Environment
2100: Some of us now living may witness the next mass extinction
23 Sep 2017
Daniel Rothman, professor of geophysics at MIT and the co-director of MIT's Lorenz Center, feels a sixth mass extinction will occur when a critical amount of carbon - which he analysed as 310 giga tonnes - is likely added to the oceans by the year 2100
Over 250 dead as 7.1 magnitude quake flattens Mexico City
20 Sep 2017
The powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.1 that struck central Mexico on Tuesday afternoon flattened at least 44 buildings in the heavily populated capital, burying the victims under the ruins and the rubble
Urban climate change
13 Sep 2017
Air pollution cutting Indian’s lives by up to 4 years: study
12 Sep 2017
The compliance with WHO standards could see Delhi residents, who breathe the world's most polluted air, gain the most as they could live up to nine years longer and six years more if national standards are met, reveals a new study
Climate change a buzzkill for coffee lovers
12 Sep 2017
US threatened by more frequent flooding
12 Sep 2017
CBI files FIR against former environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan
09 Sep 2017
She had earlier claimed that the environment clearance for Electrosteel’s mining project was given on "specific requests" from party vice-president Rahul Gandhi, but Gandhi had denied any involvement