See climate effect on world’s favourite tourist spots in 2050, in pics
Environmental specialist Marish Cuenca partnered with online car hire website DiscoverCars.com to predict the effects of rising sea levels, …
US government considers controversial solar geoengineering to counter global warming: Report
Report outlined research options for solar radiation management that may be able to reflect sunlight to space — but White House says it&…
George Bush: "I oppose the Kyoto Protocol"
The leader of the most polluting country in the world claims global warming treaty is "unfair" because it excludes India and China
Why welcome trouble?
What induced the Indian Ministry of External Affairs to issue a statement endorsing a plan that could result in loss of human life, and have …
Organic livestock farming: A revolution in the making
Ensuring a profound balance in the functionalities between the organic suppliers and the global market might just turn out to be most influential …
Warm and convenient
Researchers are developing low-cost warmers for infants even as doctors remain divided over the efficacy of the product
Annoying the US, our way
Despite close cooperation with American enforcement officials, US unhappy with India’s report card
Rivers must flow
Book>> Economics of river flows: lessons from dam removals in America • by Bharat Jhunjhunwala • Rs 750
Good news! Pacific Bluefin Tuna stock to rebound sooner than expected due to global conservation efforts
Significant young population in current biomass means rebound targets will be met much ahead of schedule
US govt halts funding for relocation projects in protected areas
The move comes in response to alleged human rights violations by WWF; likely to deal a blow to relocation project in Karnataka’s Nagarhole …
Unfair fields: Asymmetric WTO rules let US inflate cotton subsidies must be reformed
Cottton farmers in India and other Global South countries, like the Afican C-4 of benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, at peril …
COP15 Montreal: ‘30x30 will create more militarised Protected Areas’
Fiore Longo, director of the French chapter of Survival International, details the disadvantages of 30x30 of the Global Diversity Framework
COVID national emergency in the US might end early — What does this mean?
Public health emergency still in place for now; ending the emergency declaration would formally restructure the federal coronavirus response
Crackdown: Egg seizures at US-Mexico border go up 300%
Median cost of a dozen eggs in the US was $4.25 in January 2023 — over twice what it was a year ago
Intolerance in Paris: an opinion by Sunita Narain
As I write this, it is two days to the endgame at the Paris climate conference. Despite problems, everybody is clear that there will be an …
Big blue trips up Twitter
IBM’s claim of patent violation by Twitter reflects the madness in software litigation in the US
The Microsoft way
Wherein an Indian firm using pirated Microsoft software here is sued in the US by California state for using unfair trade advantage
Looming threat of a secretive trade pact
Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement will extend restrictive intellectual property laws globally
Guar mine
Farmers in Rajasthan make big bucks as shale gas rush boosts demand for little-known cluster bean
Coronavirus: Where are countries finding the money to mitigate economic catastrophe?
Governments are digging deep into their finances that in some instances were already under strain
‘See Afghans as brothers and sisters with whom we have ties since Mahabharata, not some distant aliens’
The second and final part of DTE’s interview with former ambassador Gautam Mukhopadhaya, where he discusses the situation in Afghanistan, …
Data on plant ‘sweat’ might help predict wildfire severity
NASA studies data from space station instrument; Water-stressed plants help identify areas with greater fire risk
India can exert itself as one of the largest vaccine manufacturers during COVID-19: Vaccinologist Peter Hotez
Hotez talked to DTE on India’s role in global vaccination, its challenges on the home turf, anti-vax movement and vaccine diplomacy
Richest 1% emit twice as much carbon as poorest 50%: Oxfam report
The richest 10% accounted for 46% of emissions growth; the poorest 50% accounted for 6%
Biden’s climate summit: All eyes will be on the US, come April 22
An ambitious nationally determined contribution unveiled by the US at the Leaders Summit could help rebuild trust among sceptics