Environment
Mumbai lost in the rains, in just a day
19 Jun 2015
Heavy rains halted trains, the lifeline of the city, in their tracks, while waterlogged roads affected movement to even closeby locations
Third of big groundwater basins in distress
18 Jun 2015
About one-third of Earth's largest groundwater basins are being rapidly depleted by human consumption, despite having little accurate data about how much water remains in them
Fluid injection's role in man-made earthquakes revealed
15 Jun 2015
For the first time, researchers in the United States and France have observed how fluid injection sets off microearthquakes on a sizable, subterranean fault
Nepal quakes push a million below poverty line
15 Jun 2015
Losses to Nepal's economy, including tourism, from its worst disaster on record stand at nearly $7 billion
World's first tidal energy project at Swansea Bay gets planning clearance
13 Jun 2015
The development involves building of a six-mile horseshoe-shaped seawall with turbines for harnessing the power of the tides
EPA finds no evidence of pollution from fracking
05 Jun 2015
Monsoon hits Kerala, advances further north
05 Jun 2015
Australian weather bureau sees hope for Indian monsoon from MJO wave
02 Jun 2015
The Australian Bureau of Meteorology has found signs to support the view that the monsoon may not be that bad
Heat, dust raise toxin levels in Delhi air
01 Jun 2015
California turns to Australia for strategies to counter record drought
27 May 2015
Facing the longest and sharpest drought on record, Californian authorities are increasingly looking for solutions from Australia, the world's driest inhabited continent