Environment
PM outlines 3 top challenges at Davos: climate, terror, protectionism
24 Jan 2018
While singling out climate change as the biggest threat the world faces, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his inaugural remarks at Davos also criticised artificial distinctions between ‘good’ and ‘bad’ terrorists
Bio-renewable process could help 'green' plastic
22 Jan 2018
Bio-renewable process could help 'green' plastic
22 Jan 2018
Coca-Cola vows to recycle 100% of its containers by 2030
22 Jan 2018
The world’s largest total beverage company, which creates massive garbage around the world, intends to back a World Without Waste with a multi-year investment to implement their new recycling goal
Mothers and young struggle as Arctic warms
19 Jan 2018
Your microwave oven could be as polluting as your car!
18 Jan 2018
Microwaves in Britain generate as much carbon dioxide as 1.3 million cars, while across the European Union, the emissions equal almost seven million cars, scientists have concluded
China’s new air purification tower deemed a success
17 Jan 2018
The experimental air purification tower, claimed to be the world's biggest air purifier by its operators, has brought a noticeable improvement in air quality, according to the scientists leading the project
A fossil fuel technology that doesn’t pollute
15 Jan 2018
Worldwide importance of honey bees for natural habitats captured in new report
13 Jan 2018
An unprecedented study integrating data from around the globe has shown that honey bees are the world's most important single species of pollinator in natural ecosystems and a key contributor to natural ecosystem functions
Why did the passenger pigeon die out?
11 Jan 2018
The last passenger pigeon died in the Cincinnati Zoo in 1914. Reseach shows that humans caused the extinction of the species, by indiscriminate hunting and denuding the forests the species needed to survive
New study reveals strong El Niño events cause large changes in Antarctic ice shelves
09 Jan 2018
A new studyreveals that strong El Nino events can cause significant ice loss in some Antarctic ice shelves while the opposite may occur during strong La Nina events