New Delhi: Bursting of crackers in large quantities on Diwali night took the Air Quality Index (AQI) in Delhi and surrounding areas to a 'severe' level on Monday, figures recorded by air quality monit ...More

WWF’s Living Planet Report 2016 predicts decline of global wildlife populations by an average of 67 per cent in the timeline between 1970 and 2020, as a result of human activities. The report indicate ...More

KOLKATA: Fighting ingress of salt water and erosion of forest land due to climate change, tiger population in the shrinking islands of Sundarbans has remained stable over the last few years with the l ...More

An index compiled with data from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) to measure the abundance of biodiversity was down 58 percent from 1970 to 2012 and would fall 67 percent by 2020 on current tren ...More

Almost one in seven children worldwide live in areas with high levels of outdoor air pollution, mostly in South Asia, and their growing bodies are most vulnerable to damage, the UN children's agency U ...More

Oslo: Worldwide populations of mammals, birds, fish, amphibians and reptiles have plunged by almost 60 per cent since 1970 as human activities overwhelm the environment, the WWF conservation group sai ...More

Conservation efforts appear to be having scant impact as the index is showing a steeper plunge than two years ago Worldwide populations of mammals, birds, fish, amphibians and reptiles have plunged b ...More

AHMEDABAD: The long-pending decision on lifting moratoriums on three industrial clusters in the state -at Vapi, Ankleshwar and Vatva -will soon be taken by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). ...More

Decision on lifting moratorium on three industrial clusters in Gujarat–Vapi, Ankleshwar and Vatva–will be taken soon with the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) all set to present its final report ...More

Worldwide populations of mammals, birds, fish, amphibians and reptiles have plunged by almost 60 percent since 1970 as human activities overwhelm the environment, the WWF conservation group said on Th ...More

Greenhouse gases rose to a symbolic milestone in 2015, taking climate change into a new phase which could last generations even if governments act to curb man-made global warming, the U.N. World Meteo ...More

DHARWAD: The Global Water Meet-2016, which aims at framing the Dharwad Declaration, started here on Monday with the expectations of preparing a comprehensive plan to mitigate climate change. In his ...More

Climate change may impair survival instincts of fish and can make them swim towards their predators, according to a new study which found that high levels of carbon dioxide disrupts their sense of sme ...More

Dermatologists should keep these changing patterns of skin diseases in mind when making diagnoses, experts advise. Climate change is bringing certain skin diseases and other illnesses to regions wher ...More

WELLINGTON: Fossilised leaves recovered from a crater lake in New Zealand provided insight on how climate changed and affected the Antarctic ice-sheet 23 million years ago, a scientist said on Thursda ...More

BENGALURU: Karnataka saw 51,278 trees being illegally axed between April 2013 and March 2016, accounting for 4.7% of the total destruction reported in 15 states and two Union territories (UTs). The st ...More

Eager to declare a victory, governments glossed over many uncertainties about HFCs A pact by almost 200 nations to slash greenhouse gases used in refrigerators and air conditioners will likely fall s ...More

Oslo: A pact by almost 200 nations to slash greenhouse gases used in refrigerators and air conditioners will likely fall short of governments’ hopes of averting a full half-degree Celsius (0.9 Fahrenh ...More

United Nations: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed the adoption of the critically important amendment to cut production and use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), at a meeting in Kigali, Rwanda. ...More

Patna: Experts on Sunday said climate change was posing a threat to food security in the country. At a seminar on "Climate is changing: Food and agriculture must too", the experts said small farmer ...More