NEW YORK: Siberia's Lake Baikal has warmed faster than global air temperatures over the past 60 years, which could put animals unique to the world's largest lake in jeopardy, US and Russian scientists ...More

WASHINGTON: A new study has suggested that Europe and North America may experience cooler climate during the next decade, thanks to natural North Atlantic variations that could temporarily mask the ef ...More

WASHINGTON: Arctic sea ice, sometimes billed as Earth's air conditioner for its moderating effects on world climate, will probably shrink to a record low level this year, scientists predicted on Wedne ...More

CANBERRA: The Australian government outlined plans to secure water supplies and repair ailing rivers on Tuesday, to protect the nation's drought-hit food bowl, which produces about A$22 billion ($21 b ...More

CANBERRA: The Australian government outlined plans to secure water supplies and repair ailing rivers on Tuesday, to protect the nation's drought-hit food bowl, which produces about A$22 billion ($21 b ...More

SINGAPORE: Agreement on a new climate change treaty could run the risk of failure at talks in Copenhagen next year if governments do not narrow their differences, a top UN environmental official said ...More

GENEVA: The head of the international airline body IATA, Giovanni Bisignani urged European governments on Tuesday to work towards a single European airspace to raise efficiency and reduce carbon emiss ...More

‘Climate changes have caused water crisis’ Recycled water for non-drinking purpose Waste management to be a key problem Thrissur: M. David Barnes, president of the Australian Water Associati ...More

CHENNAI: A group of agricultural scientists, panchayat leaders and non-governmental organisations has come up with a proposal to empower local communities to deal with the adverse effects of climate c ...More

SINGAPORE: Maldives President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom made an impassioned plea on Tuesday for a cut in global greenhouse gas emissions, warning that rising sea levels could submerge his paradise island c ...More

SINGAPORE: Businesses should spur governments into greater action against global warming and not let a global economic downturn derail efforts to tackle climate change, UN officials said on Tuesday. A ...More

SINGAPORE: The global community runs the risk of the greatest policy failure in the history of mankind if negotiations on how to tackle climate change stay bogged down as they are, UN Environment Prog ...More

OTTAWA: Some of Canada's polar bear populations risk being wiped out within four decades because of climate change and human activity including hunting, the World Wide Fund For Nature warned. Canada, ...More

SACRAMENTO, California: California, which puts out more greenhouse gases than any other U.S. state, is promising to share ideas and research to help China cut back on its own emissions, which rival th ...More

Washington, April 21: US President George W. Bush has said that any international agreement on climate change can not be effective without full participation of major economic powers like India and Ch ...More

WASHINGTON: President George W Bush has told another visiting leader that a new international regime on climate change is not going to work without the full participation of fast-growing countries lik ...More

PARIS: Hailed until only months ago as a silver bullet in the fight against global warming, biofuels are now accused of snatching food out of the mouths of the poor. Billions have been poured into dev ...More

NEW DELHI: Thanks to the rising din over climate change, the concept of 'green buildings' is fast catching on. But for a developed city like Delhi where the scope of new constructions is extremely lim ...More

LONDON: Nobel Peace Prize-winner Al Gore said in an interview published on Monday that there had been no improvement in the fight against climate change since his Oscar-winning film on the issue was r ...More

GUWAHATI, April 20 – Requesting Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to rescind or replace the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, Early Birds, ...More