Growing appetite for charcoal destroying Nigeria's tropical forests

The top producer of crude oil in Africa is exporting cheaply made charcoal to the world, especially EU, which is often labelled incorrectly as '…

The twin sword of technology

Engineering solutions like carbon capture and storage create risks that necessitate even more ingenious fixes

Ancient giraffe relative was the largest cud-chewing mammal on Earth

With an estimated adult body mass of almost 1,250 kg, this relative of modern ruminants lived in the Himalayan foothills more than one million …

Simply Put: Duplicitous energy politics

Fossil fuel finance locking Africa out of just transition to renewable energy: Report

Majority of finance towards fossil fuels came from outside Africa

Palaeontologist discovers ancient, enormous Caelocanth species by accident

It grew to be as big as a great white shark

Sinks: No principles!

The working group on sinks finds principles most expendable!

Warming the world

Scientists say that 1998 was the hottest year in the past 1,200 years

Crude world

The many little black deeds of oil

Fossil footprints prove humans populated the Americas thousands of years earlier than we thought

Until now, scientists believed humans only travelled south into the Americas when this ice barrier began to melt, at the earliest, 16,500 years ago

There will be a serious increase in lawsuits against fossil fuel companies in the coming years

So far, around 1,500 climate-related lawsuits have been brought before courts around the world

India's ethanol roadmap : The targets and challenges

E20 material compliant and E10 compliant vehicles may be rolled out across the country from April 2023

Adani should bow out gracefully from its Carmichael coal mine

With the last major court case cleared, Adani is free to proceed with its Carmichael coal mine. But the business case is not looking good

Clean Coal Power: Interview with Lesley Sloss

Lesley Sloss is Principal Environmental Consultant at Clean coal centre, International Energy Agency, United Kingdom. Sloss's areas of expertise …

More carbon dioxide spurring plant growth

New measurement techniques show the level of atmospheric oxygen is decreasing in direct proportion to the burning of fossil fuels. These …

Hidden sink uncovered

A recent finding shows that over 35 billion tonnes of 'mysteriously missing' carbon dioxide from fossil fuels burnt over four decades went to …

Fuel for thought

To reduce the level of carbon in the atmosphere, growing and using biomass as an energy substitute for fossil fuels is of greater advantage than …

Colossal snake fossil unearthed in Gujarat from 47 million years ago could be world’s largest

Vasuki indicus remains measure 10-15 metres long; could be comparable to current largest extinct snake Titanoboa

COP28 Recap: What was finally decided in the Global Stocktake?

Global Stocktake text has some key highlights & evident gaps, a big one being on the operationalisation of equity in the fossil fuels transition

US being biggest oil & gas producer should provide finance package for energy transition at COP28: Civil society

US cannot call out other countries for not phasing out at the same time as them, say activists from developing countries

COP28: Important takeaways from the first week of COP28 | Sunita Narain

Here's what we expect from the second week of the United Nations climate change negotiations

Insects today damage plants more despite dwindling numbers: Study

Human influence may have a role to play, say scientists

China’s climate pledge and the 2020 irony

Last year China produced a record 3.84 billion tonnes of coal since 2015

Nuclear power or coal plants? Study weighs in on costs and benefits

Environmental costs from both power sources were also examined by the study

Demand for coal falls in 2016; US and China drive decline

In 2016, global consumption of coal declined by 53 million tonnes or 1.7 per cent