The ancient miracle tree that filters your tap water better than any man-made system ever couldNew research published in ACS Omega reveals that Moringa oleifera seeds can remove over 98 percent of harmful microplastics, including dang...
01 May, 2026, 12.06 AM IST
September third-hottest globally on record: Climate monitorSeptember recorded the third-highest global temperature. Global average temperatures continue to stay near historic highs. This persistent ...
09 Oct, 2025, 08.11 AM IST
Man-made products - buildings, plastics - could be storing 8.4 bn tonnes of carbon, study estimatesResearchers at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands said this 'fossil carbon' added to the 'technosphere' -- the sum of all human...
22 Dec, 2024, 09.57 AM IST
Carbon cuts 'miles short' of 2030 goal: UNGreenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere reached new record highs in 2023, the UN warned on Monday, with countries falling "miles sh...
28 Oct, 2024, 04.02 PM IST
World's oceans set new surface temperature record: EU monitor19 Aug, 2023, 12.09 PM IST
Future of the planet and people – What IPCC says about it?The report covers observed changes in the Earth's climate system, including rising temperatures, sea level rise, and changes in precipitati...
06 Apr, 2023, 07.19 PM IST
CO2 reaches its highest level in more than 4 million yearsThree centuries ago, before the beginning of the industrial age, geological records show that number was 280 ppm. In other words, by burnin...
08 Jun, 2021, 10.36 AM IST
Volcanic rocks may trigger massive unpredicted global warming effects: Study08 Dec, 2019, 03.19 PM IST
Volcanic rocks may trigger massive unpredicted global warming effects: StudyThey created a model of changes in carbon emissions during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) - a short interval of maximum temper...
07 Dec, 2019, 10.48 AM IST
Global ocean warming has doubled in recent decades: StudyChanges in ocean heat storage are important because the ocean absorbs more than 90 per cent of the Earth's excess heat increase associated ...
20 Jan, 2016, 12.27 PM IST
- Global average concentration of carbon dioxide in atmosphere exceeded its threshold limit for the first time in March
As there is no let up in climate-damaging human activities including burning of fossil fuels across the world, the monthly global average c...
07 May, 2015, 09.38 PM IST
- First decade of 21st century warmest on record: UN
The first decade of the 21st century has been found to be the warmest ever with the global average surface temperature for that decade at 1...
27 Sep, 2013, 02.57 PM IST
US SUV ban may light up livesPhasing out the oversized, power-packed SUVs, considered the hallmark of a Midwestern dream in the US, would reduce global emissions by a w...
29 Jun, 2009, 05.23 AM IST
- India, China join hands against rich countries
The 'Hindi-Chini bhai bhai' bonding is hard to miss at the climate change talks in Accra. Their close coordination and strategic moves have...
28 Aug, 2008, 12.38 AM IST
- World CO2 levels highest for 650,000 yrs
Scientists have warned that climate change could soon begin to get out of control, with concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere t...
13 May, 2008, 01.11 PM IST
- Boost for 'green plastics from plants'
Researchers in Australia are a step closer to turning plants into "biofactories" capable of producing oils which they claim can be used to ...
30 Apr, 2008, 05.12 PM IST
- Emissions of greenhouse gases on the rise, says UN
The industrialised world’s emissions of greenhouse gases are growing again, despite efforts under the Kyoto Protocol to cap them and stave ...
31 Oct, 2006, 12.59 AM IST