An estimated three out of four jobs globally are dependent on water, meaning that shortages and lack of access are likely to limit economic growth in the coming decades, the United Nations said on Tue ...More

In Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, a touchstone of dystopian literature, men will visit violence upon each other for the sake of water to drink. The future, unfortunately, is now in Latur in Maharashtra’s ...More

Nagpur: Opening of yet another 25km jungle safari in Forest Development Corporation of Maharashtra (FDCM) area in Gondia division and award of Late UttamraoPatil Conservation Award to Nimji village in ...More

Climate change: Trees can adapt to rising temperatures and limit their natural emissions of greenhouse gases, according to a study published on Wednesday that suggests plants may have a smaller than e ...More

Rising temperatures worldwide are changing not only weather systems but also the distribution of water around the globe, thereby affecting the availability of potable water, a new study has found. Re ...More

Most environmentally-linked deaths happened in South-East Asia GENEVA, MARCH 15: One in four deaths worldwide is due to environmental factors such as air, water and soil pollution, as well as unsa ...More

New Delhi: Nearly one-fourth of all global deaths occur due to environmental factors, says a study by the World Health Organisation. Non-communicable diseases have emerged as the biggest threat to li ...More

About a quarter of all deaths worldwide in 2012 were caused by preventable environmental factors such as climate change, air, water and soil pollution and chemical exposures, the World Health Organis- ...More

NEW YORK: Rising temperatures worldwide are changing not only weather systems but also the distribution of water around the globe, thereby affecting the availability of potable water, a new study has ...More

Three months after India committed to an ambitious set of targets under the global climate change Paris agreement the government is working in fits and starts to put the architecture, policy and regul ...More

First a faulty plan; followed by vague proposals and lack of transparency; and then, the state forest department's sustained non-persuasion has reduced aRs 41-lakh vulture breeding centre into a non-p ...More

PARIS: Rising sea levels driven by climate change could upend the lives of more than 13 million Americans by the end of the century, according to a study released on Monday. If global warming lifts ...More

Experts from 19 countries along with environmentalists in Delhi will come together to assess the reason for the decline in number of migratory birds to Sultanpur bird sanctuary and Asola wildlife sanc ...More

The Centre on Monday said that mitigation alone cannot ensure the curbing of green house gas emissions and that a “balanced” approach is required to achieve the Intended Nationally Determined Contribu ...More

In these days of global warming and climate change leading to melting icebergs and glaciers in the Arctic and Antarctic regions, here comes some cheer in the form of a study that finds that warming in ...More

February smashed a century of global temperature records by “stunning” margin, according to data released by Nasa. The unprecedented leap led scientists, usually wary of highlighting a single month’s ...More

BOURNE, Mass: Cape Cod is seeing a lot more of some singularly welcome tourists: endangered right whales enticed by the fine dining possibilities of its plankton-rich bay. Experts tracking the maje ...More

BENGALURU: About 150 explorers from 26 countries, including 17 young Indians, are sailing to Antarctica on Sunday on a 13-day expedition to study the impact of climate change due to global warming. " ...More

The Government has signed 'Raptor MoU' - a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on conservation of birds of prey in Africa and Eurasia. The 'Raptor MoU' extends its coverage to 76 species of birds of pre ...More

Any steps by the US towards addressing the challenge posed by climate change is unlikely to have an impact as India and China would still be continuing at historic levels, leading Republican president ...More