in Spain to consider moving theirvines to higher ground to escape the blistering heat. ...More

WASHINGTON: Like the wool sweater that emerges from the dryer a size too small, global warming seems to be shrinking sheep. On average, wild Soay sheep on Scotland’s island Hirta are 5% smaller to ...More

WASHINGTON: Like the wool sweater that emerges from the dryer a size too small, global warming seems to be shrinking sheep. On average, wild Soay sheep on Scotland’s island Hirta are 5% smaller to ...More

TOKYO: A multilateral forum on climate change is all set to call for a 50 per cent cut on global emissions by 2050 and an 80 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions for industrialized nations, ...More

TOKYO: A multilateral forum on climate change is all set to call for a 50 per cent cut on global emissions by 2050 and an 80 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions for industrialized nations, ...More

TOKYO: Japan urged India to do more to combat climate change as the foreign ministers from the two Asian powers met on Friday. India responded that any deal to combat global warming must allow eme ...More

TOKYO: Japan urged India to do more to combat climate change as the foreign ministers from the two Asian powers met on Friday. India responded that any deal to combat global warming must allow eme ...More

WASHINGTON: Global warming seems to be shrinking sheep. On average, wild Soay sheep on Scotland's island Hirta are 5 percent smaller today than they were in 1985, according to a team of researchers le ...More