New Delhi: A latest census of plants has estimated that there are 391,000 plant species of which 369,000 are flowering plants and that one in five plant species is threatened with extinction. The repo ...More

Ahmedabad: "Convenient Action" on climate change doesn't seem to be working in Gujarat, as it has been ranked 2nd among Indian states facing severe environmental threats. As many as 14 districts of th ...More

New Delhi: The ministry of environment, forest and climate change recently redesignated the electronic waste disposal business as a red-category industry. According to the ministry, red-category indus ...More

The rich biodiversity of India is facing threat as a result of large-scale man made landscape modifications and over-exploitation of resources causing loss of degradation of natural ecosystems/habitat ...More

Climate change may be "accelerating" rates of chronic kidney disease caused by dehydration and heat stress, a new study has claimed. The research, paper published in Clinical Journal of the Americ ...More

HYDERABAD: The Institute for Sustainable Communities (ISC) has been selected by the United States Department of State to organise a conference focused on implementing India's COP21 commitments to be h ...More

WASHINGTON: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has said action on climate change must be faster and broader to turn the promises of the Paris deal on combating global warming into concrete measures. ...More

Nagpur: Construction and demolition materials can be seen dumped by builders or individuals by the roadside, open places, open plots etc. Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) lifts, transports and dumps ...More

HUBBALLI: Last week, eco groups worldwide came out in support of Kenya when it burnt down 104 tonnes of seized ivory. It is now Karnataka’s turn to follow in the footsteps of the African country. Fo ...More

In what can spell doom for Madhya Pradesh’s high agriculture growth, a government institute has projected that the state’s temperature will rise by 1.5 degrees Celsius in the next four years and by 5 ...More

Through this weekly column, R. Keerthana will keep you abreast of major environment issues and provide tips on what you can do to save the Earth Have you ever stood by the sea and wondered at its nev ...More

Economies across the globe could shrink dramatically by mid-century as fresh water grows scarce due to climate change, the World Bank said in a report released on Tuesday. West Asian countries could ...More

New Delhi: Water scarcity, exacerbated by climate change, could cost some regions up to 6% of their gross domestic product (GDP), spur migration and spark conflict, said a report released by the World ...More

Worried over marine species found dead in large numbers along the Odisha coast, the State government on Tuesday said it would draw the attention of the Centre to find out reasons behind the deaths. F ...More

Economies across large swathes of the globe could shrink dramatically by mid-century as fresh water grows scarce due to climate change, the World Bank reported on Tuesday. The Middle East could be ha ...More

Water scarcity, exacerbated by climate change, could cost some regions up to 6 percent of their GDP, spur migration, and spark conflict, according to a new World Bank report.* High and Dry: Climate C ...More

The once ubiquitous polythene bags have started disappearing from neighbourhood shops and markets in the city. Random raids and a squeeze on the supply chain have had a telling effect. So, when ‘plast ...More

London: Greenland is one of the fastest-warming regions of the world causing extreme weather patterns over northwest Europe, according to climate change experts at a leading UK university. New resear ...More

Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor has joined hands with animal rights organisations to demand stiffer penalty for cruelty to animals. In a letter to the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Clim ...More

NEW DELHI: Despite admitting a rise in frequency and intensity of extreme rainfall in the past 40-50 years, minister of state for environment Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday refused to link the changing ...More