Denmark stakes claim over North Pole and a large chunk of the Arctic

Seeks formal recognition of its extended territory from UN

Warming behind floods

Studies prove greenhouse gases cause frequent intense rainfall

It may be legal

All gas

Nurturing the future

A comprehensive set of rules is essential to regulate research and facilitate commercialisation in biotechnology. Patricia Sierra Blzquez , …

Out with asbestos!

September saw a slew of developments giving renewed impetus to the global movement against asbestos

In court

Human factor in swine flu

Ignore US bullying on IPRs

Countries should not be stampeded into changing laws by the USTR's arbitrary Special 301 report

‘Don’t push tar sands’

Nobel laureates ask Canada to stop extracting dirty oil

Arctic feels the heat

Toxic alcohols waft in from industrialised world

Southeast US will bear the worst of this year’s winter, says AccuWeather

This US-based independent weather agency set off gasps of dread and many counter-forecasts last week when it indicated “the return” …

'Climate change to impact suitability of tropical agricultural lands by 2100'

Suitability will shift to higher latitudes of the northern hemisphere

Iron, steel, and dioxins

Canada and the US are going to investigate dioxin emissions from iron and steel plants

Polar potential

Novartis painkiller ordered out

Indonesia launches book on its cash management reforms

Book focuses on the importance of transparency and accountability in public financial management

Six strategies to reduce water scarcity by 2050

Improved irrigation techniques, better cultivars, checking population growth rate are among measures that can help lower water demand, says study

United emission norms

Eight countries decide that it is time to have uniform standards for vehicular emissions

Trouble in frying pan

The logjam continues

George W Bush gets a hostile reaction from the European Union for his stubborn stand on the Kyoto Protocol

Oceans may run out of fish population in 50 years

Fish might die in the next fifty years, or will they?

Canada pulls out of Kyoto Protocol

Loses moral position to call on developing countries to limit emissions

Nowhere to go

What happens to living beings when climate change threatens even national parks and nature reserves

Environment scientist Robert Goodland on Utkal mining project