Study unmasks forces behind climate change denial effort

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 1, 2014, 11:35

A new study has exposed the organizational underpinnings and funding behind the "powerful" climate change countermovement.

India`s SO2 emissions on the rise: NASA

Last Updated: Sunday, December 29, 2013, 14:00

Emissions of sulphur dioxide - atmospheric pollutant with health and climate impacts from power plants in India increased by over 60 per cent between 2005 and 2012, new data analysed by a NASA satellite found.

Pranab Mukherjee inaugurates 37th Indian Social Science Congress

Last Updated: Saturday, December 28, 2013, 00:35

President Pranab Mukherjee said that our relations with nature should be guided by the principles of reciprocity, limitation, cooperation and sustainability.

26 held for blocking Odisha CM`s convoy

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 18:12

At least 26 members of a farmers organisation were arrested for blocking the car of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik while he was on his way to office, police said.

Some plants may not adapt quickly to climate change in future

Last Updated: Monday, December 23, 2013, 14:34

Researchers have suggested that some plants may not have the traits needed to rapidly respond to human-induced climate change.

Solar activity `not key culprit behind climate change`

Last Updated: Monday, December 23, 2013, 11:27

Researchers have said that climate change has not been strongly influenced by variations in heat from the sun.

New study raises concerns about future global crop yields

Last Updated: Sunday, December 22, 2013, 14:14

Researchers have revealed that about 30 percent of the major global cereal crops- rice, wheat and corn- may have reached their maximum possible yields in farmers` fields, while raising concerns about efforts to increase food production to meet growing global populations.

Environment Ministry proposes slew of measures on climate change

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 22:59

The `Climate Change Action Programme` will entail an estimated expenditure of Rs 290 crore during the 12th Five Year Plan, according to a proposal moved by the Environment Ministry.

Good old bananas at threat of extinction!

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 12:47

Researchers are `incredibly concerned` for fate of banana as plagues and fungus infections spread across world`s supplies, it has been revealed.

Global warming likely to put 40% more people at risk of water scarcity

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 12:44

A new study has found that global warming resulting from unabated greenhouse-gas emissions is likelier to put 40 percent more people at risk of absolute water scarcity within the century than would be without it.

Good news for Arctic, as sea ice volume up by half

Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 23:29

Arctic sea ice last month was around 50 per cent higher in volume compared with a year earlier, following a recovery in area this summer, the European Space Agency (ESA) said today.

Climate change 375 mn years ago may have lead to mass extinction

Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 16:22

Researchers have found proof for catastrophic oceanographic events linked with climate change and a mass extinction 375 million years ago that devastated tropical marine ecosystems.