We use cookies to give you the best experience possible. By continuing we’ll assume you’re on board with our cookie policy A study of a global warming event that happened 93 million years ago suggests that the Earth can recover from high carbon dioxide emissions faster than thought, but that this process takes around 300,000 […]

We use cookies to give you the best experience possible. By continuing we’ll assume you’re on board with our cookie policy Pests and diseases that attack crops are spreading with climate change, according to a study. Researchers from the universities of Exeter and Oxford say the climate change is helping crop pests to move at […]

We use cookies to give you the best experience possible. By continuing we’ll assume you’re on board with our cookie policy Researchers have warned that attempts to reverse the impacts of global warming by injecting reflective particles into the stratosphere could worsen the impact on the environment. According to a new study, the idea, seen […]

We use cookies to give you the best experience possible. By continuing we’ll assume you’re on board with our cookie policy Researchers have tracked how media coverage can affect levels of public interest in climate science by comparing volumes of searches for climate change issues on Google’s search engine. They analysed data available on Google […]

We use cookies to give you the best experience possible. By continuing we’ll assume you’re on board with our cookie policy Forget about positioning giant mirrors in space to reduce the amount of sunlight being trapped in the earth’s atmosphere or seeding clouds to reduce the amount of light entering earth’s atmosphere. Those approaches to […]

We use cookies to give you the best experience possible. By continuing we’ll assume you’re on board with our cookie policy Early human evolution was driven by short pulses of rapid environmental change in East Africa, according to new research from academics at UCL and The University of Manchester. The study, which is published in […]

We use cookies to give you the best experience possible. By continuing we’ll assume you’re on board with our cookie policy In a move that is being seen as a significant snub to IPCC and its chief Dr R K Pachauri, the government has announced it would set up a new body to monitor the […]

We use cookies to give you the best experience possible. By continuing we’ll assume you’re on board with our cookie policy We are all aware of global warming; but fewer of us realise what exactly the notorious ‘carbon footprint’ implies. Prakash Nayak, chairman, IET Power Panel explains, outlining activities which generate the biggest and smallest carbon footprints […]

We use cookies to give you the best experience possible. By continuing we’ll assume you’re on board with our cookie policy Carbon capture and storage, or CCS, is a major component of the world’s greenhouse gas reduction strategy. Involving injecting and storing carbon dioxidein underground geologic reservoirs, the method is used at several oil and […]

We use cookies to give you the best experience possible. By continuing we’ll assume you’re on board with our cookie policy Long-term exposure to air pollution may be linked to heart attacks and strokes by speeding up atherosclerosis, or “hardening of the arteries,” according to a University of Michigan (U-M) public health researcher and colleagues […]

We use cookies to give you the best experience possible. By continuing we’ll assume you’re on board with our cookie policy Deforestation may have far greater consequences for climate change in some soils than in others, according to new research led by Yale University scientists – a finding that could provide critical insights into which […]

We use cookies to give you the best experience possible. By continuing we’ll assume you’re on board with our cookie policy Scientists use climate change metrics, such as changes in seasonality or the emergence of new climates, to predict how climate change will impact biodiversity levels. These climate change metrics are typically studied in isolation, […]

We use cookies to give you the best experience possible. By continuing we’ll assume you’re on board with our cookie policy Scientists warn against the high risk of degradation of marine ecosystems and associated human hardships Deep ocean coral such as this Anthomastus reef off Eel River, California, represent the type of organisms that can […]

We use cookies to give you the best experience possible. By continuing we’ll assume you’re on board with our cookie policy India has called for majority funding of the proposed $15-billion Green Climate Fund by public financing in grant terms even as several countries are emphasising private sector investment and climate investment as panacea for […]

We use cookies to give you the best experience possible. By continuing we’ll assume you’re on board with our cookie policy Air contaminated with pollutants such as ozone and tiny particles could cause the premature death of about 6.6 million people a year by 2050 if nothing is done to improve air quality, scientists warned […]