Heated exchanges

Global politics took an upper hand over planetary ecology in Kyoto

Re-counted

Standards to assess radiation-induced cancer are correct

Climate talks inch ahead

Six years on, authorities clueless about Fukushima

Abnormally high radiation preventing humans and robots from cleaning the damaged reactors

High anxiety

Heated exchanges marked a conference which ended abruptly to hastily patch up a lukewarm agreement

The sunny side

Another 100 years and the world will begin to suffer from high fever. Utilising solar energy may prevent a catastrophe

The third wind

The new challenges before Japan require leadership from not just the government and the corporate sector but also the civil society

Conservationists distort whaling body's raison d'etre

It took just five votes to shake the very edifice of the International Whaling Commission (IWC). Voting 25-20 in favour of setting up a …

US $4 trillion lost in natural disasters over last 30 years

Disaster preparedness will reduce impact, adaptation will bring gains, says World Bank

Premium non-GM food

Breathing easy

Cairo embraces CNG in a big way

Bleached to death

As ocean waters get warmer, coral reefs look even paler this year

Japan acts on Kyoto pledge

Gets clean air credits by undertaking energy projects in Kazakhstan

Dumping ground

Fuel cell technology for cars

Taming the US

WTO lets EU, Japan counter subsidies with sanctions

Tamil Nadu cultivates seaweed as source for salt that checks blood pressure

Dividing the developing countries will spell disaster for Copenhagen and future climate negotiations

The arsenic affinity

The mean world of climate change

Japan made “significant progress” in decommissioning Fukushima nuclear plant

15-member IAEA team applauds the country’s “planned efforts” but warns a lot remains to be done

Typhoon Wipha heads to Fukushima

Once-in-a-decade event poses a huge flood potential, say meteorologists

A day after Hudhud devastates Andhra Pradesh, Typhoon Vongfong injures dozens in Japan

It is the strongest storm to hit Japan this year

Energy consumption patterns vary in Asia

Urban malady

A Japanese study suggests that city life contributes to premature death