Environment

Researchers working on windowless planes to save fuel and cut emissions

28 Oct 2014

New map exposes previously unseen details of seafloor

27 Oct 2014

Coalgate: CBI registers cases against environment ministry, Jindal Steel

25 Oct 2014

Seismic network being installed to measure effects of ocean waves on Antarctic ice shelves

24 Oct 2014

Major breakthrough could help detoxify pollutants

22 Oct 2014

Javadekar launches 'Air Quality Index’, calls for synergy between environment and development

18 Oct 2014

A global natural gas boom alone won't slow climate change

18 Oct 2014

Comprehensive analysis shows that natural gas could displace both coal and low-emitting energy sources over the long term

Rock-dwelling microbes remove methane from deep sea

17 Oct 2014

Ocean warming in Southern Hemisphere underestimated: scientists

15 Oct 2014

Vizag lost in the storm; Andhra starts relief operations

13 Oct 2014

While milk was simply not available, ATMs were not functioning and power supply may take days to resume, long queues were seen in front of petrol bunks

Nanoparticles accumulate quickly in wetland sediment

13 Oct 2014

Aquatic food chains might be harmed by molecules "piggybacking" on carbon nanoparticles

Vizag braces for Cyclone Hudhud; landfall expected on Sunday evening

11 Oct 2014

Nearly one lakh people have already been shifted from Andhra Pradesh districts of Srikakulam, Vijayanagaram, Visakhapatnam and East Godavari

Odisha to start evacuations; deploys rescue teams as cyclone Hudhud approaches

10 Oct 2014

Navy, NDRF on high alert for Hudhud relief efforts

10 Oct 2014

Storm surge would inundate low-lying areas of Visakhapatnam, Vijayanagaram and Srikakulam districts of north coastal Andhra Pradesh while wind speed would gradually increase to 130-140 kmph gusting to 155 kmph from 12 morning

NGT upholds ban on coal mining in Meghalaya, allows lifting of stock after paying royalty

07 Oct 2014

Night lights guide urban mappers from the sky

07 Oct 2014

Promising new approach enables efficient, automatic mapping of urban areas from night lights

Researchers joining project to build next-generation Earth climate model

06 Oct 2014

CII to construct 10,000 toilets in government schools in next 1-1/2 years

04 Oct 2014

Modi's `Clean India’ mission set for mega launch

01 Oct 2014

The `Swachh Bharat’ mission aims at realising Gandhi’s dream of promoting behavioural change in school children so that they become agents of change in the society

India’s first 100 MW offshore wind project to come up in Gujarat coast

01 Oct 2014

Robofish gets a new mission: Finding Nemo

01 Oct 2014

The robot is a hybrid of an underwater glider and a robotic fish developed to collect data on water quality, temperature and other important environmental factors

Japan volcano eruption toll mounts to 36 after five more bodies found in search

29 Sep 2014

Global warming culprit-nations likely to change by 2030

26 Sep 2014

Majority of Indian consumers keen on green products: DuPont study

25 Sep 2014

Is TV coverage of climate change too focused on disaster?

25 Sep 2014

A study of how TV news covered three reports by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) during 2013 and 2014 shows that news bulletins tended to focus most on past or potential disaster in their narration of the story