Environment

Dealers in endangered wildlife take to Facebook

04 Mar 2016

Facebook unwittingly offers a large audience for illegal trade in wildlife, and hundreds of protected species are advertised for sale on Facebook groups in Malaysia – though both Facebook and Malaysian authorities have vowed to crack down on this practice

Indonesia, Australia warned of tsunami after 7.9 magnitude quake near Sumatra

02 Mar 2016

Scientists create 3D forests to study climate change

27 Feb 2016

California methane leak was the biggest ever in US: study

26 Feb 2016

Double whammy: poor indoor air adds to pollution risks

26 Feb 2016

A new study has found that outdoor pollution is responsible for around 40,000 deaths in the UK alone – but importantly, this is one of the first studies to highlight the health risks of poor indoor air quality as well

One-step process to convert CO2 and water directly into liquid hydrocarbon fuel

23 Feb 2016

A simple and inexpensive new sustainable fuels technology could potentially help limit global warming by removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to make fuel

Exposure to air pollution increases the risk of obesity

22 Feb 2016

Laboratory rats who breathed Beijing’s highly polluted air gained weight and experienced cardio-respiratory and metabolic dysfunctions after three to eight weeks of exposure

New method reduces need for fish in experiments

18 Feb 2016

Mysuru ranked India’s cleanest city, Dhanbad adjudged dirtiest

15 Feb 2016

NGT nod for controversial Hubli-Ankola railway line in Karnataka

15 Feb 2016

Poor air quality kills 5.5 million worldwide annually

13 Feb 2016

New research shows that more than 5.5 million people die prematurely every year due to household and outdoor air pollution. More than half of deaths occur in two of the world’s fastest growing economies, China and India

Poachers active in Kaziranga, kill 3rd rhino in 40 days

10 Feb 2016

Probe ordered into radioactive leak near New York City

09 Feb 2016

Aviation experts agree to first emissions-reduction standards for aircrafts

09 Feb 2016

2 more Taiwan quake survivors found; over 100 still trapped

08 Feb 2016

Lithium battery catalyst found to harm key soil microorganism

06 Feb 2016

Taiwan quake kills 7, leaves dozens hurt or missing

06 Feb 2016

Rescuers pulled 247 survivors from the rubble in the worst-hit Tainan city that left seven dead and several dozens hurt or missing

Researchers find world forest carbon stocks overestimated

25 Jan 2016

Centre tightens effluent discharge norms for sugar mills

23 Jan 2016

Government shuts 150 polluting units along Ganga

21 Jan 2016

2015 hottest year since 1880; easily beats 2014 record

21 Jan 2016

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the average temperature across the globe was 0.9 Celsius above the 20th century average. Corroborating the findings, space agency NASA said the change was largely human-made

To clean up ocean plastics focus on coasts, not the Great Pacific garbage patch: study

20 Jan 2016

After VW, Renault to cut diesel emissions

19 Jan 2016

Renault’s sales have suffered after the French government named the company among auto makers that sold cars in violation of pollution standards – but authorities added that it hasn’t actually cheated on emission tests