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.

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

Warm and convenient

Researchers are developing low-cost warmers for infants even as doctors remain divided over the efficacy of the product

`We've strong evidence that eating sugar contributes to heart disease'

Kimber Stanhope, nutritional biologist at the University of California, Davis, US, is studying the health effects of fructose, a component of …

Sweet-heart trouble

Evidence implicating sugar in heart disease builds up

No balanced package for Doha

Bangkok climate talks divided over closure of long-term cooperative action

Pray before you spray

Household cleaning products cause cardiac diseases

Improved stove: a misnomer?

Some emit more black carbon than traditional mud stoves

‘Predictions wrong, but give indications’

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

More grime on teflon

Chemical used in teflon triggers early menopause

US targets China’s wind subsidy

Files complaint in WTO; says China unfairly helping equipment makers

According to report

Surprise move

Pyrrhic victory

Don't eat tuna

Breach of protocol

After SEZs, nuclear power parks

Power plants proposed on farmland will displace 50,000 people

Clean citys air, breathe easy

Keeping the car windows rolled up while driving is a good idea