Earth’s climate worsened in 2019: WMO report
The decade between 2010-2019 was also the hottest
How good will be food grown in space
Lettuce grown in space can provide vital nutrients to astronauts who depend on …
Coronavirus: Are transmissions from humans to animals possible?
A dog was quarantined in Hong Kong because it had a low-level COVID-19 infection
Are Jan Ausadhi stores really serving the purpose they were set up for
There are more Jan Ausadhi stores in relatively affluent districts though they were set up to make medicines more affordable for the poor
How to prevent novel coronavirus
The World Health Organization — in the absence of a vaccine or cure for COVID-19 — recommended several precautionary measures
Delhi riots 2020: How government healthcare failed
Public government misled patients; didn't record, report injuries correctly: Activists
How a British farmer reaps the dividends of running a sustainable farm in Auroville
Krishna McKenzie runs a six-acre permaculture farm in Tamil Nadu’s Auroville
‘Doomsday Vault’ now has a million samples after fresh seed deposit
Fresh stock of 60,000 seed samples were deposited into the vault
Amid COVID-19, doubts raised over hosting of Tokyo Summer Olympics
The Tokyo Summer Olympics are scheduled to be held from July 24, 2020
Climate change: Fish migration to hurt northwest Africa
Economies of northwest African countries would suffer as no policy measures to mitigate losses
Antarctica island loses 20% ice in 10 days, NASA images show
Scientists attribute the warm spell to climate change, dry winds
How 6 fast-growing Asian countries consume plastic packaging
New report on China, Malaysia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia
India will switch to world's cleanest fuel from April 1, 2020
The move will help curb particulate matter, one of the major contributors of air pollution
How a Kerala couple built a sustainable mud house of their dreams
Hari and Asha built their eco-friendly home at just Rs 4 lakh
Do you want to cut your Carbon footprint after death?
Recompose offers human composting, or natural organic reduction as a greener alternative to burial, cremation
WATCH: The human and economic costs of air pollution
New report pegs economic cost of such pollution at $8 bln / day
Fast radio bursts: The mystery deepens
Research by Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment and Fast Radio Burst Project finds repeated pattern to FRBs
Why do bats keep cropping up during virus outbreaks
The more bats are under stress, the greater is the risk from viruses
Watch: How water droplets can generate power
Vibration from water droplets hitting piezoelectric material can generate electricity
Every drop counts: How a cooperative turned 250 acres of Dharmapuri green
Cooperative forest in Tamil Nadu’s drought-prone area an example of the power of water conservation
Why ozonization to treat drinking water can be dangerous
Rapid thaw of permafrost can release large volumes of greenhouse gases
Scientists have warned that vast swaths of permafrost across the Arctic may thaw much before the current projections, releasing vast amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere
Locust attack: India faces worst-ever pest invasion
Apart from India, the pests have attacked 60 countries including Pakistan and Somalia, that have declared national emergencies
Economic Survey 2019-20: 'Thalinomics in a hungry India'
It is an attempt to quantify what a common person pays for a Thali in India, according to the Economic Survey 2019-20
Coronavirus spreads to 16 countries, India asks its citizens not to travel to China
6,078 cases of infection and 132 deaths have been confirmed