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Another creature that contracted was a lemur-like animal thats the earliest known primate. It shrank about 4 percent; while it may not seem like much, its noticeable because studies of the animal over millions of years showed it was usually getting bigger over time (Photo: AP)

Watch out: Mammals shrink when Earth heats up, study says

Three different species shrank noticeably about 54 million years ago when the planet suddenly heated up.

17 March 2017 10:45 AM IST

More plants have been growing due to higher CO2 levels in the air and warming temperatures that cut the CO2 emitted by plants via respiration.

Still a long way to go: Global Greening' has slowed CO2 rise

The annual carbon emissions remaining in the air fell from about 50 per cent to 40 per cent in the last decade.

16 Nov 2016 12:11 AM IST

The high temperatures we saw in 2015 are set to be beaten in 2016. (Photo: Pixabay)

2016 may be the hottest year on record: UN

The new record means the world is already more than halfway to the upper limit of 2 C of warming overall.

14 Nov 2016 6:12 PM IST

Polar bears were listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act in 2008 because of the loss of sea-ice habitat (Photo: AFP)

Global warming a major risk to polar bears

The plan focuses on the two US subpopulations of polar bears that live off the coast of Alaska.

10 Jan 2017 10:17 AM IST

The West Antarctic ice sheet where Larsen C is located, holds enough frozen water to raise global oceans by at least four metres. (Photo: Pixabay)

Manhattan-sized ice block to break off in Antarctica

The rift has also widened, from less than 50 metres in 2011 to nearly 500 metres today

7 Jan 2017 11:00 AM IST

Migratory species are likely to be particularly sensitive to climatic conditions and in this case better breeding conditions appear to put the mother geese at risk. (Photo: Pixabay)

Climate change improves breeding of migratory geese

In a warmer climate, the mothers wait till their offsprings are ready to fly

6 Jan 2017 10:00 AM IST

For 2017, the heat alert spans most of the country.

Sky eye: Here's why India is getting hotter

2016 was one of the hottest years on record. But 2017 comes with its own few surprises.

8 March 2017 3:32 AM IST

Last year, more than 1,600 people died due to extreme climate conditions. Of them, 700 died due to heatwave conditions.

360 Degree: Red earth, no pouring rain

Australia also made much larger, comprehensive investments in water conservation and efficiency.

5 March 2017 3:03 AM IST

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

Doomsday' vault may be a victim of excesses

The facility was created to protect the world's important seeds from global disaster manmade or natural.

23 May 2017 12:22 AM IST

One of the biggest surprises was that US consumption also caused species threat hotspots in southern Spain and Portugal. (Photo: Pixabay)

What we buy may put species at extinction risk: study

Electronic devices and other objects create threat hotspots in various countries due to consumption.

5 Jan 2017 1:44 PM IST

US President Donald Trump speaks about the US role in the Paris climate change accord in the Rose Garden. (Photo: AP)

World must unite, foil Trump blow to planet

The US move is more a setback to the environment than to the global leadership role the US is used to playing.

3 Jun 2017 12:09 AM IST

About 35 percent in coastal sediment and the open ocean contains polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) even though it was banned 40 years ago. (Photo: Pixabay)

Humans are polluting even the farthest reaches of our planet

The level of chemicals is so high that it is affecting the crustaceans that are present in the deep parts of the ocean

14 Feb 2017 12:55 PM IST