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100 million will die by 2030 if world fails to act on climate: report
More than 100 million people will die and global economic growth will be cut by 3.2 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2030 if the world fails to tackle climate change,a report commissioned by...
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No deep freeze: Australia swelters in heat wave
Bats are dropping from trees, kangaroos are collapsing in the Outback and gardens are turning brown. While North America freezes under record polar temperatures, the southern hemisphere is experiencing...
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Umpire brawl stops play in Kolkata
Players stood bemused and proceedings came to a standstill during a first division league match in Kolkata as two umpires almost came to blows. Prasenjit Banerjee and Sabyasachi Sarkar were the umpires...
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Wettest winters for UK, since 1910
Strong winds and high tides batter the coastal road close to Newtownards, Northern Ireland (REUTERS) Britain, battered by powerful storms and heavy rain, has had the wettest winter since 1910, the Met...
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Air pollution killed 7 million people in 2012: WHO
The global death toll included 4.3 million deaths due to indoor air pollution. Air pollution by sources ranging from cooking fires to auto fumes contributed to an estimated seven million deaths...
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Global warming will lead to civil wars, worsen security woes: UN
Syrian refugees cross into Iraq at the Peshkhabour border point in Dahuk, 260 miles (430 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq. (AP) In an authoritative report due out Monday a United Nations climate...
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World needs a major shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy: IPCC
Cows are standing in front of the latest coal-fired power station of German power provider RWE in Hamm, Germany. (AP) After concluding that global warming almost certainly is man-made and poses a...
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India 3rd on list of ‘green buildings’ countries outside US
India has been ranked third on the list of top 10 countries in leadership in energy and environmental design outside America, according to the latest US Green Building Council report. Canada followed...
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Ice-loss moves the Earth 400km down
According to a new research, Antarctica may seem a motionless and frozen landscape, yet hundreds of miles down the Earth is moving at a rapid rate. (Reuters) Antarctica may seem a motionless and...
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Antarctica loses 159 gigatonnes ice each year, show Satellite images
Antarctica is now losing ice twice as much as when the continent was last surveyed. (AP Photo) Antarctica is now losing about 160 billion tonnes of ice a year to the ocean – twice as much as when the...
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Global warming threatens more deadly Everest-like avalanches, says report
An avalanche swept the slopes of Mount Everest on Friday. (AP Photo) Mountaineering tourism in Nepal faces a threat from global warming as melting glaciers feed the risk of more deadly disasters such...
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US to seek to cut power plant carbon by one-third
As Obama prepares to announce the tougher new air quality standards. (Source: AP) The Obama administration on Monday will unveil a plan to cut earth-warming pollution from power plants by 30 percent...
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Obama’s energy policy to benefit India and China
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy waves before signing new emission guidelines. (Source: AP) The path breaking clean energy policy unveiled by the Obama administration would...
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2015 climate pact to be sealed in Paris
The clock is ticking for countries to lay the foundations of a 2015 deal to tackle dangerous climate change, ministers warned in Bonn. A special UN summit in September, followed by a round of talks in...
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Cold War-style spy games return to melting Arctic
A Norwegian vessel passing through the Bosporus in Istanbul Turkey. (AP) In early March, a mysterious ship the size of a large passenger ferry left a Romanian wharf, glided through the narrow strait...
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Obama says climate change deniers ignoring science
US President Barack Obama reiterated his resolve to tackle global warming and climate change. (Source: Reuters ) President Barack Obama said denying climate change is like arguing that the moon is...
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US to face multibillion-dollar bill from climate change: report
According to the report most detailed ever of the potential economic effects of climate change on the US. (Source: Reuters) Annual property losses from hurricanes and other coastal storms of $35...
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Plastic waste causes USD 13 bln damage to marine ecosystem: UN
UN Environment Programme: Plastic contamination threatens marine life, tourism, fisheries and businesses. (Source: Reuters) Plastic waste causes an annual damage of USD 13 billion to the marine...
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Obama: Climate change steps making a difference
Change won’t be instantaneous, Obama cautioned. “There’s no silver bullet.” (Source: AP) Appealing for patience and perseverance from environmental activists, President Barack Obama claimed progress...
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Development in India and China adds to the carbon dioxide emission: Barack Obama
US President Barack Obama The fast developing economies of India and China are adding to the emission of carbon dioxide, US President Barack Obama has said asking Americans to be ready and adopt more...
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