Environment
Volkswagen's excess emissions will lead to 1,200 premature deaths in Europe
04 Mar 2017
While Volkswagen has issued recalls of affected vehicles in both the US and Europe, scientists at MIT and elsewhere have found the excess emissions have already had an impact on public health
How to reduce the environmental impact of a loaf of bread
01 Mar 2017
Researchers f have calculated the environmental impact of a loaf of bread and which part of its production contributes the most greenhouse gas
IMD warns of extreme temperatures this summer
01 Mar 2017
In 2016, temperatures spiked to new national highs in parts of India even as the Earth sweltered under the hottest temperatures in modern times for the third year in a row
Expect more heat waves, diseases, famines, warns climate meet
18 Feb 2017
The future will see more deadly heat waves, the fast spread of certain infectious diseases, and catastrophic food shortages, according to experts at the Climate & Health Meeting in Atlanta
India could phase out coal by 2050: report
14 Feb 2017
India pollution now worse than China's, kills 1.1 mn a year
14 Feb 2017
The number of premature deaths caused by dangerous PM2.5 air particles has stabilised globally in recent years but risen sharply in India, which has no sustained public policy initiatives to reduce pollution
To beat the cold, elephants in UP get hand-knit sweaters
11 Feb 2017
Indian conservationist group Wildlife SOS has come up with an innovative solution to help elephants cope with northern Uttar Pradesh’s chilly winters – by knitting jumbo jumpers for them
Chinese air pollution linked to respiratory and cardiovascular deaths
10 Feb 2017
The largest epidemiological study in the developed world reveals that as exposures to fine particulate air pollution in 272 Chinese cities increase, so do deaths from cardiovascular and respiratory diseases