Cholera cases reported in India this summer

Situation similar across the globe as experts predict a spurt in disease due to climate change

Climate scientists say human link evident in extreme weather events

Unprecedented 2016 California drought, the 2011 US heat wave and 2010 Pakistan flood belong to a most worrying series of extremes

Global warming in past caused mammals to shrink, and it could happen again

Will today's animals have enough time to adapt to human-induced climate change that's happening fast?

Germany bans fracking indefinitely

The method of hydraulic fracking for extraction of shale gas has been controversial due to its environmental impacts

Global assets worth trillions of dollars at risk due to climate change

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions to limit global warming to 2°C substantially reduces the value at risk

Rising sea level poses risk to green turtle habitation in Australia

Scientists have become concerned that only 10 per cent of eggs are producing turtles on Raine Island compared to 90 per cent elsewhere

Wood cuts

THE FUTURE OF WORLD FORESTS: THEIR USE AND CONSERVATION Edited by Kilaparti Ramakrishna and George M Woodwell Publisher: Natraj Publishers, …

Global warming causes extinction of species

Scientists warn a rise in temperature will reduce the habitable area in North America's mountains and cause a reduction in the number of mammal …

No taking cheap Colombian coal to Newcastle

John Major's Conservative government is learning the hard way that a free market economy alway works better anywhere but at home.

The global green farce

At UNCED the inclustrialised countries do not want any serloys restructuring of their economies or their lifestyles to save the earth. But the …

Breaking the ice

The recent breaking away of a massive iceberg from the Antarctic peninsula has generated a heated debate on the bothers of global warming

Environmental entropy

Responding to Global Warming: The Technology, Economics and Politics of Sustainable Energy by Peter Read Publisher: Zed Books Ltd Price: Not stated

In the line of fire

Unusual weather conditions have led to fire outbreaks in several parts of the world, the latest being Florida

The heat is on

There is tremendous pressure now on the South to meet the greenhouse gas emissions reduction quota of the west

When science sleeps

The Indian meteorological department is unable to explain why the recent heat wave is taking place in India. Hardly surprising for a …

Waterworks India: Chewang Norphell

A brief clip from the movie Waterworks India profiling Chewang Norphell, a civil engineer who has found a unique way to combat the water …

Review: Four films on climate change

Climate change. Two words which hold, between them, some of the most complex as well as vigorously debated issues of all times. Changing Climates,…

Making space for emissions

7th GEF Assembly: Decision on direct funding to civil societies likely during the meeting

More funds would be needed to make this possible without alienating governments

Plastic-free planet: Members struggle to reach consensus on rules of procedure

INC-2 decides Open-Ended Working Group; may delay negotiations

Silence of the birds

Large-scale logging in the tropics has led to the disappearance of bird species

Hungry for research

Child starvation could increase unless research is improved

The coast is not clear

A new report paints a grim picture of the world's coastal areas

Companies, business associations effective agents to counter climate change

Cottonseeds to check malnourishment?