Environment

Quake in Iran leaves over 40 dead, shakes Delhi and Gulf cities

16 Apr 2013

Tremors were felt as far away as Delhi, Ahmedabad and the Gulf cities where people were evacuated from tall buildings

Madhya Pradesh must get some of Gujarat’s lions: SC

15 Apr 2013

While the Modi government said these animals were “the pride of Gujarat”, the apex court decided that their survival was more important than Gujarat’s pride

Rate of ice melt in Antarctic 10 times faster than 600 years ago: study

15 Apr 2013

Islands in the rain: how mountain ranges take shape

15 Apr 2013

Iranian N plant safe as quake kills 37

10 Apr 2013

An International Atomic Energy Agency statement indicated that it was satisfied there was little danger of radioactive leaks from the Bushehr nuclear power plant due to the earthquake

PM releases Partha Dasgupta’s 'green' report

09 Apr 2013

The report advocates the creation of new economic indicators that include three types of assets such as industrial capital, human capital and natural capital

Cooking waste from London restaurants to fuel power station

08 Apr 2013

Sea lion is first known non-human mammal that can keep a beat to music

08 Apr 2013

Ronan's sense of rhythm undercuts an increasingly influential theory that beat keeping requires a capacity for complex vocal learning

Global solar photovoltaic industry may be a net energy producer now

By By Mark Golden | 05 Apr 2013

EU beef and soy demand driving Amazon deforestation: report

05 Apr 2013

Greenpeace’s ‘polar bear’ protests before Kremlin over energy exploration in Arctic waters

02 Apr 2013

Drying Saraswati caused exodus from Harappa to Gangetic belt

01 Apr 2013

The Harappans relied on a dependable monsoons and did not create an irrigation system to support crops; as the monsoons became more infrequent, the Saraswati, not fed by Himalayan runoff, dried up forcing the population to migrate

Solar powered plane to fly across the US

30 Mar 2013

The Solar Impulse HB-SIA, considered to be the world’s most advanced solar plane, is made of carbon fibre and capable of flying at night

UN body calls for "immediate suspension" of Amazon gas plans

25 Mar 2013

Apple’s largest data centre now fully renewable powered

22 Mar 2013

Biodiversity does not reduce transmission of disease from animals to humans, Stanford researchers find

By By Rob Jordan | 22 Mar 2013

UK moves to implement £1-bn carbon capture and store competition

21 Mar 2013

European Commission proposal to ban bee-harming pesticides fails

16 Mar 2013

Volcanic aerosols, not pollutants, tamped down recent Earth warming, says CU study

14 Mar 2013

SC clears delinking of environment and forest clearances for highway projects

13 Mar 2013

Ground-level ozone falling faster than predicted

13 Mar 2013

Scientists plumb the secret depths of Antarctica

11 Mar 2013

Sea floor earthquake zones strengthen tsunamis more than expected

08 Mar 2013

Telenor to help recycle 7.8 million surplus mobile phones

06 Mar 2013

Ancient micro-continent identified under the Indian Ocean

02 Mar 2013

Scientists at the University of Liverpool have found evidence of an ancient micro-continent buried beneath the Indian Ocean.