Environment
Brave new world: nature making new type of rock from plastic waste
10 Jun 2014
The new rock material, dubbed by scientists as plastiglomerate, is the result of melted plastic trash on beaches mixing with sediment, basaltic lava fragments and organic debris such as shells
US Supreme Court rejects BP's appeal on payments to businesses
10 Jun 2014
The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to block payments BP was required to make to businesses demanding compensation for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill
Rising CO2 poses significant threat to human nutrition: Harvard study
By By Todd Datz | 07 Jun 2014
New study links heart diseases directly with air pollution
06 Jun 2014
A new epidemiologic study published in the medical journal *Heart* shows a new link between particulate matter in the atmosphere and heart diseases, like irregular heartbeat and lung blood clots.
Greek economic hardship leads to air pollution crisis
23 May 2014
A study from researchers in the US and Greece reveals an overlooked side effect of economic crisis — dangerous air quality caused by burning cheaper fuel for warmth
Chinese study shows Tibetan glaciers feeding Bhramaputra rapidly shrinking
22 May 2014
Glaciers in the Tibet Plateau, the watershed for several Himalayan rivers, have been shrunk by 15 per cent in the past three decades
Loss of African wildlife spurs a cascade of consequences in savannas
10 May 2014
Declines in large wildlife can increase the risk to humans from rodent-borne disease, scientists find after experimentally removing large grazing mammals from plots of savanna land in Kenya
Delhi overtakes Beijing as world’s most air-polluted city
08 May 2014
A study says as many as 13 of the world's 20 dirtiest cities in the world are in India, with Delhi, Patna, Gwalior and Raipur in the top four spots
Multiple metrics of climate change reveal unappreciated impacts on biodiversity
03 May 2014
A new study has shed fresh light on how climate change will affect global biodiversity by exploring different measurements of climate change together.