The IMPACTS WORLD 2013 conference aims to develop a new vision for climate impacts research by laying the foundations for regular, community-driven syntheses of climate change impact analyses. It will
The Climate Change-Biodiversity report of the IPPC (April, 2002) highlights that changing land use and land cover, soil and water/air pollution, diversion of water to intensively managed ecosystems and
The International Conference on Plants & Environmental Pollution, organized by the CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology will take place from 3rd December to the 6th December
Indian scientists gear up for a new round of experiments in Antarctica
a recent article, in one of the dailies in Delhi reported that Bihar accounts for 90 per cent of kala-azar cases countrywide and 5.5-crore people are prone to it in 30 of the 56 districts of the
Meteorologists have warned that the current drought in Uganda is likely to worsen in the coming months and called on the government to formulate a strategy to cushion the country against its
Is climate change a sustainable development or an environmental challenge? The statement by the Minister for Environment and Forests that the European Union’s aviation tax will be a “deal breaker” is
A new research creates controversy about the efficacy of Ginkgo biloba supplements
Global Environmental Change and Human Security: The Need for a New vision for Science, Policy and Leadership (Climate Change as an Opportunity). GECS-2012 consider how conceptions of human security are
There is evidence that people using cellular telephones may develop strange diseases linked to memory loss
Attempts to disrupt the annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank failed
River water sharing project brings Israel and Lebanon on the brink of war
European farmland birds are dying out due to highly mechanised agricultural practices
How China coped with the environmental dilemma thrown up by its small scale industries
Leaving a light on in a sleeping baby s room may actually be harmful
What keeps Jupiter and its plasma sheet in synchronous orbit
Maintaining crop production to feed a growing population during a period of climate change is the greatest challenge we face as a species.The increasing crop yields during the Green Revolution in the last
<font class=UCASE>T N GODAVARMAN THIRUMULPAD</font> filed a writ petition in 1995, which led the Supreme Court to ban all kinds of felling in any state without prior permission from the Union government. He lives a life away from the spotlight today, as
The <font class='UCASE'>BP </font> Amoco investment makes great market sense. But it is not clear if the world is sensible enough to move to more sustainable options
Public awareness about the "catastrophe" of climate change is not high enough to pressure politicians into taking action, former Vice President Al Gore said on Tuesday. Gore, who shared a Nobel Prize in 2007 for his environmental campaigning, said politicians will only do more once the people who elect them force the issue.
