Many small island nations can adapt to climate change with global support

Although climate change threatens the world's small island nations, many can adapt and preserve their homes and cultures – especially if …

Hurricanes of the future might have increased potential for catastrophic events

Climate science predicts a definite increase in the frequency of hurricanes, their intensity and duration due to warming of the ocean surfaces

Monsoon likely to hit Kerala on schedule despite early onset in Andaman Islands: IMD

According to IMD, monsoon is likely to arrive in Kerala on May 30, just a day ahead of the normal monsoon onset

Illegal sand mining around the world: islands disappear; livelihoods at stake

As demand for usable sand surpasses supply, illegal miners are stripping riverbeds, beaches and causing irreversible damage to environment

Sea-level rise has claimed five whole islands in the Pacific: first scientific evidence

Twelve islands we studied in a low wave energy area of Solomon Islands experienced little noticeable change in shorelines despite being exposed …

SAVING THE STURGEON

Leading caviar exporting nations agree to voluntarily restrict sturgeon fishing to pre-empt a ban by CITES

Silent Chernobyl: Dry Aral Sea has made Central Asia dustier, with impacts on global climate, says study

Not only does the dust of the Aralkum Desert left in place of the Aral endanger residents, it also can accelerate the melting of glaciers …

One-day temperatures breach 2°C warming point for first time: Report

Breach associated with climate phenomenon El Nino, long-term human-caused climate forcing

CITES COP19 lists sea cucumbers as ‘threatened’

Sea cucumbers perform the same role on the seabed that earthworms perform on land

Southwest monsoon reaches Kerala

As of now, conditions are favourable for its progress

Fatal warming

Banded morwong first bred faster, may now disappear

Odessa defiled

A proposed oil plant threatens to maim and stunt Odessa's marine environment

Wooing back the seals

Shrinking coastline

India's western coast in trouble

West coast threatened

CMZ dropped

Sharper divide

Sea level rising unevenly in the Indian Ocean

Satellite data signals early hints of a looming El Nino

During El Nino years, the Indian monsoon appears to be weaker and less consistent

Rising water levels in Kenya's Rift Valley lakes: 379,935 people require urgent humanitarian assistance

The increased water levels changed the composition of the lakes and damaged biodiversity

What it’s like to watch a harpooned whale die right before your eyes

Captain Paul Watson, who founded the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society in 1977, defends his organisation’s controversial tactics to prevent …

Yet another El Niño on the anvil; could make 2018 one of the warmest on record

Climate change is influencing traditional dynamics of El Niño and La Niña events as well as their impacts

Sea level changes that occurred 6,000 years ago may happen again; Southeast Asia at risk

Natural causes can further aggravate the effects of rise in sea level combined with human-assisted climate change

2011-2015: mighty hot five-year period

A study by the World Meteorological Organization analyses this five-year period for a better understanding of multi-year warming trends and …

World’s beaches are changing because of climate change — green thinking is needed to save them

A two-metre increase in sea levels by 2100 may lead to forced migration of between 72 million and 187 million people  

El Nino on its way, will likely impact monsoon: Experts

It could also cause heatwaves and droughts in India, South Africa, Australia, Indonesia, the Pacific Islands