More snow cover means less rain
A recent study reveals how the snow cover in Asia and Europe controls the intensity of the Indian monsoon.
Making profits for the West
While western investors are lining their pockets with Papua New Guinea's rich natural resources, all the government is getting in return is a …
Politics of punctuation
A comma gave rise to an argument over whether technology transfer should take place according to terms agreed upon at Rio or terms mutually …
The business of environment
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Of large carnivores and humans
How does a civilisation relate to the environment? To find out, study its attitude towards large carnivores. Europeans have tried to dominate …
Barren continent
After the destruction of Europe's conifers, it took millions of years for the regeneration of forests
From the wick to the bulb
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Myth of eternity
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Land of Fire and Ice: Will the Grindavik eruption in Iceland be another Eyjafjallajokull?
For now, the eruption does not present a threat to life, according to the Icelandic government
2022 European heatwave claimed over 61,000 lives, heat adaptation plans ineffective in reducing mortality: Study
With some 18,000 deaths, Italy saw the highest toll
Lightning activity in the European Eastern Alps doubled in 40 years. What does this indicate?
Higher frequency of thunderstorms that bring lightning have a link with global warming
Dirt cheap backup: Why Finland’s installation of the world’s 1st sand battery may be a game-changer
Sand batteries can ensure round-the-year availability of clean energy
Why Europe is the epicentre of COVID-19 protests
The reasons for the protests were wide-ranging
Climate Emergency CoP 25: What you need to remember about Madrid summit
Transportation for pollination causing spread of deadly disease in bees
Researchers advocate keeping strict limits on the movement of bees
The rebuttals all around
India rebutts US and EUs attempts to make developing countries pay for climate finance
Pest-resistant maize
INSPECTION TIME
Fur ban
Kangaroos in jeopardy
The increasing demand for kangaroo meat threatens this marsupial native to Australia
Thinning ozone layer
Going nuclear?
Tony Blair shocks Europe by calling for a review of the UK's energy policy
Small ancestry
Europeans descended from just 50 African migrants
Blackmailed loan
Flight of extinction
European farmland birds are dying out due to highly mechanised agricultural practices