Science vs economics of cess on diesel

Getting the bulletin right

EL Nino and the new challenges

Geopolitics

By another name?

More like a ritual

So much for scope and research scale

One hot day in June

India woke up to a phone call

"The ice"

That's what Antarctica is called

Weighty task

It is not easy to measure nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas, emitted from Indian farms

Natural burden

Urban heat islands dot Delhi

Temperature hot spots found in seven of 11 weather stations in the national capital

On the shelf?

Pollution: the great leveller

Carcinogenic benzene levels peak in Delhi

Petrol pumps and heavy traffic locations worst affected

Making space for emissions

Old demons remain, new emerge

Developing nations warn any move to reinterpret UNFCCC will be counterproductive

Every breath you take

Pollutants in the air damage more than the lungs, warn health experts

United nations

Science and Technology - Briefs

Ozone restrictions not enough

More cities critically polluted

Tighter norms make air we breathe more poisonous

India’s SO2 emissions up by 71 per cent in 5 years, shows US study

'CPCB underestimating pollution from coal-fired thermal power plants'

Satellites are burning up in upper atmosphere — and we still don’t know what impact this will have on Earth’s climate

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has announced it will dispose of 100 Starlink satellites over the next six months

‘Modest’ 2023 Antarctic ozone hole ranks 12th overall but still sign of recovery

The depletion would have been lower had it not been for the eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano in January 2022

‘Predictions wrong, but give indications’

India Meteorological Department is often accused of making incorrect predictions. The Ministry of Earth Sciences regularly gets funds to …

"Real power lies with people"

Christine Milne , leader of the Tasmanian green party, was recently in New Delhi to attend the New Horizons programme, an effort to promote …

Unmasking aerosols

Forget health impacts, tiny particles floating in the air are altering regional climates and affecting monsoon patterns and agricultural yield. …