PARIS: Once famous for their numbers, Norwegian lemmings are disappearing, say scientists, who point an accusing finger at global warming. The hamster-like rodents burst forth in massive numbers f ...More

WASHINGTON: Researchers at York University have determined that climate change may be about to affect the lives of rare species such as the giant panda, because of fears that global warming is likely ...More

New Delhi, November 4 In conformity with the demands of environmentalists and social organisations, the government today decided to declare Ganga as a national river and also to set up a high-powered ...More

SINGAPORE : India on Tuesday affirmed its “political commitment for a technological solution” to combat the global challenge of climate change. “Clearing the air” on this issue, during the inaugura ...More

Chandigarh, November 3 Minister of science technology and environment Bikram Singh Majithia today called on farm scientists of the world develop strains of crops resistant to global warming. In ...More

MUMBAI: The ever expanding Information Communication Technology (ICT) sector contributes two per cent of the total greenhouse gas emissions and this is all set to double in the future. Few know the em ...More

DHAKA: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon urged developed countries not to neglect climate change as they tend to a global economic slowdown and called on rich nations to help poor count ...More

SANTIAGO: Chile's official water authority warned that the Echaurren glacier near Santiago, which supplies the capital with 70% of its water needs, could disappear in the next half century. In a n ...More

LONDON: A new research has determined that climate change is likely to disrupt food chains by favoring animals with short lifespans over often bigger rivals that are worse at tolerating temperature sw ...More

LONDON: An alarming report has revealed that the sound of chirping birds might soon be lost for ever among sounds in the countryside, as the populations of farmland birds have plummeted to their lowes ...More

NEW YORK: Presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain both tout plans to slash US greenhouse gas emissions but the winner of next week's election will face difficulties signing such a law dur ...More

SANTIAGO: Chile's official water authority has warned that the Echaurren glacier near Santiago, which supplies the capital with 70% of its water needs, could disappear in the next half century. In ...More

Srinagar, November 1 Expressing concern over the depletion of water bodies, Governor N.N. Vohra today stressed on the need for conservation of water resources. Addressing a gathering after inau ...More

BRUSSELS: Italy stood by small car makers like Fiat on Friday, refusing to join France, Germany and Britain in a deal to cut carbon dioxide emissions. EU ambassadors agreed to phase in emission cu ...More

PARIS: Antarctica, which seemed to have largely escaped the global warming hotting up the rest of the planet, is melting too, according to a study. The new research, published in the journal Natur ...More

OSLO: Both Antarctica and the Arctic are getting less icy because of global warming, scientists said on Thursday in a study that extends evidence of man-made climate change to every continent. Det ...More

OSLO: Climate change is likely to disrupt food chains by favoring animals with short lifespans over often bigger rivals that are worse at tolerating temperature swings, scientists said on Thursday. ...More

LOS ANGELES: Civil rights activist Van Jones for years has fought to keep poor kids in Oakland, California, off the streets and out of jail. Now, he's got a solution he ripped off straight from th ...More

WASHINGTON: The green revolution has ground to a halt with the collapse in oil prices,right? Don't bet on it if Barack Obama makes it to the White House with an agenda to create jobs while weaning ...More

OSLO: Creation of green jobs and a drive to cut reliance on Russian gas should help convince the European Union to agree a climate deal this year despite fears of a world economic slowdown, Denmark's ...More