Turning on the heat
The international community is being exhorted to enforce a greenhouse regime
The international community is being exhorted to enforce a greenhouse regime
Did climatic changes in the Himalaya help the intruders in the Kargil crisis?
thirteen bottle-nosed dolphins were found dead on the shores of Vishakhapatnam, Vizianagaram and Srikakulam in Andhra Pradesh. According to the Vishakhapatnam Society for Prevention of Cruelty to
a soil bacterium that helps deposit calcium carbonate (calcite) on sandy soil could hold the key to protect buildings against earthquakes. Researchers at the University of California unravelled the
The universe is not symmetrical when it comes to time
fluorosis a crippling disease caused by excess fluoride in water, is fast becoming a scourge in Rajasthan where about 50 per cent of the villages face the problem. Excess fluoride content in the
Cutting back on blood transfusions for the critically ill can actually improve some patients' chances of survival, according to a study that may have a far-reaching impact on the treatment of the
it is only May, but Delhi is already under the grip of jaundice and diarrhoea. Such water-borne diseases generally happen during mid summer but the number of cases have already started rising.
Now that the reality of climate change has been accepted even by its strongest sceptics, there is a rush to find answers. The latest buzz is to substitute the use of greenhouse gas emitting fossil
Years before the threat to turtles became a global issue, the US imposed trade sanctions on the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago's shrimp exports, because it believed that the trawlers were killing
Conventional thinking has it that combating climate change will be a drain on the global economy. But Barclays Capital, a leading investment bank in the us, has recently said that combating
Building on BSR's article last month on why climate change matters for every company, managers should be aware of some important, and very specific, opportunities for creating business value while promoting climate stability.
The US envoy to the UN has indicated Washington may tone down its opposition to steps taken to reduce emission of greenhouse gases.
Global Positioning System (GPS) devices have dwindled to the size of a wristwatch. Japan's electronic giant Casio has developed a watch weighing just about 148 grammes that displays longitude and
As it turns out, human beings are not the only species sentimental about hair growth. Recent research has revealed that female wolf spiders usually find their male counterparts with hairy legs very
The link between Atlantic temperatures and an atmospheric effect that influence winters could lead to prediction of stormy winters in Europe
queen bees, the reproductive females in a colony of bees, are considered promiscuous. But nature has made them so, because it helps boost disease resistance of the colony by increasing the genetic
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Genetically modified plants can reveal radiation levels
Even though farmers all over the world fear that grain yields are plateauing, Yuan Longping, the director of the National Hybrid Rice Research and Development Centre in Hunan Province, China says