COVID-19: Trump’s promise fuels anti-vaxx movement

Anti-vaccine theories inspire fear in the general population, undermining a coordinated effort to defeat the virus

Biden, Keystone XL and a Green New Deal could shake up Canada’s energy industry

Biden’s comments emphasise the need to transition away from fossil fuels, echoing calls for a Green New Deal

2020 में दर्ज किया गया इतिहास का दूसरा सबसे गर्म मार्च

एनओएए द्वारा जारी रिपोर्ट के अनुसार गत माह मार्च का तापमान औसत से 1.16 डिग्री सेल्सियस अधिक रिकॉर्ड किया गया है

Wait and watch

The US government is in transition. But why should the rest of the world suffer?

What is the bomb cyclone blitzing across US?

The winter storm, Ulmer, has led to terrifying blizzard conditions, tropical storm winds and heavy rainfall; killing one person

US energy secretary supports Paris Agreement, wants to renegotiate terms

Rick Perry has not elaborated on what “renegotiate” meant in terms of the Paris Agreement

US Supreme Court puts Obama’s Clean Power Plan on hold

The Plan requires at least a 32-per cent cut in CO2 emissions from the power sector compared to 2005 levels by 2030

Poison on the plate

Study links toxins in food products to cancer and other diseases in children

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

News Snippets

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.