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Seeds of hope

Northern Bangladesh successfully fights its age-old famine-like situation by creating a new …

Forest fires getting more frequent. Is climate change the reason?

India as well as other countries are busy fighting forest fires

Flat in 20 days

Global climatic anomalies allied with local weather conditions produced the most freakish …

One step forward, two steps back

Countries want to do little to keep global average temperature rise to below 2oC. The …

World gets a yellow card

The Warsaw climate talks serve a grim warning to the world that inaction will cost, writes …

Power games at UN climate talks

Climate talks unfolded amid high drama. Developing countries protested inaction by …

Science under siege

Agricultural science has ossified in India. Despite a vast network of public research …

It only gets hotter

The gas game

Fluorocarbons, which created a hole in the ozone layer, have generated intense global …

Rain lash

Four-hour deluge washed away not just crops but also soil from 5,000 hectares in Maharashtra.…

Enter green bond

Market for green bonds picks up; experts urge caution

Environment Day Special

Carbon dioxide concentration at Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii

Inheritance of loss

Economic losses due to extreme weather events reach record high while nations spar over …

Frozen at gateway

The Doha outcome is all talk no action. In 2007, the Bali Action Plan had called for an …

Let solar shine

Census 2011 throws light on the darkness across India. Of the 246 million households, 67 …

Web unravels

Spiders can tell us about the health of the environment

Climate of irrationality

Developed and developing countries are divided over regulating super greenhouse gases under …

In the dark

Climate change will make energy a vulnerable sector and hit power generation

Capturing the monsoons

It's a season that inspires and engages everyone, from the farmer to the policy maker. From …

Organic Universe

Organic is all the rage. Organic food, cosmetics, clothes and even organic medicines. But …

Future compromised

The Earth Summit was a historical opportunity to set the world on the correct development …