Not too many people
Demographers say world population will decline and one-fifth of it would be above 50 years by 2050
Fringe benefits
Twilight zones between two habitats could lead to divergence of species and even originate new ones
A question of heredity
The environment in which an embryo develops influences gene expression and some acquired traits can be inherited
Time to wake up
The demand for water and energy is likely to increase at a geometrical rate in the coming years. What are the policy options for a better …
Dams, lies and red tape
Pro- and anti-dam activists join hands to establish an independent body for reviewing large projects
Save the sea
...by encouraging local participation of fisherfolk to arrest overfishing and damage to the eco-system
Transplant tricks
Bone marrow transplantation shows promise of curing patients afflicted with sickle-cell disease
IPCC shows what our planet will be like as climate change continues
Most regions of the world will warm up considerably as the march of climate change continues globally, according to the latest IPCC Report
8 billion people: why trying to control the population is often futile – and harmful
Rather than trying to increase or decrease the number of people, we must build a planet that enables everyone to live their lives freely, …
Clouds can close gaps between highest and lowest temperatures in a day
Clouds serve as an atmospheric blanket that controls the Earth’s surface temperature
Accelerating climate change threatens animals’ ability to adapt
Rising global temperatures will negatively impact numerous species vital to function of the natural world
Now, Arctic’s oldest and strongest ice starts to melt
This ‘last ice area’, which had never seen ice melting, saw its ice break twice this year owing to global warming
The three-minute story of 800,000 years of climate change with a sting in the tail
Since the industrial revolution, CO2 levels in the atmosphere have climbed to levels that are unprecedented
Supercomputers map global ocean currents
Scientists have created the most realistic model of ocean currents yet and taken another step towards understanding global climate
USA faces up to the biodiversity challenge
The US President reiterates that the one world, one environment theme is the only way to protect the planet.
UN falls victim to its inherent weaknesses
There are several reasons why the UN finds itself bereft of power today. Part of the crisis results from the cash-strapped organisation's own …
Oiling the wheels of globallisation
The Commission on Global Governance calls for a democratic world governance to deal with increasing global interdependence
The magnificent 500
DNA studies suggest that a mere 500 people moving out of Africa could have populated the rest of the world
"History does not repeat itself"
A pioneer in the field of environmental history, Donald Worster of the University of Kansas in the US highlights the importance of the subject …
For safe custody
Besides its other decisions, the third Conference of Parties also resolved to empower native peoples to use and conserve biological resources in …
On track
The setting up of a task force may streamline and coordinate the various environment-related activities of the UN
Boiling point
Greenhouse gas emissions could raise global temperatures much more than previously forecast leading to drought and flooding as weather patterns …
Rare Antarctica warming to trigger heatwaves, fires in Australia
The sudden stratospheric warming in South Pole has spiked temperatures by more than 40 degrees
Every month in 2019 among 4 warmest such month: Report
July 2019 was recorded as the warmest month globally and has re-written climate history, with dozens of new temperature records at local, …
The wake up call
It’s time we understood that the IPCC's report could be an underestimate of the kind of dangers that await a warmed world and stopped …