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A detailed analysis showed that around 10 per cent of total methane emissions from the Baltic Sea may be due to clams and worms. (Photo: Pixabay)

Clams, worms release as much greenhouse gas as 20,000 cows

A detailed analysis showed that around 10 per cent of total methane emissions from the Baltic Sea may be due to clams...

16 Oct 2017 12:57 PM IST

A car amid debris following an earthquake in Casamicciola on the Italian resort island of Ischia. An earthquake rattled the island at the peak of tourist season Monday night. (Photo: AP)

Bad' weather report: Scientists say earth's fever on steady rise

Scientists monitoring Earth's climate and environment have delivered a cascade of grim news in 2017.

3 Nov 2017 1:37 PM IST

We have already used more than two thirds of the emissions quota to keep climate change well below two degrees. (Photo: Pixabay)

Mayors view climate change as pressing urban issue

115 mayors of cities with at least 75,000 residents answered the fourth annual survey named for Thomas Menino.

24 Jan 2018 10:48 AM IST

China plans more Forest Cities which will have rooftop gardens.

Green cities to mitigate heat

Agriculture outside the city increases the Urban Heat Island effect due to increased moisture supplied by irrigation.

9 April 2018 2:25 AM IST

This white thing on the chocolate does not mean that the chocolate is mouldy. (Photo: Pixabay

Study finds chocolate production may be harming environment

Study finds it takes around 1,000 litres of water to produce just one chocolate bar.

3 April 2018 11:05 AM IST

Bushfire-prone Australia has experienced a horror start to its fire season, which scientists say is beginning earlier. (Photo: AFP)

Blazing bush fire casts smoky haze over Sydney

Smoke haze blankets Sydney as bushfire threat rises.

19 Nov 2019 4:00 PM IST

Even in the absence of cold, outdoor sunlight which can be as much as 10 times more intense than light streaming through a sunny, south-facing window can injure coddled seedlings leaves. (Photo: AP)

Prepare your plants before they face great outdoors

Give your flower and veggie seedlings some tough love.

24 April 2019 8:57 AM IST

India, the worlds third-biggest emitter of greenhouse gases after China and the United States, is under pressure to announce plans to become carbon neutral by mid-century. (Representational image: AFP)

India rejects net zero carbon emissions target, says pathway more...

Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav said India was on track to achieve targets set at the 2015 Paris conference

28 Oct 2021 10:44 AM IST

FILE - In this file photo dated Friday, July 2, 2021, people riding bicycles and scooters wait to cross an intersection during rush hour in Beijing. (Photo: AP)

China, India miss UN deadline to update emissions targets

The world's two most populous countries are among dozens that failed to provide an update on their targets

1 Aug 2021 1:31 PM IST

Farmers would stop sending from villages to cities produce such as crops, vegetables and milk from June 1 to June 10 all over the country. (Representational image)

Global warming will make veggies harder to find: study

Researchers confirmed prior studies that showed global warming would likely cut back on corn growth.

12 Jun 2018 12:58 PM IST

We have already used more than two thirds of the emissions quota to keep climate change well below two degrees. (Photo: Pixabay)

CO2 emission levels too dangerously high: report

The new report said humanity has emitted 2,075 GtCO2 since 1870 -- adding 40 GtCO2 in 2016 alone.

14 Nov 2016 11:16 AM IST

As per the study, modifying diets by a few grams per day according to the composition of vegetables, fruit and meat could significantly reduce groundwater use in India.

Diet change may help save water: Lancet

The experts looked specifically at India, where approximately half of the usable water is currently required for...

5 April 2017 12:42 AM IST