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The new maps reveal that two to four times more oceanfront glaciers extend deeper than 200 metres below sea level than earlier maps showed. (Photo: Pixabay)

Greenland's ice at more risk than thought: Study

The new maps reveal that two to four times more oceanfront glaciers extend deeper than 200 metres below sea level than...

4 Nov 2017 5:22 PM IST

Chris Cassidy is biking 600 miles across the Amazon to raise awareness about climate change and record its effects.

NASA astronaut to bike across Amazon in climate change film

Chris Cassidy is keeping his exploration impulses down-to-earth.

30 Sept 2017 8:59 AM IST

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Planet-warming methane from livestock underestimated: study

The concentration of methane in the air has climbed 10 times more quickly in the last decade.

29 Sept 2017 2:08 PM IST

Braving the monsoons of Odisha

The mono vision

Award-winning monochrome photographic artist Jayanta Roy talks about his love for black and white and creating awareness...

24 Sept 2017 12:17 AM IST

A woman covers her head to beat the 35.5 deg Celsius heat on Monday afternoon.

Earth sweltered to 3rd hottest august, summer on record

The average temperature for June through August was 61.47 degrees (16.41 Celsius).

19 Sept 2017 9:38 AM IST

This July 24, 2013, photo provided by Brian Smithers, shows gnarled, bristlecone pine trees standing with young limber pines growing around them in the White Mountains in east of Bishop, California. (Photo: AP)

Scientists say oldest tree species on Earth in peril

A new study's findings can be used to understand more complex forests with several types of trees harvested for timber.

14 Sept 2017 3:00 PM IST

People being evacuated in Chennai.

Reason behind that sinking feeling

The researchers found that warmer temperatures lead to more intense storms, which makes sense.

12 Sept 2017 1:26 AM IST

A flooded Mumbai street.

A pocketful of sky

Activities ranging from days to season mainly depend on weather conditions.

12 Sept 2017 1:16 AM IST

People walk through a waterlogged street following heavy rains in Mumbai. Heavy rains Tuesday brought Mumbai to a halt flooding vast areas of the city. (Photo: AP)

Under water, under siege

We encroach every vacant space, water body, sewage line, and clog them with tonnes of plastic, construction rubble and...

12 Sept 2017 1:31 AM IST

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New climate-based system that can predict dengue spread

Researchers identified the climatic risks for dengue disease outbreaks in different climatic zones.

3 Sept 2017 12:04 PM IST

Researchers studied three groups of Olympia oysters from different areas of the California coast where the influence of rainfall on seawater salinity varies. (Photo: ANI)

Climate change a threat to oysters

If the oysters die out, all of the associated species will.

29 Oct 2018 10:21 AM IST

Genetic engineering of crops to make them drought resistant can protect farmer income, enhance productivity and free up land for water storage and enlarging forest cover. (Representational image)

Acclimatising India to the future

Climate change is not all pain. It is expected to improve precipitation in India by three to 12 per cent.

24 Oct 2018 2:37 AM IST