Court asks officials to reveal dangers from Suktel dam

Islanders on tiny Tuvalu in the South Pacific last week saw the future of global warming and rising sea levels, as extreme high tides caused waves to crash over crumbling sea-walls and flood their

Mountain areas have long been recognised as being vulnerable to global warming, with rising temperatures damaging a fragile habitat for wildlife and threatening the future of low-altitude ski

It could take less than 20 years for rising sea temperatures to kill Great Barrier Reef, The Age reported. "We may see a complete devastation of coral communities on the reef," warned Professor Ove

When bears wake early from hibernation, Australia suffers its worst drought in 100 years and multiple hurricanes hammer Florida should we believe The End is nigh? That's the nub of a debate over the

A weak El Nino and human-made greenhouse gases could make 2005 the warmest year since records started being kept in the late 1800s, NASA scientists said this week. While climate events like El Nino

Nepal is well placed to reap benefits from the Kyoto Protocol and hence, should ratify it as soon as possible, experts said. Ratified by 136 countries, which account for over 61 percent of the

Environment will be made a compulsory subject from Class I to XII in Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) schools this year. The CBSE decision follows a Supreme Court judgement directing

Financial and insurance firms elsewhere have awakened to the dangers posed by global warming, but US companies have shown little interest so far, a British insurance expert said. Former insurance

China is the world's second-largest source of greenhouse gases but when the Kyoto Protocol on climate change comes into force next week it will be under no obligation to cut emissions. It has