Environment

New research suggests evolution might favour 'survival of the laziest'

23 Aug 2018

Species-rich forests better compensate environmental impacts

23 Aug 2018

As part of the global carbon cycle, forests take up about 45 per cent of the carbon from the environment and bind it in the soil and as biomass over long periods of time

And now, 12 dead and over 4,000 rescued in Kodagu floods

21 Aug 2018

Kerala floods: Gadgil’s worst fears come true

21 Aug 2018

Renowned ecologist Madhav D Gadgil’s fears have come true, seven years after authorities decided to ignore the Gadgil Committee’s prescriptions on ways to conserve the ‘fragile’ ecosystem of the mountain ranges and stonewalled its implementation following political pressure

Nice sunny days can grow into heat waves — and wildfires: summer weather is stalling

21 Aug 2018

The environmental cost of contact lenses

21 Aug 2018

First flight lands in Kochi as floods recede in most parts of Kerala

20 Aug 2018

While clear skies could be seen in some districts of the flood-ravaged state and the water level in the Periyar River continued to recede, a rain alert has been sounded in worst-hit Ranni and Chengannur

PM announces Rs500-cr immediate relief to flood-ravaged Kerala

18 Aug 2018

UN offers help as worst Kerala floods kill 324, cause Rs20,000-crore loss

18 Aug 2018

The UN has offered help in tackling the flood situation in Kerala if a request is made,after the worst flood in a century killed over 324 and caused losses estimated at Rs20,000 crore

Over 167 dead as water released from 33 dams soak Kerala

17 Aug 2018

Thirty people died in rain-related incidents in Kerala on Thursday alone with the state receiving 10 times the normal rainfall in the last 24 hours — with no signs of a let up before Saturday, the Met office said