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

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

Maybe it’s ALIVE

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

India to confront Monsanto in US

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

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 …

The Ice Story

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

Baltimore bridge collapse: A bridge engineer explains what happened, and what needs to change

One lesson is that we need to consider how the vessels near our bridges are changing

What COP28 must achieve: Bold and ambitious action in a fractured world

We should treat COP28 as an opportunity to scrutinise the wealthy polluters and their plans up close and ask questions

CoP26 report card: Methane’s role in global warming in sharp focus for the first time

105 countries signed pledge to cut emission, 3 biggest emitters didn't join

US-based economists win Nobel Prize for groundbreaking work with ‘natural experiments’

Their approach has revolutionised empirical research, says Nobel committee

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 

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

India's climate dilemma

Will India toe the US line of capping carbon emissions from farming?

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

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

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