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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro (Photo: AP)

'Poop less to save environment,' says Brazil's President Jair...

The Amazon is vital to the exchange of oxygen for carbon dioxide in the atmosphere a check on global warming.

10 Aug 2019 8:38 AM IST

The flooding was a result of global warming, which has led to extraordinary temperatures in the Arctic.

Eat less meat, save planet

This is no advertisement for vegetarianism or veganism; just a way to save the planet.

10 Aug 2019 12:02 AM IST

Business has soared in tandem with the warming of the planet, especially quick in the Arctic. (Photo: AFP)

Hunting For 'The World's Purest Water'

Kean sails out with three other crew members to hunt what has become his own personal white gold: icebergs.

8 Aug 2019 5:21 PM IST

The name reminds of the Biblical figure Joshua raising his hands skyward in prayer. (Photo: AFP)

Global warming might cause Joshua trees to disappear

Climate change could wipe out California's Joshua trees by end of century.

8 Aug 2019 10:37 AM IST

Our water systems are facing multiple problems- climate change is result in drought in one place and heavy rainfall in the next. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

1.8 billion of world's population live in water-stressed regions

Solutions to the water crisis must be found before the earth reaches Day Zero.

7 Aug 2019 4:25 PM IST

Wildfires unprecedented in scope and intensity burned in Siberia and Alaska, releasing more than 100 million tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere. (Photo: AFP)

2019 set to be warmest year ever

July hottest month measured, 2019 set to be among warmest years.

6 Aug 2019 11:35 AM IST

Mineral and organic waste materials, derived from a range of industries and activities, have the potential to be reused as components of manufactured soils. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Sustainable soils can be generated from biomass

Scientists identify way to increase sustainability of manufactured soils.

4 Aug 2019 3:17 PM IST

Industrial farming uses one third of all land on Earth and up to 74 percent of fresh water. (Photo: AFP)

Land use is contributing to quarter of greenhouse gases

Humanity's next test: feed 10 billion without ruining Earth.

3 Aug 2019 5:19 PM IST

The scope of Wednesdays ice melt is a number difficult to grasp. To understand just how much ice is being lost, a mere 1 billion tons or 1 gigaton of ice loss is equivalent to about 400,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools, the Danish Meteorological Institute said. (Photo: AP)

Watch: Walloped by heat wave, Greenland sees massive ice melt

More than 10 billion tons (11 billion US tons) of ice was lost to the oceans by surface melt on Wednesday alone.

3 Aug 2019 2:06 PM IST

July also saw unprecedented melting of the Greenland ice sheet, with 12 billion tonnes of ice flowing into the sea. (Photo: AFP)

Europe witnesses temperature increase by 3 degrees

July heat wave up to 3C hotter due to climate change.

3 Aug 2019 11:37 AM IST

The shift away from plastics is also part of a broader plan to slash net carbon emissions and energy use to zero and eliminate most landfill waste by 2021. (Photo: AP)

San Francisco airport bans sale of plastic bottles

Single use plastic bottles sales banned at San Francisco airport.

3 Aug 2019 11:18 AM IST

Even though temperatures will be going down in Greenland by the end of this week, the ice melt is not likely to stop anytime soon. (Photo: AP)

Greenland witnesses ice melt after European heat wave

Walloped by heat wave, Greenland sees massive ice melt.

2 Aug 2019 2:02 PM IST