Intensity, extent and duration of severe heat waves to increase dramatically: study

The entire stretch from Uttar Pradesh in the north to the southern peninsular tip is likely to be badly affected by increased heat wave frequency

Climate-impacted Sagar island witnesses 10 million pilgrims take holy baths in Ganga Sagar

Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee demands ‘national fair’ status; administration trying to reduce fair’s green footprint

I’ve spent 40 years studying Antarctica. The frozen continent has never needed our help more

Antarctica matters; what happens there affects global weather patterns and sea levels

Tourism in Jarawa buffer, officially

Andaman administration to remove legal hurdles to allow small commercial activities

Royal rendezvous at Udaipur

Elephanta Island gets too much development too fast

Getting power supply could have shaped the island’s future, but now the recent CRZ notification has put its existence at risk

The Island of Turtles

BJP leader Tarun Vijay recently tweeted that Havelock Island in the Andaman Archipelago should be renamed as “Rani Lakshmibai Island”.…

How Bougainville may be a new country in the Pacific and why that matters to China

Bougainville has voted to become a new country, but the journey to independence is not yet over  

Many small island nations can adapt to climate change with global support

Although climate change threatens the world's small island nations, many can adapt and preserve their homes and cultures – especially if …

Reunion dengue study claims climate data can help predict disease outbreaks

Sub-seasonal climate forecasts from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts model were incorporated into a vector model that …

Andaman & Nicobar opens 50 sites in 15 islands to enhance tourism

Andaman & Nicobar opens 15 islands to bidders

Taking sting out of Chikungunya

Andaman takes measures to save Jarawas

UN Ocean Conference: 198 countries adopt Lisbon Declaration

Members envisioned preventing and reducing marine pollution, capacity building in developing countries

Saturn’s Titan home to sea as salty as Earth’s Dead Sea

The moon continues to prove itself as an endlessly fascinating and mysterious world, say experts

Nature bites back in the Philippines

Super-storm Haiyan, which left trail of death and destruction in the Philippines has no parallel in the country's history. In fact, it has no …

Why a chain of tiny Pacific islands wants an international court opinion on responsibility for the climate crisis

Vanuatu and its partners are pursuing a ground-breaking diplomatic strategy and others will likely follow

Glacier breaks in Chamoli, experts blame low snowfall

Use of concrete instead of traditional wood and masonry in the Himalayas is creating a heat-island effect, warming the range, they added

How we lost the art of manipulating microclimate

The current mass housing construction is in contrast from the traditional urban forms of the city, which had smaller shaded spaces, were more …

Indian cities are simmering in their own waste heat

Cities in northern plains used to cool down during night, but nowadays they are trapping this heat overnight sending their citizens into a …

Partnerships, the buzzword at small island states meet on climate threats

Close to 300 partnerships formalised to aid disaster risk reduction, environmental protection, access to energy and social development

Jarawas: to protect or not

Government’s expert panel against bringing the tribe into the mainstream

A language that only Great Andamanese speak

Tsunami effect: compensation to victims stalled

Security threat to hornbill

Armed with a feather and a memory, Vivek Ramachandran pitches for saving the last 300 Narcondam hornbills from radar station