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Earth likely to warm over two degrees this century: study

Using statistical tools, the study found only a five percent chance that Earth will warm two degrees.

01 Aug 2017 4:59 PM

Decades of over-extraction of ground water, wasteful and inefficient irrigation practices, pollution of surface water and erratic weather patterns attributed to climate change, have left many parts of the country thirst. (Photo: DC)

Global warming in Himachal: World's highest hamlet runs dry

More than half of India is considered highly water-stressed.

01 Aug 2017 3:25 PM

Heat-waves pose a considerable risk to human life because hot weather (Photo: AFP)

74 percent people in the world to face heat-waves by 2100

Many people around the world are already paying the ultimate price of heat-waves, and models suggest that this is likely to continue.

20 Jun 2017 6:53 PM

Heat waves affect poor people more as they are not financially comfortable to by air conditioners in times of need. (Photo: Pixabay)

Temperatures in India are already higher than usual: study

Most Indian cities and states are not prepared to handle more heat, even if they understand the devastation it can wreak

08 Jun 2017 9:24 AM

US President Donald Trump speaks about the US role in the Paris climate change accord in the Rose Garden. (Photo: AP)

It’s time we quit fossil fuels

The Government of India has also said that all cars sold in the country by 2030 will have to be electric.

04 Jun 2017 12:11 AM

World must unite, foil Trump blow to planet

The US move is more a setback to the environment than to the global leadership role the US is used to playing.

03 Jun 2017 12:09 AM

The flooding was a result of global warming, which has led to extraordinary temperatures in the Arctic.

‘Doomsday’ vault may be a victim of excesses

The facility was created to protect the world’s important seeds from global disaster — manmade or natural.

23 May 2017 12:22 AM

It is not just the temperature, but the heat accompanied by humidity that makes it dangerous.

Stay healthy, stay cool!

Don’t grab a chilled beer to cool off. Simple water with salt will do.

24 Apr 2017 10:00 PM

Heat wave continues in MP, Bhopal breaks record of last 21 yrs

In 1996, Bhopal had last recorded the highest maximum temperature for March at 40.7 degrees Celsius.

31 Mar 2017 8:45 PM

Another creature that contracted was a lemur-like animal that's the earliest known primate. It shrank about 4 percent; while it may not seem like much, it's noticeable because studies of the animal over millions of years showed it was usually getting bigger over time (Photo: AP)

Watch out: Mammals shrink when Earth heats up, study says

Three different species shrank noticeably about 54 million years ago when the planet suddenly heated up.

17 Mar 2017 10:45 AM

For 2017, the heat alert spans most of the country.

Sky eye: Here’s why India is getting hotter

2016 was one of the hottest years on record. But 2017 comes with its own few surprises.

08 Mar 2017 3:32 AM

Last year, more than 1,600 people died due to extreme climate conditions. Of them, 700 died due to heatwave conditions.

360 Degree: Red earth, no pouring rain

Australia also made much larger, comprehensive investments in water conservation and efficiency.

05 Mar 2017 3:03 AM

Warming can fundamentally alter the carbon balance of small ponds over a number years which could accelerate climate change. (Photo: Pixabay)

Small ponds have outsized impact on global warming: study

They lose the capacity to soak up one kind of greenhouse gas and give off even more of another

21 Feb 2017 12:50 PM

About 35 percent in coastal sediment and the open ocean contains polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB's) even though it was banned 40 years ago. (Photo: Pixabay)

Humans are polluting even the farthest reaches of our planet

The level of chemicals is so high that it is affecting the crustaceans that are present in the deep parts of the ocean

14 Feb 2017 12:55 PM

Polar bears were listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act in 2008 because of the loss of sea-ice habitat (Photo: AFP)

Global warming a major risk to polar bears

The plan focuses on the two US subpopulations of polar bears that live off the coast of Alaska.

10 Jan 2017 10:17 AM

The West Antarctic ice sheet where Larsen C is located, holds enough frozen water to raise global oceans by at least four metres. (Photo: Pixabay)

Manhattan-sized ice block to break off in Antarctica

The rift has also widened, from less than 50 metres in 2011 to nearly 500 metres today

07 Jan 2017 11:00 AM

Migratory species are likely to be particularly sensitive to climatic conditions and in this case better breeding conditions appear to put the mother geese at risk. (Photo: Pixabay)

Climate change improves breeding of migratory geese

In a warmer climate, the mothers wait till their offsprings are ready to fly

06 Jan 2017 10:00 AM

One of the biggest surprises was that US consumption also caused species threat hotspots in southern Spain and Portugal. (Photo: Pixabay)

What we buy may put species at extinction risk: study

Electronic devices and other objects create threat hotspots in various countries due to consumption.

05 Jan 2017 1:44 PM

‘Organic’ally resourceful

She may have graduated from an Ivy League college, but has opted to work for an organic farming body in Bengaluru.

15 Dec 2016 12:24 AM

The Arctic region is showing a clear sign of warming that has never happened before. (Photo: AFP)

Hottest Arctic on record triggers massive ice melt

The Arctic region is continuing to warm up more than twice as fast as the rest of the planet

14 Dec 2016 9:18 AM

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