Antarctica’s glaciers are retreating at a much faster pace than previously believed, a new study released by the US Geological Survey (USGS) indicates. While one major ice shelf has completely disappeared, another shelf three times the size of Rhode Island has broken off since 1986.

Massive Antarctic ice shelf may break away from coast soon

04 Apr 2009

A massive ice shelf anchored to the Antarctic coast by a narrow and quickly deteriorating ice bridge could break away soon, the European Space Agency has warned.

Carbon footprint of textiles

03 Apr 2009

The Indian textile industry will need to cover a lot of ground on crucial environmental issues that will impact both competitiveness and bottom line in a regime driven by environmental and sustainability concerns, writes Vivek Dev

New fuel efficiency standard for US-made vehicles

28 Mar 2009

By 2011 US-made vehicles will have to raise their fuel efficiency by 20 per cent, that will save about 887 million gallons of fuel and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 8.3 million metric tonnes

Earth Hour to tick off in India at 8.30 pm tonight

28 Mar 2009

Concerned Indians across the country will be joining a global anti-warming campaign tonight by switching-off their lights for one hour.

Climate change forces Italy-Switzerland to redraw border

27 Mar 2009

Global warming has led to the melting of the Alpine glaciers near the Matterhorn on the Italian-Swiss border, forcing both countries to redraw their 148-year border

Global Earth Hour's lights-out to be held on 28 March

21 Mar 2009

Earth Hour, expected to be world's largest environmental awareness event ever, aims to have 1 billion people in 1,000 cities switch off their lights for an hour