A second too long

The world has been adding an extra second at regular intervals to keep pace with the slowing Earth. Will the practice be stopped as the US says …

Haunted by hormone

Sprinter Dutee Chand makes a spectacular comeback after facing ban in 2014 for failing an androgen test. What is sex testing all about?

Green issues need equitable entitlements

Now that the Cold War is over, concern for the environment will play a vital role in international relations in the foreseeable future.

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. …

Climate change unveils new methane source: Groundwater springs of Norway

Emissions to further increase if warming continues, finds study

Can carbon capture be new hope for mitigating CO2 emissions?

NTPC Vindhyachal implements carbon capture technology

Now ISO standard for water footprint

ISO 14046 will not only determine water wastage but suggest ways to reduce it

Fire, brimstone and cooling

Large volcanic eruptions contribute significantly to global cooling

Starved of substance

No headway made at World Food Summit in accelerating efforts to eliminate hunger

Stupid growth

Urban areas can support biodiversity

Finding space in our city for nature

Can organic farming ensure food security?

Awareness about corporate social responsibility issues must increase

The newer deal for a newer world

Bail us out: consume

What WMO report says on climate trends: Drivers and impacts

2015-2021 will be the warmest years on record, the World Meteorological Organization report flagged