The Antarctic Peninsula ice shelves are cracking up and, on the face of things, it is the most serious thaw since the end of the last ice age 12000 years ago. The break-up of the ice shelved in

The Women's Institute, often associated with genteel garden parties and jam making, has again demonstrated its radical political credentials by joining the fight against ExxonMobil and global

The water crisis in temple city of Ujjain has further worsened as with the available sources of water and district administration would be able to provide water for 15 more

Canada will not ratify the Kyoto protocol on global warming until aspects of the treaty are clarified, Prime Minister Jean Chretien said this week. A Canadian decision against ratification would be a

US greenhouse gas emissions increased at a faster rate during 1999-2000 than the average annual rate throughout the 1990s, according to the latest official US figures under the Framework Convention

With the US refusing to implement even the diluted version of the Kyoto Protocol on reduction in ecologically harmful emissions, the task of averting an imminent change in global climate has become

According to a report released at the UN climate change talks by the Untied Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), global warming could reduce harvests of staple crops like rice, maize and wheat in

Electricity retailers will be fined if they fail to meet greenhouse emission benchmarks over the next five years, the New South Wales state government announced. "This decision will add little or no

Another large iceberg has newly calved from the Ross Ice Shelf, the National Ice Center has confirmed. Iceberg C-18 is the latest in a series of bergs to break away from the warming Antarctic ice

The Energy Department asked for public comments this week on ways to improve its voluntary reporting program to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions that are blamed for warming the atmosphere. The