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The heatwave last week smashed national records for the hottest single day as scorching weather spread across Europe from the Sahara. (Photo: AFP)

Climate change makes June the hottest month for France

Climate change made French heatwave 'more likely' in hottest June ever.

3 July 2019 11:11 AM IST

Unlike the Arctic, Antarctica is not warming and remains the coldest place on Earth, as well as its largest source of freshwater. (Photo: AFP)

Ice in Antarctic sea at record low

Antarctic sea ice in dizzying decline since 2014: study.

2 July 2019 11:08 AM IST

Willis is investigating how warmer layers of water off the coast come into contact with glaciers and how this effects how quickly they melt. (Photo: AP)

Melting glaciers of Greenland and their future

High above Greenland glaciers, NASA looks into melting ocean ice.

27 Aug 2019 12:38 PM IST

Extensive cattle farming is the main driver of deforestation in the Amazon, with just over 65 percent of deforested land in the Amazon now being grazed. (Photo: AFP)

Soybeans were once major contributor of deforestation

Global appetite for beef, soy fuels Amazon fires.

25 Aug 2019 1:32 PM IST

Tourists often mistakenly believe they can handle the Arizona heat and go out hiking during peak temperatures. (Photo: AP)

Arizona heat gets unbearable for hiking group

Kansas hiking group overwhelmed in Arizona heat.

25 Aug 2019 1:22 PM IST

Worsening relations between Brazil and Europe has worried the powerful agriculture sector, which fears a backlash from its key markets. (Photo: AFP)

Disturbing images of Amazon rainforest on fire goes viral on Twitter

Brazil's Bolsonaro blames Amazon fires on NGOs as Twitter erupts.

22 Aug 2019 10:46 AM IST

The symbolic death of a glacier is a warning to us, and we need action. (Photo: AP)

Iceland faces death of glacier for first time

Funeral for lost ice: Iceland bids farewell to glacier.

21 Aug 2019 1:11 PM IST

Glaciologists stripped Okjokull of its glacier status in 2014, a first for Iceland. (Photo: AFP)

Iceland honours passing of Okjokull, first glacier lost to climate...

Iceland commemorates first glacier lost to climate change.

18 Aug 2019 1:32 PM IST

Decades of uncontrolled and excessive depletion of groundwater reserves, rising sea-levels, and increasingly volatile weather patterns mean swathes of it have already started to disappear. (Photo: AP)

Find out where Indonesia is moving its capital from Jakarta

Environmental experts warned that one third of it could be submerged by 2050 if current rates continue.

17 Aug 2019 10:43 AM IST

More research is needed to determine how these metals and nutrients, which are normally present at very low amounts in seawater, could be affecting marine ecosystems. (Photo: ANI)

Sunscreen known to disrupt marine ecosystem

Here's why sunscreen is harmful to seawater.

15 Aug 2019 10:51 AM IST

Regardless of which specific pollutants may be responsible for stopping silver carp if that hypothesis is later proven the results could have interesting implications for management. (Photo: ANI)

Water pollution affecting the movement of silver carp fish

Water pollution may be keeping silver carp out of Great Lakes.

14 Aug 2019 9:41 AM IST

Of these 29 distinct chemical structures, COP-150 was particularly noteworthy as it achieved a high deliverable gravimetric methane working capacity. (Photo: ANI)

Plastic-based storage for natural gas that promises to combat global...

Researchers design new materials to enhance natural gas storage, reduce global warming.

13 Aug 2019 9:36 AM IST