At least 91 killed, 200 injured in Indonesia after 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit Lombok island

This was the second earthquake in Indonesia in a week

Biodiversity fund

What happened after the volcano at Tonga

Here is a primer on what changed after the volcano in Tonga erupted recently

Australian Met agency predicts 70 per cent chance of El Nino by June

With this prediction, expectations of a good monsoon season for South Asia may be hit

Airborne pollutants

Aerosols from Asia are poisoning the environs of the Pacific Ocean, say researchers

Asia worried about climate change, Africa about environment-development trade-off

Experts from around the world express concerns over biodiversity

People in Asia-Pacific consuming more milk, protein

Transition in diet due to urbanisation and rising income levels, FAO report says

Saving the salmon

Quake strikes Haiti; 1,200 killed, emergency declared

Earthquake in Haiti a wake-up call for India, says expert

Asia-Pacific moves slow on environment-related SDGs: Report

At this rate, the region will not achieve any of these SDGs by 2030

What does Sustainable Development mean in an unequal world?

Reflections from the Asia Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development 

Change for the worse

Sinking and with a trace!

Marsh spews bacteria onto beach

World Bank sanctions fund to strengthen fisheries management

Project will initially support four Pacific Island countries

Legal framework can strengthen HIV response: UNDP administrator

Discriminatory policies hamper access to HIV services

El Nino-like weather conditions increased short-term malnutrition in children across tropics: Study

Nearly 6 million children were driven into hunger during 2015 El Nino

Great Pacific Garbage Patch ‘much larger’ than earlier estimated

The garbage patch is largely made up of tiny bits of plastic trapped by ocean currents

10 disturbing trends for Asia and the Pacific

The region is ageing rapidly, has the largest number of threatened species and more

Scientists project path of radiation plume from Japan's nuclear reactors

Low-pressure area to form over Andaman Sea by April 30: IMD

The low-pressure area will likely change into a depression by May 2

What is behind deadly summer heatwaves in north-central India? 

Pacific Meridional Mode may be a factor

Volcanic eruptions lower capacity to make near-term climate predictions: Study

The model that excluded volcanic eruptions got its prediction right

Loss, decay and bleaching: Why sponges may be the ‘canary in the coal mine’ for impacts of marine heatwaves

Marine sponges were earlier thought to be more resilient to ocean warming

Fatal warming

Banded morwong first bred faster, may now disappear