Concentration of air pollutants significantly increasing over India: IPCC

Just effective decarbonisation policies not enough to bring SO2, NO2, O3 and NH3 to safe levels; clean energy and waste management would be needed

Satellite to monitor methane emissions not in pipeline, but will be happy to build one: ISRO

ISRO to have a busy year with missions to the sun and moon as well as unmanned spaceflight

Methane emissions from Indian landfills: Knowing why estimates vary by models key to effective management

Concerted efforts needed to standardise data collection, invest in modern waste management infrastructure, develop region-specific models

A comprehensive GHG inventory for India is within reach

It will not necessarily require new resources, but better co-ordination and commitment of existing resources

Third dumpsite fire in a month points to systemic failure of waste management in Delhi

Recent fire at Bhalswa raging for 72 hours; previous two fires at Ghazipur led to spike in air pollution

COP26: Two worlds talked past each other – or never even met

Unlike a decade ago, there was no climate scepticism on show. But how to address the underlying causes of climate change in capitalism remains …

Antarctic ice reveals that fossil fuel extraction leaks more methane than thought

Analysis of 12,000-year-old Antarctic ice reveals that methane leaks from fossil fuel extraction play a larger role than previously thought

Methane emissions rose 576 mln tonnes every year between 2008 and 2017: Studies

Emissions increase 9% compared to last decade; atmospheric concentration rises by 1,875 parts per billion from the 1850s

Only 7% of total legacy waste in Delhi’s Ghazipur landfill is bio-mined: Report

More fresh municipal solid waste is dumped at the Ghazipur dumpsite than it is capable of processing, according to the report

Electric vehicles can lower emissions of volatile organic compounds in India by 2030: Study

VOCs are carbon-containing chemicals released by petrol and diesel vehicles; They impact air quality and human health

New sensor promises low-cost detection of methane emissions, leaks

The new sensor can be used to better understand methane emissions from livestock and dairy farms; they enable a more accurate monitoring of …

Venus: could it really harbour life? New study springs a surprise

It may be that astrobiologists searching for life beyond Earth now have an additional atmospheric biosignature about which to argue

Making agriculture sustainable is good and not for climate alone

The co-benefits are clear, despite uncertainty on the sector’s emissions

Industry lobbyists deny GHG emission from meat production, blame small herders

Methane, the major GHG from livestock, remains in the atmosphere for only 10 years but traps 28 times more heat than CO2

Wasting an opportunity to create safer alternatives to fossil fuels

Generating methane from organic wastes might be a more rational choice than pinning hopes only on coal

Rising methane could be a sign that Earth’s climate is part-way through a ‘termination-level transition’

Methane is a much more potent greenhouse gas than CO₂ but lasts in the atmosphere for slightly less than a decade

Methane emissions from wetlands rose 5-6% since 2000-2006: Study

Methane is responsible for roughly 30 per cent of the rise in temperature since the pre-industrial period

UNEP calls Nord Stream methane leak ‘biggest-ever’; plume over Europe fading

Earlier this year, UNEP showed that oil and gas fields worldwide have been causing massive methane leaks, mostly due to faulty equipment  

Sustainable rice production key to food security

Though a staple crop in many countries, rice production is facing the impact of extreme weather events such as droughts and floods

Reservoirs are large contributors of methane to the atmosphere

A new study helps to revisit the understanding that hydroelectric projects are a ‘green’ or carbon neutral source of energy

Charred to extinction

Methane reserves set the air ablaze and roasted alive several species, including the dinosaurs

The Greenwashers: Big Oil’s words and actions on climate emergency do not match, says study

Such companies spend huge sums of money to portray themselves as proactive on climate action; but their measures to reduce climate change are …

In a first, New Zealand proposes to tax farmers for livestock burps

Livestock emissions are a major source of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas; New Zealand has more livestock than people

World headed towards 2.4°C warming despite CoP26, according to 4 assessments

We may still be able to limit warming to 2°C, but 1.5°C will require technology to play an outsized role that it currently does not …

Thawing permafrost can pose direct threat to human health: Report

The meltdown can release bacteria, viruses and radioactive material locked away in the frigid layers