FDI in retail: some unanswered questions

Urban consumer may benefit, but what about marginal farmers and the environment?

Weeded problem

Weather unwise

Weather conditions to disrupt transport systems throughout the world

High seas

Arctic birds threatened

Mosquitos to roam as tigers

Look who's talking!

The president of the world's most polluting country blames India for global warming

USA 'wins'

Jan Pronk buckles under pressure from the US to postpone the climate change negotiations

Meltdown!

First evidence of Antarctic melting emerges

The switch: What happens to GHG emissions if half of meat, milk consumption is swapped with alternatives?

Biggest impact on agricultural input use would be seen in China, sub-Saharan Africa 

Global Eco Watch: Red Sea turtles are now mostly being born female due to climate change

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Budget 2015 proves a dampener for climate action

Finance minister talks about Clean Energy Fund, but forgets crop insurance

Classroom: A cold response

‘Geoengineering could be catastrophic for the planet’

Scientists warn about the perils of tackling global warming with geoengineering

Full extent of carbon emissions from fossil-fuelled power plants underestimated

Current accounting methods do not consider life-long emissions

Science and Technology - Briefs

Seeding the seas?

Sprinkling powdered iron into the ocean may help reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide

CO2 vanishing

Forests of Europe soak up as much as 280 million tonnes of carbon on annually

Planet melting

If global warming continues, polar ice caps will melt, wiping nations off our planet

Warm changes

Global warming will affect the vegetation of the Tibetan Plateau

Green politics

Is your government signing away your future rights to the world's natural resources?

Bytes

Lessons from cyclone Michaung: Take better care of natural resources in coastal states

Natural disasters are becoming more common as the average temperature of the land and sea rises

As told to Parliament (March 15, 2023): Only 16% of India’s researchers are women

The total number of women researchers in the country is 56,747

Global Eco Watch: Reliance plans ‘largest zoo’ in Jamnagar

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