COPENHAGEN: Being a climate scientists these days is not for the faint of heart. Arguably no other area of research yields a sharper contrast between a steady stream of "eureka!" moments, and the ...More

NEW YORK: Global warming is expected to raise sea level along the northeastern US almost twice as fast as that elsewhere during this century, exposing New York City to greater risk for damage from hur ...More

WASHINGTON: The world's wealthiest nations should be responsible for China's pollution coming from exports, Chinese officials said amid talks with the US on how to combat global warming. China, th ...More

New Delhi, March 16: India on Monday hit out at developed nations for putting "conditions" and "adding dimensions" such as carbon tariff and trade competitiveness for action on climate change. "Actio ...More

OSLO: US President Barack Obama should seek an alliance with China and Europe to tax greenhouse gas emissions and abandon his plans for carbon trading, a leading US scientist said. James Hansen, d ...More

NEW YORK: Global warming is expected to raise sea level along the northeastern US almost twice as fast as that elsewhere during this century, exposing New York City to greater risk for damage from hur ...More

WASHINGTON: The world's wealthiest nations should be responsible for China's pollution coming from exports, Chinese officials said amid talks with the US on how to combat global warming. China, th ...More

WASHINGTON: China appealed on Monday to exclude its giant export sector in the next treaty on climate change, as doubts grow whether the world can close ranks by a deadline of December. Rich natio ...More

OSLO: Climate change has emerged as one of the most urgent threats to polar bears as wildlife officials from the five Arctic countries meet in Norway this week to discuss how to protect the vulnerable ...More

OSLO: US President Barack Obama should seek an alliance with China and Europe to tax greenhouse gas emissions and abandon his plans for carbon trading, a leading US scientist said. James Hansen, d ...More

BRUSSELS: Europe's farmers must think how to adapt to climate change in coming decades, altering their practices to cut greenhouse gas emissions, make agriculture more resilient and keep land in use, ...More

COPENHAGEN: Being a climate scientists these days is not for the faint of heart. Arguably no other area of research yields a sharper contrast between a steady stream of "eureka!" moments, and the ...More

The threat of devastating climate change is now so great that some scientists say it is time to investigate a Plan B — geo-engineering on a planetary scale. Such methods of altering the world's climat ...More

The threat of devastating climate change is now so great that some scientists say it is time to investigate a Plan B — geo-engineering on a planetary scale. Such methods of altering the world's climat ...More

The Jammu and Kashmir State Power Development Corporation (JKSPDC) today said the 450 MW Baglihar Hydro-Electric Project was not eligible for seeking carbon credits under the Kyoto Protocol signed by ...More

NEW YORK: Indigenous Arctic peoples must be consulted on ways to preserve their ways of life and boost employment opportunities as the northern ice retreats due to climate change , a group of experts ...More

LONDON: Former US vice president Al Gore said that he was optimistic that a global deal to combat climate change would be agreed at a summit in December. In an interview with The Guardian, the Nob ...More

WASHINGTON: With climate change legislation a top US priority for Democrats this year, lawmakers began zeroing in on Thursday on ways to ease the financial burden it could impose on the poor, especial ...More

COPENHAGEN: Global warming is accelerating beyond the worst predictions and is threatening to trigger" irreversible" climate shifts on the planet, hundreds of leading scientists warned. Saying the ...More

WASHINGTON: Visibility on clear days has declined in much of the world since the 1970s thanks to a rise in airborne pollutants, scientists said. They described a "global dimming" in particular ove ...More