Now, Arctic’s oldest and strongest ice starts to melt
This ‘last ice area’, which had never seen ice melting, saw its ice break twice this year owing to global warming
Here is why researchers working in polar regions are coming together
To bring scientists working in both the poles together, the International Polar Year was observed during 2007-2008 and it was decided to have …
Smaller Himalayan glaciers more sensitive to climate change
A study shows that small and low-altitude glaciers have lost about 67 per cent of the total basin volume between 1984 and 2012
Climate change has affected every part of US: government report
This is the first time an analysis of climate change of this scope has come up in the Trump administration
The three-minute story of 800,000 years of climate change with a sting in the tail
Since the industrial revolution, CO2 levels in the atmosphere have climbed to levels that are unprecedented
After Great Barrier Reef, bleaching kills 70 per cent of Japan’s coral reef
Coral in the Sekisei lagoon in Okinawa has turned dark brown and is covered with algae, according to a government study
Unravelling the genetic secrets of the Symbiodinium algae
A team of researchers may have discovered the genetic secret behind what may allow certain species of algae living in corals to tolerate higher …
'People living in coastal regions likely to suffer from vector-borne diseases'
Besides taking a toll on human health, climate change gives rise to conflicts and migration
Climate change can cripple global economy
Private investors will lose $4.2 trillion to extreme weather events by 2100 if global warming is not arrested
European bird pioneers new route
The European blackcap has dramatically changed its migration pattern, flying to a new site, more than 1,000 km north of the region where it …
Global warming will increase ozone depletion
Simulated climate models show increasing carbon dioxide and chlorine emissions can drastically alter weather conditions and lead to the formation …
Is environment on the agenda?
With a recession-hit economy to revive, it remains to be seen how much priority the environment will get when the new administration takes over …
Freezing the Green fridge
Despite environment-friendly refrigerators making the grade, manufacturers are hesitant to introduce them commercially.
Unmasking the heat
The weather machine seems to have gone into overdrive. Scientists assert that the rise in temperature is unprecedented, at least since the 15th …
Getting to the core
Drilling of ice cores in the Himalayan glaciers reveal that global warming is altering climate patterns
Climate change affects world's lakes
By 2080, the world's lakes will experience a temperature change of up to 6.7c caused by greenhouse gas emissions, according to a study by the uk-…
Stalagamite weather report
The result obtained from stalagamites -- supplemented by past temperature records, type of vegetation, data from the oceans such as the growth …
Ice does not lie
Says the eminent Alaskan scientist Maynard Miller. manu n kulkarni visits this land of the midnight sun to know what causes its glaciers to …
Waterworks India: Chewang Norphell
Global warming is taking its toll on the trans-Himalayan region of Ladakh. Mountains that were completely decked with snow are now barren. …
Why is Ghana so hot this year? An expert explains
Rising temperatures in northern Ghana influence the incidence and spread of cerebrospinal meningitis
Climate change & mental health: Suicides linked with rise in humidity, says new study
Humidity obstructs the body's natural cooling system
Transboundary climate change, adaptation risks in Africa over next 10 years of great concern among policymakers: Survey
Insecurity from climate crises perceived as risk with most severe consequences
How climate vulnerability in South Bihar takes a toll on its groundwater
Higher unpredictability in monsoon rainfall is evident from the 1990s onwards
World Environmental Health Day: Let’s strengthen environmental health to implement SDGs
Restoring our contaminated ecosystem and biodiversity will help to brush off poverty
Climate shocks to drive 13.5 million people in Africa’s Sahel into poverty by 2050
Sahelian countries need $33.16 billion for climate adaptation by 2030