Malaysia's tallest rainforest trees keep pumping water to their highest branches even during drought, thanks to a hidden hydraulic adaptation, scientists foundA groundbreaking study challenges the long-held belief that taller trees are more vulnerable to drought. Researchers found that giant dipte...
04 Jul, 2026, 04.13 PM IST
Since 1978, China has planted 66 billion trees to fight the desert; scientists just found they are outpacing natural forests by 66%China's massive tree-planting initiative, aimed at combating desertification, has yielded surprising results. New research indicates these ...
03 Jul, 2026, 04.39 PM IST
Aravalli Biodiversity Park helps Delhi retain 3 million litres of rainwater, reduce flooding: StudyDelhi's Aravalli Biodiversity Park is a vital green lung, retaining nearly three million litres of rainwater annually and significantly red...
22 Jun, 2026, 04.44 PM IST
JSW–The Times of India Earth Care Awards Recognises Champions of Climate Action and Sustainability11 Jun, 2026, 03.08 PM IST
Beneath the Ocean Floor, a Hidden Carbon Vault Has Been Quietly Rewriting Earth’s Climate StoryScientists discovered massive volcanic rubble, breccia, on the South Atlantic seabed. This porous rock traps far more carbon dioxide than e...
21 Mar, 2026, 04.03 PM IST
Hidden Climate Trigger? What Scientists Found Beneath Our SoilVast carbon reserves lie hidden beneath farms, forests, and frozen Arctic soil. These underground stores, built over centuries, are now und...
02 Mar, 2026, 03.17 PM IST
The Sea Is Moving In… Are Coastal Forests Running Out of Time?Coastal forests in North Carolina and the Chesapeake Bay are transforming into "ghost forests" as rising sea levels push saltwater inland. ...
24 Feb, 2026, 02.13 PM IST
The world's carbon sinks are on fireForests can pull carbon from the air and store it in roots and leaves, locking it out of the atmosphere. Through complex markets, nations c...
21 Oct, 2024, 09.57 AM IST
Cairn Oil & Gas targets net zero by 2030Cairn Oil & Gas, part of Vedanta Group, aims to achieve net zero by 2030 through renewable energy initiatives like sourcing 70 MW of renewa...
03 Jun, 2024, 08.32 PM IST
Over 50 pc of world's mangroves at risk of collapse, climate change leading factor: IUCNGlobal mangrove assessment reveals over half at risk, 1 in 5 severely, due to climate change and threats like deforestation. IUCN's Red Lis...
22 May, 2024, 08.09 PM IST
Climate change is making trees bigger …. & considerably more fragileStudies suggest that longer growing seasons contribute to weakening the wood, making trees structurally weaker.
17 Jun, 2023, 08.18 PM IST
US okays $3.5 billion to capture & store CO2. What's direct air capture, how does this cutting-edge tech work?The U.S. government has offered $3.5 billion in grants to companies that will capture and permanently store the gas using a process known a...
20 Apr, 2023, 09.48 AM IST
Quantum Leap: How to get rid of carbon emissionsIt’s not enough for countries to mitigate and adapt to climate change. They have to pursue ways to remove carbon from the atmosphere. Carbo...
28 Dec, 2019, 11.51 PM IST
Lots of trees to hug: Study counts 3 trillion trees on EarthMore than 3 trillion trees now grow on Earth, seven times more than scientists previously thought. But it's also trillions fewer than there...
03 Sep, 2015, 03.09 PM IST
Manage Himalayan ecosystems to reduce effects of climate change: Prakash JavadekarHe viewed the symposium titled "Transforming Mountain Forestry in the Hindu Kush Himalayan Region", as first-of-its kind on a subject of vi...
19 Jan, 2015, 04.36 PM IST
David Attenborough lobbies for new park to save rare possumOne of the world's most famous naturalists, Sir David Attenborough is leading the charge for a new national park to be created in the Austr...
11 Nov, 2014, 05.00 PM IST
- Gujarat's trees store 177m tonnes of carbon
Development of forests on the earth's surface removed carbon from atmosphere over a period and made the planet suitable for certain plant a...
05 Jun, 2011, 03.50 AM IST