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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

Greta inspires European youth to fight climate change

Greta inspires European youth to fight climate change

Greta Thunberg along with hundreds of students march in Paris for climate action.

23 Feb 2019 3:48 PM IST

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg attended the Friday For Future rally in Berlin, Germany. (Photo: AP)

Greta inspires climate justice protest in Berlin

Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg joined by thousands of children in the German capital for the Fridays for...

30 March 2019 7:34 PM IST

CO2 emissions in 2018 increased by 0.5 percent for every one percentage point gain in global economic output, compared to a 0.3 percent average increase since 2010. (Photo:AP)

Climate trouble associated with spike in energy

According to International Energy Agency, 2018 spike in energy demand spells climate trouble.

26 March 2019 1:06 PM IST

Pointless restoring tropical forests that last for only 10-20 years

Pointless restoring tropical forests that last for only 10-20 years

With changing climate, global warming, and industrial growth, the question is, how long will these reforested tropical...

20 March 2019 7:27 PM IST