Environment

Toyota forced to replace car whose roof squirrels chewed up

29 Jan 2015

Going ‘green’ has its own problems - the owner of a new Toyota Aygo in Britain has complained that squirrels ate parts of his car because they were made from eco-friendly plastics

Germany, India draw closer on climate change issues

29 Jan 2015

Deprived communities hardest hit by air pollution

27 Jan 2015

Climate change, N-threat push `Doomsday Clock' 3 minutes closer to Zero-hour

23 Jan 2015

The Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists cited unchecked climate change and global nuclear weapons modernisation as the basis for its decision to move the minute hand of the historic `Doomsday Clock' forward two minutes

Humans erode soil 100 times faster than nature: study

21 Jan 2015

India’s tiger population increased by 520 to 2,226 in 4 years: govt report

20 Jan 2015

“Doomsday Clock” minute hand to move again?

20 Jan 2015

Hazy road to Mecca

17 Jan 2015

Railway minister flags off India’s first CNG-powered train

16 Jan 2015

BP faces up to $13.7 bn civil penalty over 2010 Gulf of Mexico spill

16 Jan 2015

Humanity has exceeded 4 of 9 ‘planetary boundaries,’ according to researchers

16 Jan 2015

Novel sampling approach reveals oil sand mining is not polluting Athabasca Delta

15 Jan 2015

Obama to announce new plans to regulate methane emissions: Reports

15 Jan 2015

President Obama hopes to cut methane emissions from oil and gas production by up to 45 per cent by 2025 from the levels recorded in 2012

Mass animal die-offs may be increasing, new research shows

14 Jan 2015

Government providing unprecedented thrust on renewables, says power minister

12 Jan 2015

Greenpeace worker barred from leaving India; no official reason

12 Jan 2015

Leave fossil fuels unused to limit global warming: study

08 Jan 2015

A third of oil reserves, half of gas reserves and over 80 per cent of current coal reserves globally should be left in the ground and not used before 2050 if global warming targets are to be achieved, says a new study

Leave fossil fuels unused to limit global warming: study

08 Jan 2015

A third of oil reserves, half of gas reserves and over 80 per cent of current coal reserves globally should be left in the ground and not used before 2050 if global warming targets are to be achieved, says a new study

Study hints that ancient Earth made its own water — geologically

08 Jan 2015

Evidence suggests that rock circulating in the Earth's mantle between 250 and 410 miles under the ground, feeds the world’s oceans even today

Carbon soot particles, dust blamed for discolouring Taj Mahal

06 Jan 2015

The Taj Mahal’s iconic marble dome and soaring minarets require regular cleaning to maintain their dazzling appearance, as airborne carbon particles and dust give the gleaming white landmark a brownish cast

Man-made pollutants significantly influence how tree emissions form aerosol particles

06 Jan 2015

Scotland could have almost entirely renewable-powered electricity system by 2030: Study

05 Jan 2015

Global bird conservation could be four times more cost-effective

05 Jan 2015

Tropical forests absorbing more carbon dioxide than earlier estimated: NASA

03 Jan 2015

North Atlantic signalled Ice Age thaw 1,000 years before it happened

29 Dec 2014