The great Pacific garbage patch

Shadowy presence

A haze of pollutants, the size of the US, covers a part of the Indian Ocean sky creating fears of acid rain, low rainfall and a change in …

The great Indian monsoon and its friends

A look at the association between the southwest monsoon and its companions

No respite for Ridleys

Turtle excluder devices can reduce turtle deaths. But a web of politics and government laxity prevents their use

Beyond Tsunami

Time to focus on preventing the next disaster

Arctic rush driven by desire to control hydrocarbon deposits, shipping routes

Future shock

As the world continues to pump greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, the global temperatures could rise by 3°C by mid-century, says a soon-to-…