Many current climate models could be wrong about global warming: Study
Even if global warming is limited to 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels this century, rapid polar warming may release additional …
GHG emission from human activities biggest contributor to increased warming in India
A recent study attributes increasing surface air temperature over India between 1956 and 2005 to anthropogenic factor
India’s neglected tropical diseases
India experiences the world’s largest burden of at least 11 major non-communicable diseases
Yak in Indian Himalayas face threat of climate change
The increasing trend of environmental temperature at high altitudes is resulting in heat stress in yak during warmer months, also affecting …
Cash-based aid not a silver bullet, but offers flexibility, choice to beneficiaries
Cash relief brings people into the formal financial system and makes financial inclusion possible
Keeping global warming to 1.5 degrees: really hard, but not impossible
It's still possible to hit the more ambitious of the two Paris global warming goals, according to a new estimate of global carbon budget
India's navigation system will not depend on US for accuracy in time
ISRO’s indigenous regional navigation positioning system will be based on the Indian clock system instead of the US
Countries are progressing too slowly on green growth, says OECD
No country is performing well on all green growth dimensions and most of the countries studied are yet to fully disconnect economic growth from …
What is a pre-industrial climate and why does it matter?
Different definitions of pre-industrial and natural climate make it harder to synthesise the results from individual studies
Global warming and El Nino caused record temperature in Southeast Asia
While El Nino triggered the heat, global warming pushed the temperatures to a record-breaking level in 2016, finds study
100% renewable-powered India by 2030 possible: study
The study makes a case for rooting out nuclear and coal-fired base energy systems, which would be “unreasonable and disruptive”
Arctic sea ice season shorter by nearly 2 months; polar bear habitats at risk
A new study shows that the total number of ice-covered days declined by seven to 19 days per decade in 35 years
Arctic birds face disappearing breeding grounds as climate warms
For birds migrating to the top of the world, the warming climate could severely contract the available space they have to breed
UK ill-prepared for climate change impacts; PM has her task cut out
A 2,000-page report predicts more floods, heat waves and water shortages in the UK due to global warming
Coral reefs on decline due to overfishing, pollution fuelled by climate change
Higher ocean temperatures and other threats are leading to worldwide decline of Coral Reefs
Coral bleaching comes to the Great Barrier Reef as record-breaking global temperatures continue
Rapidly warming ocean temperatures present a serious threat to coral reefs, the world’s most biologically diverse ecosystems
More rains on way
These will not be as severe as the rainfall events of past one month that left farmers devastated
The greening of the urban landscape
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Dyke disaster
After 50 complacent years, Europe's state-of-the-art dyke system is softened for the kill by raging riverine floods
A lot of gas
An Indian scientists has challenged the estimates of methane -- a greenhouse gas -- produced from paddy fields
Forecast: Clement climes
Given proper economic policies that fuel technological change, the world can rapidly switch over from fossil fuels to solar energy. In that case, …
Damage-control and how
Should changing names of threatened ecosystems be the only way to induce more consciousness of the coming environmental cataclysm?
'There should be consensus among G-77'
Developing countries have a reputation for lacking political strategy when it comes to international negotiations. They have been slow in …
Leading to a greener future
Recently elected German coalition government brings hope of possible prominence to ecological issues
US dawdling over climate change
Even as Europe reels under an unprecedented heat wave, US President George Bush remains unconvinced about the harsh reality of climate change. On …