Nearly two-thirds of schoolchildren in the U.S. are taught lessons on climate change that do not rise to the level of a sound science education, according to new research on Thursday. The finding pro ...More

Santiago: Scientists say an estimated 150,000 Adelie penguins have been wiped out on Antarctica’s Cape Denison in the five years since a giant iceberg blocked their main access to food. A study recen ...More

A new scientific study says an estimated 150,000 Adelie penguins have died in Cape Denison, Antarctica in the five years since a giant iceberg blocked their main access to food. The research was r ...More

Scientists are coming to grips with how weather in Antarctica is influencing climate as far away as the tropics. For example, researchers at Ohio State's Byrd Polar Research Center have discovered an ...More

Sydney: Some 150,000 penguins died after a massive iceberg grounded near their colony in Antarctica, forcing them to make a lengthy trek to find food, scientists say in a newly-published study. The B ...More

With global warming taking a toll on agriculture, organic farming could be the key to feeding the world sustainably, according to a new study. Washington State University researchers have concluded t ...More

Some 1,50,000 penguins died after a massive iceberg grounded near their colony in Antarctica, forcing them to make a lengthy trek to find food, scientists say in a newly-published study. The B09B ice ...More

In an effort to control high pollution levels in the city, the Delhi government recently ran a vehicle rationing scheme on a trial basis. The question is whether vehicle rationing is enough to reduce ...More

Sydney: Some 150,000 penguins died after a massive iceberg grounded near their colony in Antarctica, forcing them to make a lengthy trek to find food, scientists say in a newly-published study. The B ...More

BENGALURU: Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu on Sunday said climate change has put the focus on the necessity of renewable energy and this is also being used as an opportunity to help the transition to ...More

WASHINGTON: While ice sheets and glaciers continue to melt, climate change over the past decade has caused Earth's continents to soak up and store an extra 3.2 trillion tons of water in soils, lakes a ...More

PALDEV (MADHYA PRADESH): Delhi's experiment with odd¬even car days was a "shortterm solution" but the union government was putting in place steps which would result in a permanent solution on the risi ...More

Visakhapatnam: The state of marine environment in India is under stress due to pollution and is one of the reasons for decline in fish stocks. Factors, such as effluent treatment on land, plastics in ...More

The warmest 10 years recorded in history have occurred in the past 12 years. Not only is the earth’s surface temperature rising, but global sea levels are up, ice sheets are shrinking and, in some cas ...More

Beginning from Friday, birdwatchers from all over India will take part in the annual Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) for four days and share the information online. They will be joined by one lakh bi ...More

WASHINGTON: While ice sheets and glaciers continue to melt, climate change over the past decade has caused Earth's continents to soak up and store an extra 3.2 trillion tons of water in soils, lakes a ...More

The New Urban idea is a good one and it can get better in implementation if conservation of energy and an encouragement to use non-fossil energy are incorporated in the life-style ecosystem of urban d ...More

From February 12-15, hundreds of birdwatchers from all over India will be looking for birds, recording what they see and sharing the information online. They will join over 100,000 other bird enthusia ...More

A few pigeons took part in this race completed the distance in five hours, even though the fixed time was seven hours. Pigeon rearers in Chennai and other parts of Tamil Nadu are in a state of shock ...More

Mangaluru: The Centre will come up with rules on construction and demolition waste management by next month as a solution to reduce air pollution caused by construction dust, union minister for enviro ...More