Environment

Sea ice strongly linked to climate change in past 90,000 years

17 Aug 2016

Now, scientists fear smallpox outbreak as permafrost melts

16 Aug 2016

Russian scientists are warning of the threat of born-again smallpox re-emerging from graves in the Arctic where permafrost is melting due to climate change

Delhi govt to allow cars with factory-fitted CNG kits

13 Aug 2016

Many more species at risk from Southeast Asia tree plantations: study

13 Aug 2016

Greenland sharks live for hundreds of years

13 Aug 2016

With a life expectancy of at least 272 years, the Greenland shark has the longest life expectancy of all vertebrate animals known to science

SC lifts ban on large diesel cars in Delhi-NCR, slaps 1% green tax

13 Aug 2016

The apex court said that vehicles from 2,000cc onwards can be registered again on payment of one per cent of ex-showroom price as environment tax, thus legalising the ‘polluter pays’ principle

Global warming could unleash diseases not seen since Ice Age

12 Aug 2016

A recent anthrax outbreak in the Russian Arctic has been blamed on long-buried reindeer and, scientists warn, other Ice Age diseases could be unleashed as global warming thaws the icy Arctic expanses

Western Ghats: New environment minister calls for wider consultations

12 Aug 2016

Scotland produced enough wind energy to power it for a day on 7 August

11 Aug 2016

Earth already in red this year in natural resources budget

09 Aug 2016

Earth overshoot day, earlier called Ecological Debt Day, is the date on which humanity's resource consumption for the year exceeds Earth's capacity to regenerate those resources in that year

Earth already in red this year in natural resources budget

08 Aug 2016

The world reached "Earth overshoot day" today, the point in the year when humans have exhausted annual supplies such as land, trees and fish, and outstripped Earth's capacity to absorb greenhouse gases

Buried oxygen rose to the occasion as Earth’s early atmosphere formed

06 Aug 2016

This is the first time anyone has shown that the relative amount of oxygen deep in the Earth influences the minerals that rocks are made of and how it changes their densities

Air pollution hurts lung cancer patients most: study

06 Aug 2016

Kaziranga’s wildlife suffer most as floods hit 2 million people in Assam

02 Aug 2016

Teasing out the microbiome of the Kansas prairie

30 Jul 2016

CO2 can be stored underground for 10 times the length needed to avoid climatic impact

29 Jul 2016

Construction of first US offshore wind farm enters final phase

26 Jul 2016

10,000 homes evacuated in Southern California as wild fire rages

26 Jul 2016

Scientists unlock 'green' energy from garden grass

25 Jul 2016

UP to challenge NGT order banning old diesel vehicles

23 Jul 2016

Centre may challenge NGT ban on old diesel vehicles

23 Jul 2016

Enbridge to spend $177-mn to settle claims of 2010 oil spills in Michigan, Illinois

21 Jul 2016

Scottish courts overrule consent to four offshore wind farms

20 Jul 2016

Government notifies norms for retrofitting of hybrid electric kits in old cars

19 Jul 2016

A giant quake may lurk under Bangladesh and beyond

19 Jul 2016

Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory scientists say they have new evidence of increasing strain beneath Bangladesh, where two tectonic plates underlie the world’s largest river delta