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The EU will clearly signal its intention to increase ambition by 2030 and achieve net-zero by 2050. (Photo: AFP)

We are at risk of unleashing self-reinforced warming; global warming...

Zero-hour on climate, but UN talks in another time zone.

3 Dec 2019 10:30 AM IST

Vema -- named after a vessel which discovered it in the 1950s -- lies in international waters. (Photo: AFP)

Monitoring underwater mountains for clues of global warming and...

Atlantic haven is a test bed for planet's sickly oceans.

3 Dec 2019 10:20 AM IST

A wintry storm moving east from California brought snow and rain to Arizona, even highly unusual tornado warnings to Phoenix. (Photo: AP)

Flood at Arizona: Subtle reminder to respect nature

Flood at famed Arizona waterfalls sends tourists scrambling.

3 Dec 2019 10:10 AM IST

The results of the research published in the journal Global Change Biology. (Photo: ANI)

Parrotfish are a vital link in the reef ecosystem

Study predicts when reefs die, parrotfish thrive.

3 Dec 2019 9:47 AM IST

Initial funding for this project was provided by Syngenta, an agrochemical company, and the National Science Foundation. (Photo: ANI)

New chemicals might help plants to hold on to water and prevent from...

Scientists discover chemical for plants to improve drought tolerance.

2 Dec 2019 10:24 AM IST

The team has published its analysis in the scientific journal -- Nature. (Photo: ANI)

Global warming can be the cause of declining insect populations

Studies reveal that alarming decline in insect populations.

2 Dec 2019 10:04 AM IST

Overall, heat exposure was estimated to be responsible for 15.6 per cent (95 per cent CI 9.0-21.4) of under nutrition hospitalisation during the study period. (Photo: ANI)

Under nutrition might be because if global warming

Global warming can lead to low appetite.

2 Dec 2019 9:55 AM IST

Temperatures in 2018 were around 1.16 degrees Celsius (2.09 degrees Fahrenheit) above the average temperature of the second half of the 19th century, from 1850-1900, often used as a pre-industrial baseline for global temperature targets. (Photo: AFP)

It's official 2018 was the fourth consecutive hottest year on record

The European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service also found 2015-2018 to be the hottest years on record.

25 Jan 2019 7:06 PM IST

Scientific consensus is consolidating that for in order for Earth to avoid the worst scourges of climate change, emissions must peak by 2020 and drastically reduce thereafter. (Photo: AFP)

Planet on course to miss the 2020 deadline

The world would miss its "best chance" of preventing climate change by ensuring global greenhouse gas emissions peak in...

22 Jan 2019 3:05 PM IST

It is not temperatures but scarcity of water limiting the growth of forests as global warming increases. (Photo: File)

Global forest growth limited by scarcity of water as climate warms up

Study analysis ring width measurements from trees across all continents, except Antarctica.

21 Jan 2019 4:24 PM IST

They found the ice loss to be accelerating dramatically

Antarctica is losing ice 6 times faster today than in 1980s

Antarctica is melting more than six times faster than it did in the 1980s, a new study shows

15 Jan 2019 1:02 PM IST

Have you heard about climate gentrification?

Have you heard about climate gentrification'?

As humans struggle to achieve environmental sustainability, a recent study discovers that gentrification will also be...

28 Feb 2019 8:32 PM IST