Married in space
The recent Atlantis-Mir docking in space, only the 2nd of its kind, is the first tentative step towards Mars
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
A question of industry
The recent Supreme Court orders against polluting industries have merely kicked off an arduous process of cleaning up the Capital
Dry run
The number of Pacific salmons that return to their birth place to spawn is decreasing at a dramatic rate. Despite efforts by the Canadian …
The third connection
In what appears to be the decade's most spectacular event in biology, scientists sequenced the entire genome of Methanococcus jannaschii , a …
Perched atop an abyss
The predatory Nile perch, introduced with all good intentions into the Lake Victoria, is turning out to be the magnificent lake's nemesis
Filth is food!
Making the best of the worst could be the underlying theme behind the garbage-revolution in Nigeria
Chernobyl impasse solved
..but that is not the end of problems for Ukraine, as answers to important issues' like the future of workers and alternate energy and monetary …
By book or by crook..
... has been the motto of an erring plant in Karnataka. But recently, the local fisherfolk scored a victory by forcing it to agree to install an …
Unveiling the past
People are now realising that the solutions to many modern problems lie buried somewhere in our traditional sciences
Hour of the green crusader
A third-party candidate - a renowned green lobbyist - has the US ballot watchers in a tizzy over possible outcomes of this year's presidential polls
Prioritising people
Overwhelming negative response towards the World Bank-sponsored Flood management plan to be implemented in Bangladesh, saw the government and …
Sanctuary in peril
Maharashtra villagers and environmentalists see red as the Radhanagri Sanctuary becomes yet another victim of industrial onslaught
The fabric of disaster
About 30 per cent of all deaths in a Kerala village are caused by cancer. Residents say that pollution from a nearby rayon factory owned by the …
Rising from rubble
An African nation refuses international aid and sets up a highly ambitious agenda to stand on its own feet
A farce on forests
The key interests of both proponents and opponents of the forest convention is control of the timber market. The convention is driven by …
One small step..
Industry gets a new friend, philosopher and evaluator -- the Centre for Science and Environment's Green Rating Project, which will be the …
Strange but true
Existing clean-up technology or treatment plants have failed to check pollution by our errant industries, especially the chlorine-based units
Yankee doodles
...or is it going to be some dandy green picture of a USA under the born-again Bill Clinton, out to realise the American Dream?
Fiscal fitness
While commercial vehicle operators appeal to the Supreme Court to review its order on the phase-out of 15-year old vehicles, the Delhi government …
Steering into turbulence
Australian politicians are finding it hard to live with a landmark judgment, which puts in jeopardy the landholding rights of colonialists by …
Fighting the bug
How badly will the millennium bug hit India? While the Y2K Action Force says most government institutions will be able to meet the deadline, …
Biodiversity or Biotrade?
Competing goals of free trade and environmental protection puts the much-awaited Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety indefinitely on hold
Rio's Stepchild
The UN Convention to Combat Desertification is a non-starter. Administrative and financial matters get the better of any serious attempts to deal …
Looks like Basmati but
India is losing the pride of many a pulao -- the aroma and taste of basmati rice. What are scientists and legal experts fighting about?