Indian scientists return with rare plant samples from Arctic

The sinking debate

The climate change negotiations have come to a halt over the issue of sinks. Neelam Singh discusses the associated complications

The cold rush

What has India got to show after 20 years on the Antarctica research bandwagon? Lack of focus

The saga of Diego Garcia's Chagossian evacuees

How Diego Garcia became a US military base

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-…