California drought: valleys sinking faster than ‘ever before’

Increased subsidence in fifth consecutive year of drought can damage surface and underground infrastructure 

Fish take oil spills to heart

2010 oil spill in Gulf of Mexico may have caused heart defects in tuna species, reducing their numbers

India to confront Monsanto in US

Biodiversity Authority will oppose Monsanto’s patent application involving Indian melon

Save nature, do nothing

In some cases, doing nothing is the way to preserve ecology

Maybe it’s ALIVE

Keeping plucked vegetables and fruits in daylight helps them stay alert, produce nutrients

Count fish before catch

Identify the weakest link in ecosystem-based management

Hard time for honeybees

Entomologist May Berenbaum of University of Illinois in USA has inspired a character in TV series, X-Files. The winner of this year’s Tyler …

Another leak

Wikileaks>> Nuclear deal • New Zealand/India/US

It's official now

No taker for 43-year-old Save Grain campaign

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Gay by mercury

Water contamination may alter white ibises’ hormones

Trade war over green energy

Japan v Canada; US v China

Dow subsidiary blacklisted

It bribed Indian officials to get approval for pesticides

Wake-up call

A fungus could wipe out American bats

Caspian tigers may not be extinct

The Ice Story

Amit Shanker talks about a random photograph that helped him reveal how Americans kept British cool.

Eight Western Lowland Gorillas at US safari park down with COVID-19

They are the first known cases of great apes to be infected by the virus

A third of US reels under drought

Likely to experience dry spell till at least October 

Organic livestock farming: A revolution in the making

Ensuring a profound balance in the functionalities between the organic suppliers and the global market might just turn out to be most influential …

George Bush: "I oppose the Kyoto Protocol"

The leader of the most polluting country in the world claims global warming treaty is "unfair" because it excludes India and China

Why welcome trouble?

What induced the Indian Ministry of External Affairs to issue a statement endorsing a plan that could result in loss of human life, and have …

World’s second-largest emitter might leave the first-ever global climate deal

New ‘vulnerable nations’ bloc looks set to redraw the climate politics map

A new bloc of 'vulnerable' countries has emerged at the Paris climate talks—perhaps heralding the end of the old rich-poor geopolitical divide

'High GDP states have grown at the cost of the environment'

North-eastern states and Himachal Pradesh score high on environmental sustainability index, says report by Chennai non-profit