IMD overhauls monsoon forecast system

Have Indian meteorologists at last found their 'role model'? After getting a lot of flak from politicians and the public for last year's …

Mining the Himalaya

Will biodiversity hotspots such as the Himalaya become hunting grounds of the notorious mining industry? This concern has been raised by experts …

Floral trouble

In sharp contrast to earlier estimates, a new study claims that nearly half the world's flora species face extinction

Overusing water

Here is the message of a recent piece of research: we are extracting too much water from rivers, streams and lakes. The implication is significant:…

Gomti river is almost dead

Recently the banks of river Gomti in Lucknow were unusually abuzz. Some people were struggling to wade through the 'sewage-enriched' river to …

Red-listed

Island fauna and flora at risk

Right stop

Atmospheric levels of methane have stabilised

Contaminated milk

High levels of flame retardants present

China is on a high

Of nitrogen dioxide

Carbon overload

Land and oceans may fail to retard rise of atmospheric CO2

Fatal catalyst

Deforestation spurs malaria

Stop blaming the rain

Drought helps mosquitoes to grow abundantly

Forest grump

Swamps of Western Ghats in danger due to human activities

Well wishing

Deeper wells are free of arsenic

Bacterial blot

Pathogens behind coral bleaching, say scientists

And water

The EPA has also come out with new water standards

Big Ben

Bioremedy for arsenic menace

Get cracking!

Trade threatens Brazilian nuts

Perfect model?

New method to forecast monsoon early

Wind damage

Increases due to global warming, claims study

La Nia flees

Indian monsoon may lose out

The truth sinks in

Amazon forests release more CO2 than what they absorb

Hostile guests

Invasive alien species threaten biodiversity of Sri Lanka

Unsuitable

Black soot responsible for 25 per cent of global warming

Oil spoils

That, too, for very long