Environment

India to leap-frog into BS VI vehicular emission norms from April 2020

20 Sep 2016

For India, which has not yet fully implemented BS IV norms for vehicles, skipping BS V to leap-frog into much cleaner emission norms is a game-changing decision

SC stays NGT order on eco clearance for railway and city rail projects

17 Sep 2016

It’s getting hotter: 2 separate studies show hottest-ever August

15 Sep 2016

Future drought will offset benefits of higher CO2 on soybean yields

07 Sep 2016

India evacuates 40,000 in massive tsunami drill

07 Sep 2016

Aerial spraying to eliminate mosquitoes kills millions of honey bees

03 Sep 2016

Green tribunal refuses to quash Vizhinjam Port's clearance

02 Sep 2016

New Zealand sees little damage from 7.1 quake, mild tsunami

02 Sep 2016

Tasmanian devils evolve to resist deadly cancer

31 Aug 2016

Fears over spread of Zika virus from storm

27 Aug 2016

Deforestation causing weaker monsoons in India, finds study

25 Aug 2016

Mynmar quake kills 3, destroys scores of famed monuments

25 Aug 2016

Over 250 killed as massive quake hits central Italy

25 Aug 2016

Police near the town of Ascoli said they could hear cries for help from under the rubble but lacked the heavy equipment to move the rocks, in the aftermath of a magnitude-6.2 earthquake

Logged rainforests can be an 'ark' for mammals, extensive study shows

25 Aug 2016

Earth-like planet found in nearest solar system: report

25 Aug 2016

Human footprint surprisingly outpaced by population and economic growth

24 Aug 2016

The global impact of human activities on the natural environment is extensive, but those are growing at a slower rate than the rate of economic and population growth, reveals a study

Infrastructure development, silting worsen flooding in North and North East

23 Aug 2016

Haphazard implementation of infrastructure projects and mismanagement of dams, especially the Farakka barrage, made flood control difficult amidst heavy rains, say experts

Fungi recycle rechargeable lithium-ion batteries

23 Aug 2016

A team of researchers is turning to naturally occurring fungi to drive an environmentally-friendly recycling process to extract cobalt and lithium from tons of waste batteries

Pacific sea level predicts global temperature changes

22 Aug 2016

New study challenges assumption of asbestos' ability to move in soil

22 Aug 2016

Coca-Cola halts Dasna plant in UP amidst pollution probe

20 Aug 2016

Like elsewhere, Coca-Cola’s Dasna bottling plant also allegedly contaminates groundwater meant for farmers, pollutes the soil and discharges untreated sewage maligning the environment