Dry riverbeds are contributing more carbon emissions than previously thought, says a study that could help scientists better understand how to fight climate change.

Global warming is expected to make vegetables significantly scarcer around the world, unless new growing practices and resilient crop varieties are adopted, warned researchers.

NEW DELHI: One of the main barriers against dust incursion from Rajasthan and surrounding areas into the capital are the Aravalis in Haryana bordering Delhi, but a number of policies are diluting i

NEW DELHI: Winter pollution in the national capital region may be deadly, but summer doesn’t give much respite either.

NEW DELHI: Promoting an ambitious Yamuna water front in Delhi, water resources and highways minister Nitin Gadkari warned of strict action against polluters, saying he had even once asked whether a

NEW DELHI: With poll-bound Madhya Pradesh insisting on taking up both the phases of the proposed Ken-Betwa inter-linking of rivers (ILRs) together, the Centre has agreed to the state’s demand after

NEW DELHI: The government is set to tighten fuel efficiency norms for vehicles to push automobile manufacturers to expedite the conversion of conventional internal combustion engines (IECs) to elec

The melting of Antarctica is accelerating at an alarming rate, with about 3 trillion tons of ice disappearing since 1992, an international team of ice experts said in a new study.

NEW DELHI: Delhi's air quality plunged into the "severe" category on Wednesday as dusty conditions continued for a second straight day, trapping the city under a blanket of heat and particulate mat

A Delhi-based green body today said it has submitted recommendations to FSSAI on the draft regulations on labelling released by the food regulator, urging it to make the norms "more effective and s