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Socioeconomic status is also a known factor for increased exposure to airborne pollutants as well as an increased risk of asthma and cardiovascular. (Representational/Pexels)

Urban air pollution to be determined with new advance technology

Advance technology can diagnose urban air pollution exposure with new precision.

3 May 2019 9:28 AM IST

Extinction Rebellion climate change protesters held up banners as they briefly blocked the road near the Bank of England, in the City of London recently. Extinction Rebellion created blockades at various locations in the British capital for 10 days. (Photo: AP)

UK becomes first country to declare a climate emergency'

On Wednesday night a bipartisan UK Parliament passed an extraordinary measure: a national declaration of an environment...

2 May 2019 5:40 PM IST

The authors emphasise the key role that glaciers play for ecosystems and societies on a global scale. (Photo: Representational/Pexels)

Extinction of World Heritage glacial predicted by 2100

Studies reveal that World heritage glaciers are set to disappear by 2100.

2 May 2019 9:37 AM IST

Conservation officials say that North Atlantic right whales are among the most threatened species in the world. (Photo: AFP)

North Atlantic sea whales found dead in Canadian waters

Six dead endangered right whales found in Canadian waters.

28 Jun 2019 9:38 AM IST

The study showed that the MHT exhibited clear lateral variation along the geologic strike, with the Lesser Himalayan ramp having a moderate dip on the MHT beneath the mainshock area, and flatter and deeper MHT beneath the eastern end of the aftershock zone. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Key cause of Himalayan earthquake rupture unravelled

Study reveals key cause for Himalayan earthquake rupture.

28 Jun 2019 9:28 AM IST

It is also equally clear that, when the damage inflicted reaches a tipping point, nature will annihilate the intruder and gives itself time to heal and restore its functions.

Business as usual as climate change takes us towards apocalypse

Based on existing scientific research and projections of a global temperature increase by three degrees Celsius by 2050.

22 Jun 2019 7:39 AM IST

Freshwater species were not affected by sea level but some couldnt survive the rapid decline in temperatures of the late Eocene and became extinct. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Crocodiles serve as 'climate clocks'

How crocodiles could reveal more about past climates.

21 Jun 2019 12:47 PM IST

This Jan. 3 1976 photo made by the National Reconnaissance Office shows Mount Everest at center. This and other once-classified Cold War era spy satellite images are showing scientists that glaciers on the Himalayas are now melting about twice as fast as they used to. (National Reconnaissance Office via AP)

Himalayan glaciers are melting fast revealed by old spy images

The Asian mountain range, which includes Mount Everest, has been losing ice at a rate of about 1 per cent a year since...

20 Jun 2019 5:44 PM IST

The study does not include the huge adjoining ranges of high-mountain Asia such as the Pamir, Hindu Kush or Tian Shan, but other studies suggest similar melting is underway there as well. (Photo: AP)

Himalayan glaciers melting doubled since 2000: Study

Currently harbouring some 600 billion tonnes of ice, the Himalayas are sometimes called the earth's 'Third Pole'.

20 Jun 2019 1:45 PM IST

The researchers suggested that the latest findings are important because it gives a better understanding of how future ecosystems might look under elevated CO2 conditions. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Squids has the capacity to adapt to environmental changes

Studies show that squids could survive under climate change.

18 Jun 2019 9:50 AM IST

Because the volcano erupts every ten years or so, scientists have set up dense networks of ocean bottom instruments to monitor it. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Did you know that tides can trigger earthquake

Researchers discover how tides trigger earthquakes.

9 Jun 2019 3:15 PM IST

France produced 4.5 million tons of plastic waste in 2016, or 66.6 kg per person, according to this report published on the eve of World Oceans Day.

WWF states France as the biggest producer of plastic waste in the...

France, biggest producer of plastic waste in the Mediterranean, according to WWF.

9 Jun 2019 2:19 PM IST