Methane emission to rise 13% by 2030 without global pledge, claims Kerry
India, not a part of the pledge, is among top 5 methane emitters globally
Are Amur tigers ‘re-wilding’ China?
A camera-trap video recently captured a tiger family deep inside China
Stem cell breakthrough gets Nobel in medicine
British scientist John B Gurdon and his Japanese counterpart Shinya Yamanaka honoured
Green tidings from Glasgow Commonwealth Games
Scotland aims to recycle 80 per cent waste produced during the event
Surveillance likely to be key issue in 2014 Internet conference
Concerns high over US control of Internet governance
Three find their way to Nobel Prize in physiology and medicine
Their work explains the "GPS" in our brains
Public funds for private research?
Prime minister unveils new science policy at the inaugural of Indian Science Congress
Protests grow in Bangladesh over splitting Grameen Bank
Opposition, microfinance activists and US senator voice concern over move
Lychee, a probable reason for acute encephalitis syndrome
Viral agents of dengue and measles could also be responsible
Who are China and US’s new top climate diplomats?
Liu Zhenmin of China and John Podesta of the United States to lead climate negotiations at COP29
Conservatives in US Supreme Court deal blow to climate action
Joe Biden administration’s efforts to decarbonise economy held hostage by Republican majority in Supreme Court
Africa Climate Summit 2023: Leaders root for green growth, enhanced climate financing as talks begin
Under the theme ‘Driving green growth and climate finance solutions for Africa and the World’, the summit will culminate in ‘…
World Wildlife Day 2023: A former secretary-general of CITES reviews 50 years of the Convention
CITES was designed 50 years ago to regulate trade in certain species, not fight transnational organised crime. We must now embed tackling it into …
Climate experts hail forthcoming US climate summit with caution and riders
The US should clean up its own act first as far as net zero is concerned, climate experts say
Glorious oversight: Reviewing our very own epoch
An author’s musings about American pop culture fixtures and privileged way of life presented as a review of the anthropocene
Biden's climate summit: The US needs to walk the talk on fossil fuels
Amid the noise and pagentry, the climate community must specifically maintain laser sharp focus on one theme, among others, namely fossil fuels
Climate change first ‘went viral’ exactly 70 years ago
Throughout the 50s and 60s US, Swedish, German and Soviet scientists were examining the issue
Climate change is real & world needs real leadership to fight it
WATCH: As President Joe Biden readies his climate summit for Earth Day, Sunita Narain spells out why and how the US and the …
Biden’s cabinet picks are globally respected, but one obstacle remains for the US to ‘lead the world’ again
If the Democrats can’t gain control of the Senate by winning the two run-off elections in Georgia in early January, the Republican-led …
Hubble telescope confirms presence of water on Jupiter’s largest moon
Ganymede has a salty, underground ocean, according to observations made by the telescope
How John Kerry can bring US back in climate fight ring
The US is on track to re-join the Paris Agreement. Kerry brings to table the clout and connections associated with being former president Barack …
Doctor who blocked thalidomide from release in the US dies at 101
Frances Oldham Kelsey had recently been appointed to the Order of Canada, one of the country’s highest honours
Rare copy of world’s first geological map of a nation found
The map and its theories, prepared by William Smith in the nineteenth century, led to the development of geology
Australia axes carbon tax
Prime Minister Tony Abbott justifies the decision, saying tax cost jobs and forced energy prices up
Run-up to COP27: ‘John Kerry is scared of the floodgates of litigations on accepting loss and damage’
Down To Earth speaks to Farhana Yamin, one of the key architects of the Paris deal, on why rich countries are attempting to linger negotiations …