Africa turns into a disease basket

Climate change is likely to increase the spread and incidence of tropical diseases in Africa

Lighting up a solution

Prem Shankar Jha makes a case for solar energy while tracing the history of global warming

Climate change could alter ocean food chains, leading to far fewer fish in the sea

Climate change is rapidly warming the Earth and altering ecosystems on land and at sea that produce our food

A 2°C rise in temperature would make 25% of the world drier, affecting 1.5 bn people

In India, desertification is a fundamental threat to agriculture; out of India's total geographical area of 328.72 million hectares (MHA), 96.4 …

Deep in the jungle, scientists explore the links between the Congo and climate change

Researchers aim to understand how the world’s second-largest rainforest is responding to—and influencing—global warming

Protecting the ozone

Countries are participating in the 36th Meeting of Open-Ended Working Group of Parties to Montreal Protocol in Paris this week. Aditi Sawant …

Limiting global warming to 2 degrees Celsius may not be enough

Study says sea levels could still rise by 6 metres, threatening coastal cities across the world

Cooling Earth

Municipalities in the Netherlands are exerting pressure on the national government to reduce carbon dioxide emission by half by AD 2010

Black heart

The atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are increasing and a rise in global temperatures seems imminent

Greenhouse break

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Gasbagging the North

The South has opposed the North's proposal for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, resulting in yet another stalemate

2100: An Indian cataclysm

The sea would gobble up more than 5,700 sq km of India's coastal land if emission of greenhouse gases grows unchecked

Global lungs or firewood for the poor?

Indiscriminate felling of trees to meet human and animal needs is not only depleting India's forest wealth at an alarming rate, but also …

Developed nations refuse to reform

Industrialised nations continue to be the major contnlxftrs of greenhouse gases and their emissions are increasing

The iron hand in global temperature

Scientists have found iron concentrations in sea water affect the growth of plankton that keep a tab on carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas.

Convenient yardstick

Despite its disproportionately large carbon emissions, the US wants proportionate restrictions on the developing countries

Mixed results

The UN Environment Programme got a strong mandate and ample funds on its 25th anniversary but the issue of its governance remained unresolved

In hot water

While the Antarctic ice cap is relatively stable, the sea level is rising due to a simple law of physics: water expands when heated

Net profits

Virtual shopping can not only cut down the number of cars on the roads, but reduce vehicular emissions as well

Self-withering: Biodiversity Convention’s new global framework raises basic questions

Fairness and North-South balance embedded in the treaty made the West uncomfortable with it

Nord Stream spill is biggest methane leak ever, but minuscule compared to global release of the greenhouse gas: UNEP

Arresting methane release is crucial in combating climate change

This September was the 5th warmest in 142 years: Report

For the Southern Hemisphere, the month was the hottest this year

Decoding predatory genes

First mapping of the Siberian tiger genome shows how tigers evolved to hunt and kill

Access denied

How countries and corporate bodies block Internet

Tapping wind power