CHENNAI: The impact of climate change would continue for a decade or more though drastic measures were taken to reduce its effect, Chairman of Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change, Dr R K Pachau ...More

CHENNAI: When the Tata Nano was unveiled just over a year ago, IPCC chief R.K. Pachauri said the Rs.1 lakh-small car would give him nightmares. Today, with thousands queuing up to book the people’s ca ...More

CHENNAI: It may be a small step to change a single light bulb, but a giant leap towards eliminating India’s carbon footprint: as the first step taken by the government toward fulfilling India’s Nation ...More

CHENNAI: The impact of climate change would continue for a decade or more though drastic measures were taken to reduce its effect, Chairman of Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change, Dr R K Pachau ...More

TOKYO: Japan's latest burst of economic stimulus spending is aimed at promoting energy-efficient products made by recession-hit exporters, but analysts say it is unlikely to help the world's fifth-big ...More

TOKYO: Japan's latest burst of economic stimulus spending is aimed at promoting energy-efficient products made by recession-hit exporters, but analysts say it is unlikely to help the world's fifth-big ...More

WASHINGTON: Global warming will set back the recovery of the ozone layer of the earth's atmosphere, warns a NASA study. Previous studies have shown that while the build up of greenhouse gases make ...More

TOKYO: Japan's latest burst of economic stimulus spending is aimed at promoting energy-efficient products made by recession-hit exporters, but analysts say it is unlikely to help the world's fifth-big ...More

WASHINGTON: Global warming will set back the recovery of the ozone layer of the earth's atmosphere, warns a NASA study. Previous studies have shown that while the build up of greenhouse gases make ...More

WASHINGTON: Aerosols are possibly behind much of the atmospheric warming in the Arctic since 1976, according to US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) scientists. Emitted by natur ...More

NEW DELHI: A small afforestation project in Haryana has become the first in the world to qualify for carbon credits, which the project managers can sell in a developed country. The European Commis ...More

NEW DELHI: A small afforestation project in Haryana has become the first in the world to qualify for carbon credits, which the project managers can sell in a developed country. The European Commis ...More

WASHINGTON: Scientists have decoded genomes of two strains of green algae, highlighting genes that allow them to capture carbon emissions and maintain the oceans' chemical balance, a study said. T ...More

OSLO: A $6 cardboard box that uses solar power to cook food, sterilise water and could help 3 billion poor people cut greenhouse gases, has won a $75,000 prize for ideas to fight global warming. T ...More

WASHINGTON: Aerosols are possibly behind much of the atmospheric warming in the Arctic since 1976, according to US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) scientists. Emitted by natur ...More

OSLO: A $6 cardboard box that uses solar power to cook food, sterilise water and could help 3 billion poor people cut greenhouse gases, has won a $75,000 prize for ideas to fight global warming. T ...More

Steps President Barack Obama has taken on climate and clean energy have shown that the United States is getting ready to lead the world in fighting global warming, a White House official said. ''The ...More

SAN MIGUEL ISLAND, California: Perched on the edge of this wind-swept Southern California island, archaeologist Jon Erlandson watches helplessly as 6,600 years of human culture and a good chunk of his ...More

OSLO/BONN: Global warming is likely to overshoot a 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 F) rise seen by the European Union and many developing nations as a trigger for "dangerous" change, a Reuters poll of scientis ...More

SAN MIGUEL ISLAND, California: Perched on the edge of this wind-swept Southern California island, archaeologist Jon Erlandson watches helplessly as 6,600 years of human culture and a good chunk of ...More