Environment

South India has reason to smile as Delhi, north choke on smog

07 Nov 2017

Artificial sweeteners in groundwater indicate contamination from septic systems

07 Nov 2017

All eyes on US as Bonn climate meet gets under way

06 Nov 2017

Participants in the 12-day climate conference will include leaders and diplomats from 195 nations, as well as scientists, lobbyists and environmentalists – and US President Donald Trump’s avowed climate scepticism is causing worry

Global biodiversity conservation does save species, but could be done smarter

06 Nov 2017

Newly discovered orangutan species is 'among the most threatened great apes in the world'

06 Nov 2017

There are only about 800 Tapanuli orangutans left, under threat from loss of lowland habitat and hunting, which makes this newly discovered species among the most threatened great ape species in the world

Ozone layer berhole is shrinking: NASA

06 Nov 2017

How toxic air clouds mental health

04 Nov 2017

China denies plan to build 1,000-km tunnel to divert Brahmaputra

31 Oct 2017

Air pollution killed over 5 lakh Indians in 2015

31 Oct 2017

The advent of 'green' cattle

31 Oct 2017

Climate change may slowly starve bamboo lemurs

28 Oct 2017

Tropical forest reserves slow down global warming

27 Oct 2017

National parks and nature reserves in South America, Africa and Asia, created to protect wildlife, heritage sites and the territory of indigenous people, are reducing carbon emissions from tropical deforestation by a third, and so are slowing the rate of global warming, a new study shows

Deforestation linked to palm oil production is making Indonesia warmer

26 Oct 2017

Living close to green spaces is associated with better attention in children

26 Oct 2017

Mayors from 12 cities pledge to buy only all-electric buses from 2025

25 Oct 2017

Taste, not appearance, drives corals to eat plastics

25 Oct 2017

Logged tropical rainforests still support biodiversity even when the heat is on

23 Oct 2017

New study points to alarming drop in flying insect populations

23 Oct 2017

Mountain glaciers shrinking across the West

21 Oct 2017

Pollution responsible for 16% of deaths globally -- Lancet Commission

21 Oct 2017

Delhi’s genset ban: where are the alternatives, ask residents

21 Oct 2017

Pollution found to be world’s biggest killer; India worst hit

20 Oct 2017

Environmental pollution — from filthy air to contaminated water — causes more deaths than smoking, hunger or natural disasters; more than AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined, according to a major study

Study links chocolate production to increased deforestation in poor nations

18 Oct 2017

Technology titans earn low marks for environmental impact in Greenpeace report

17 Oct 2017

Study reveals new threat to the ozone layer

17 Oct 2017