The on-going debate over the effects of global warming and El Nino in the country has almost isolated the Indian Metrological Department (IMD) on the issue and left it alone to defend its theories.

This year, planet earth had its warmest first quarter since record keeping began 140 years ago. Preliminary analysis suggests it may be the hottest start any year in the past millennium has seen,

Jupiter has 11 more moons than astronomers once thought, bringing the known total for the giant planet to 39, the most in our solar system, scientists reported on Thursday.The newly discovered moons

Vehicular pollution contributes 64 per cent of the total pollution in the Capital, informed the Minister of Environment and Forests, Mr T.R. Baalu, told the Rajya Sabha today. According to the

The House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee approved a government proposal to ratify the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on curbing global warming. The Kyoto Protocol is expected to be ratified early

The Delhi State Cooperative Bank has introduced a new scheme financing CNG buses and also for conversion kits for diesel buses for converting them into the CNG mode. Besides, the bank has also

Global Warming caused by increasing manmade carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will lengthen the day, according to a study published in the journal, Geophysical Research Letters. Researchers at

Canada unveiled proposals on how to ratify the Kyoto climate change protocol without crippling the economy, but the occasion was marred by the country's natural resources minister, who suggested

Global warming threatens to cause havoc with temperatures and disrupt weather patterns but could be good news for Venice. The historic, slowly-sinking lagoon city is vulnerable to high waters but

'What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on? asked Henry Thoreau. More than a centuray later, the Earth seems to be literally falling to pieces-recent environmental