After US, rising sea level may soon gobble up an entire island in Canada

Land bigger than 300 football fields has been swallowed by the sea within the span of a few generations

Climate change can wipe out world's oldest trees

According to scientists, Bristlecone pines, which are found in the upper reaches of the White Mountains in California, could be supplanted by the …

Bleached to death

The current mass bleaching of corals across the world appears to be the most severe ever. It threatens the very existence of coral reefs. …

Climate talks now focus on health adaptation

As the global negotiations increasingly talk about the impacts of climate change on health, the upcoming UN CoP meet in Morocco will debate one …

Dying coral reefs, impacts of El Niño and other news from this week

While coral bleaching is destroying the Great Barrier Reef, Malaysia and Indonesia are struggling to control forest fires originating from …

Pest warning

Climate change is influencing migratory patterns and evolution in pests, threatening our food basket

Death at your doorstep

According to report

Africa: Atlas of Our Changing Environment

समुद्री जीवन को नुकसान पहुंचा रहा है इंसानी कोलाहल

इंसान शोर न केवल समुद्रों में ध्वनि प्रदूषण कर रहा है, साथ ही उसकी वजह से प्राकृतिक ध्वनियां भी गुम होती जा रही हैं| ...

Coping pressure: State of extreme events in 2019

India recorded only 9 out of 93 disasters in Asia in 2019, but accounted for nearly 48% deaths. The country also had nearly 46% of the people …

तेज आंधी व बारिश से आफत में है किसान, जानें क्या है इसका ग्लोबल कनेक्शन

पिछले साल गर्मी के मौसम में आए तूफान से हुआ था भारी तूफान, आर्कटिक में होने वाली गर्मी के कारण पश्चिमी विक्षोभों में आ ...

Mortgaging our ecological future

A climate change narrative lost in rhetoric and catchy metaphors

We are heading for the warmest climate in half a billion years, says new study

What really matters is the combined effect of sun’s changing strength and the varying greenhouse effect

How to beat Trump on climate change?

It looks like the US will not withdraw from the UN Climate Convention or the Paris Agreement. It would keep the seat and undermine the progress …

Kolkata and Sundarbans: climate change rhetorics

The Indian Sundarbans, covering an area of nearly 10,000 sq km and having a population of 4.5 million, is facing a serious threat

‘Human influence behind warmer and bigger Indo-Pacific warm pool'

A new study shows that human-caused greenhouse gas emissions have led to the warming of the Indo-Pacific warm pool which can cause changes in …

Does tourism really suffer at sites listed as World Heritage In Danger?

Three other famous tourist destinations have also been in the spotlight of the World Heritage Committee, with little indication that this has …

'Paris Agreement signing would mark critical global efforts to address climate change'

In a couple of days, the Paris Agreement document will be open for signatures by states

Science & Technology - Bytes

Why fish go crazy

Ocean acidification hampers brain chemistry

Dwarfed by climate change

Animals, plants stunt as global warming alters metabolism  

Ignored threat

Climate change threatens species’ genetic diversity too

Turbines churn weather

Wind farms could harm crops

Orchid’s secret note

Global warming forces it to bloom early