PARIS: Scientists unveiled the first direct evidence that massive floods deep below Antarctica's ice cover are accelerating the flow of glaciers into the sea. How quickly these huge bodies of ice ...More

SYDNEY: Tens of thousands of Australians took part in mass protests around the country Saturday to call for tough government action on climate change, organizers said. The demonstrations were held ...More

Union Coal Secretary HC Gupta will inaugurate clearinghouse of coalmine methane (CMM)/ coal-bed methane (CBM) on Monday at CMPDI. The main objectives of the clearinghouse are to support organisatio ...More

Bhubaneswar, Nov. 16: Orissa, in the transition of transforming its agriculture and forest-based economy to industrial economy, is already reeling from the problems of the warm climate. The state’s e ...More

TOKYO: An initiative to fight deforestation in developing economies by tapping emissions trading markets will commence in full swing shortly, involving a World Bank-managed facility financed in part b ...More

Gual Pahari (Gurgaon), November 15 Climate change is a major global environmental challenge being faced by humanity today with implications for food production, natural ecosystems, freshwater suppl ...More

NEW DELHI: The haze, or an atmospheric brown cloud hanging over major Asian cities including Delhi and Mumbai, essentially affects local conditions and can be swept away by a new weather system or win ...More

NEW DELHI: While the west sees atmospheric brown clouds as a major climate change factor in global warming, India sees the charge that its "traditional" bio-fuels are the primary reason for the toxic ...More

If you've noticed a haze over the city, here's a possibly big reason for it. A dirty brown haze, sometimes more than a mile thick, is darkening skies over vast areas of Asia, the Middle East, southern ...More

ZURICH: Companies that seek to reduce their environmental impact or make workplaces safer can boost their share performance, a study published by Bank Sarasin & Cie said. Investing in firms with sus ...More

WASHINGTON: US conservation groups on Thursday hailed the imminent end of "environmental abuse and neglect" by the Bush administration and promised to work with President-elect Barack Obama to reverse ...More

BEIJING: Brown clouds of pollution are hanging over Asia, making "cities from Beijing to New Delhi" darker, melting glaciers in ranges like the Himalayas faster and turning weather systems more extrem ...More

Barack Obama, who has spent much of the time since his election closeted with his advisers in Chicago, sent a strong signal on Wednesday that he plans a decisive break with George Bush on environmenta ...More

Beijing, Reuters: A three-kilometre thick cloud of brown soot and other pollutants hanging over Asia is darkening cities, killing thousands and damaging crops but may be holding off the worst effects ...More

WASHINGTON: Global warming is suspected to be exporting malaria to areas like the US and Europe that were so far untouched. 'Airport' malaria is transmitted when a mosquito infected with the disea ...More

WASHINGTON: Congress will not act until 2010 on a bill to limit the heat-trapping gases blamed for global warming despite President-elect Obama's declaration that he will move quickly to deal with cli ...More

WASHINGTON: President-elect Barack Obama will act against climate change early in his presidency, an environment adviser said on Wednesday amid doubts that a US carbon-capping program will be in place ...More

NEW DELHI: Union Panchayati Raj Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar and Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal differed on the approach to strategising adaptation to climate change, at an international c ...More

NEW YORK: Four world leaders have appealed the G-20 summit on global financial crisis to use the platform for discussing other burning issues like global warming. "The global financial crisis is m ...More

WASHINGTON: Global institutional investors holding more than $6tn in assets pushed policymakers on Tuesday to quickly hash out a binding agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions and promote clean tec ...More