With the US state facing one of its worst droughts and no relief in sight from the weather, the government is resorting to water rationing while finalising a relief plan

California will run out of water in a year, warns NASA expert

18 Mar 2015

As California experiences the fourth year of one of the most severe droughts in recorded history, a senior NASA scientist has warned that the American state has only about one year of water left

Robotic fish designed to protect real ones from pollution

17 Mar 2015

Bristling with sensors, the self-navigating robot mimics how real fish swim, monitoring for signs of environmental degradation.

Researchers discover wildfires’ ‘compensation’ strategy

14 Mar 2015

Friction means antarctic glaciers more sensitive to climate change than we thought

13 Mar 2015

Greenpeace’s Pillai vindicated; HC says ‘this is a democracy’

12 Mar 2015

The Delhi High Court today asked the government to quash and set aside the lookout circular against Greenpeace activist Priya Pillai, who was blocked by the Indian government from boarding a flight to London to speak to British MPs two months ago

Focus on `clean cities’ as government forced to monitor capital’s air quality

12 Mar 2015

Car chiefs back call to end demonisation of diesel

11 Mar 2015

Climate starting to change faster

10 Mar 2015

The speed with which temperatures change will continue to increase over the next several decades, intensifying the impacts of climate change

Permafrost's turn of the microbes

09 Mar 2015

Scientists question rush to build Nicaragua canal

09 Mar 2015

A consortium of environmental scientists has expressed strong concern about the impact of the controversial 172-mile, $50-billion Central American canal planned across Nicaragua