Limiting warming below 1.8°C critical to prevent irreversible loss of ice sheets, rapid sea level rise: Study

Reaching net zero carbon emissions before 2060 is critical to avoid this catastrophe

Methane emission to rise 13% by 2030 without global pledge, claims Kerry

India, not a part of the pledge, is among top 5 methane emitters globally

Last 12 months were the warmest in 125,000 years

Temperatures 1.3°C above the pre-industrial era since November 2022

Tomato decoded

Gene analysis shows how it got its size and flavour

On a wing and a prayer

Vulture revival projects give hope

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Global madness

The whole world is at risk of the mad cow disease, says WHO

CSIR becomes part of a global research team

Managing the woods

Sustainable forest management is a concept hostage to many global players

COP15: Access and benefit-sharing important agenda at UN biodiversity summit in Montreal, Canada

COP15 is particularly important as a new global biodiversity framework is set to be adopted.

Greenhouse gas emissions are at an all-time high and Earth is warming faster than ever: Report

Humanity has caused surface temperatures to warm by 1.14°C since the late 1800s; this warming is increasing at an unprecedented rate of over 0.…

Katowice offers last chance

To limit warming to 1.5°C, countries must revise national plans at the upcoming climate conference

Extreme heatwaves can strike regions that were ‘lucky’ to escape record temperatures so far: Study

 Interventions such as establishing cooling centres or reducing work hours for outdoor workers can help  

El Niño is coming, and ocean temps are already at record highs — that can spell disaster for fish and corals

 El Niño tends to trigger intense and widespread periods of extreme ocean warming known as marine heat waves

Increased sea surface temperature affecting Indian monsoon: Study

Global warming hiatus contributed to the weakening of the Mascarene High in the Southern Indian Ocean, finds study 

COVID-19 can be a wake-up call for nature-based solutions

Money alone won’t solve the problem; but governments hold powerful levers to make markets value nature and attach a cost to …

Universally changing

A recent research throws light on the possibility that the laws of physics were different in the past

Coming to terms with nature

Book>> Socialist Register 2007 Coming to Terms with Nature by Leo Panitch and Colin Leys The Merlin Press, London 2006 Published in India …

When oil goes bust

Book>> The Last Oil Shock by David Strahan, John Murray London 2008 Indian price Rs 395

Money on trees

Book>> The Little REDD Book--can we learn from a review of proposals and positions for developing a global system of payments for …

Simply Put: ‘Invincible Sun’ no more

Too hot to sleep? Nights are warming faster than days as Earth heats up

UK summers are also seeing more frequent hot weather as a result of climate change

Simply Put: Stockholm, 1972-2022

Agenda for CoP26

Embrace the future, don't erase the reality of climate injustice

Simply Put: A vaccine for planet Earth