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  Meeting climate goals will create 8 million energy jobs worldwide

  Science | July 26, 2021 21:16 IST

  Of the total jobs in 2050, 84 percent would be in the renewables sector, 11 percent in fossil fuels, and 5 percent in the nuclear sector.

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  Global warming may limit spread of dengue fever: Study

  Science | July 23, 2021 17:19 IST

  Future climate models point to increasing frequencies of extreme temperature events, making short exposures to high temperatures a threat to the survival of dengue and Wolbachia infected mosquitoes

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  Most buildings designed for earlier climate – here’s what will happen as global warming escalates

  Science | July 03, 2021 9:53 IST

  Climate change is indiscriminate. Rich nations have the financial clout to adapt more rapidly and mitigate the impacts, but they can’t stop them at the border.

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  IMF proposes carbon price floor among large emitters to limit 'global warming'

  World | June 19, 2021 9:02 IST

  "Gradually increasing price on carbon encourages innovation and transition to renewable energy, clean mobility, and low carbon technologies," IMF MD said in prepared remarks at an event hosted by the Brookings Institution.

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  Climate change increases extreme rainfall, chance of floods: Experts

  India | June 07, 2021 9:35 IST

  The findings show that the risk of flash flooding on urban areas has likely increased in recent decades, due to the expanding impermeable landscape increasing surface runoff, and increased extreme rainfall, while increases are projected to continue.

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  US partnered with India as PM Modi made commitment to deploy 450 GW renewable energy: Kerry

  World | May 15, 2021 7:00 IST

  The United States has partnered with India on climate change so as to help it meet its commitment to deploy 450 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy.

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  Are earthquakes to blame for Arctic warming?

  Science | December 27, 2020 14:17 IST

  The Arctic's rapid warming could have been triggered by a series of great earthquakes, suggests new research.

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  Despite COVID-19 lockdowns, world heads to temperature rise: UN report

  World | December 09, 2020 21:39 IST

  A green pandemic recovery could cut upto 25 per cent off predicted 2030 greenhouse gas emissions and bring the world closer to meeting the two degree celsius goal of the Paris Agreement on climate change, said a new UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report on Wednesday.

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  Penguin poop patches spotted from space in high-resolution satellite images of Antarctica. Read on

  Science | August 06, 2020 13:08 IST

  Researchers have spotted patches of penguin poop in new high-resolution satellite images of Antarctica. This discovery has revealed the presence of small emperor penguin colonies that were previously overlooked.

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  Methane leak discovered in Antarctica's seabed

  Science | July 23, 2020 9:29 IST

  Scientists have discovered an active methane leak in the seabed of Antarctica. The southernmost continent contains as much as a quarter of Earth's marine methane and now this leak from the sea bed prompts major concern about the impact on the global climate crisis. 

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  Arctic sea ice witnessed massive decline in 2019: Scientists

  Science | June 25, 2020 16:01 IST

  The National Centre of Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) has found a dramatic decline in the Arctic sea ice due to global warming and said that the largest decline took place in July 2019.

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  International satellite to track sea level rise completes testing

  Science | June 14, 2020 13:08 IST

  An international satellite that will collect the most accurate data yet on sea levels around the world, a key indicator of how Earth's warming climate is affecting the oceans, weather and coastlines, has completed all the tests ahead of its scheduled launch in November.

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  7 facts you must know this World Oceans Day

  World | June 08, 2020 9:45 IST

  World Oceans Day 2020: The damage we are doing to our oceans and environment is no longer just of academic interests. It is affecting not just our resources but also affecting lives on water land and air. Oceans play a major part in our lives.

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  Global warming reaches ocean depths, threatens deep-sea life

  World | May 27, 2020 15:42 IST

  Even though the deeper layers of the ocean are warming at a slower pace than the surface, animals living in the deep ocean are more exposed to climate warming and will face increasing challenges to maintain their preferred thermal habitats in the future, warn researchers.

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  After blood-red snow, Antarctica now turns green. Find out why

  Science | May 23, 2020 11:33 IST

  Recent pictures of Antarctica would confuse anyone with the South American Prairie Grassland as the snow land has turned green. However, this phenomenon is not because of some goniochromism effect.

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  Antarctica temperature crosses 20 degrees Celsius for first time ever

  World | February 14, 2020 8:05 IST

  Antarctica, on average, is the coldest, driest, and windiest continent, and has the highest average elevation of all the continents. Most of Antarctica is a polar desert, with annual precipitation of 200 mm (7.9 in) along the coast and far less inland

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  Rapid weather swings linked to global warming may increase flu risk: Study

  Science | January 31, 2020 11:41 IST

  While low temperatures, and humidity in the winter have been identified in earlier research as favourable conditions for flu virus transmission.

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  Glacier wall breaks and slides on to highway. Watch chilling viral video

  Trending | January 14, 2020 18:48 IST

  A dramatic video of a scene of an avalanche is going viral, and it is the scariest thing you will come across today.

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  Global Warming: World's oceans were the warmest in 2019, says study

  Science | January 14, 2020 18:02 IST

  The world's oceans were the warmest in 2019 than any other time in the recorded human history -- especially between the surface and a depth of 2,000 metres, an international team of 14 scientists from 11 institutes has revealed, with a warning that global ocean temperature is not only increasing but speeding up.

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  Greenland ice melting faster, putting 40 million more people at risk by 2100

  World | December 11, 2019 14:57 IST

  Greenland is losing ice seven times faster than in the 1990s, according to the most complete study of the polar island yet, which said continued melting may lead to 40 million more people exposed to coastal flooding by 2100.