"Necessity is the mother of invention"--that old maxim proved correct in the case of a group of Kyushu-based researchers who made it their mission to come up with an effective countermeasure to oil

The world is facing a global water crisis. People numbering 1.2 billion in developing countries lack access to safe drinking water; 2.9 billion do not have adequate sanitation and water related

World Health Organization director Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland has warned that the climate changes observed over the past several decades may already be adversely affecting human health. She alerted

Manufacturers have protested to the UK government over proposals in the Budget programme announced 10 days ago for a tax on energy use to help meet Britain's international obligations on climate

Carbon dioxide levels in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean have been steadily rising over a long period of time, according to a report released Wednesday by the Meteorological Agency. The report was

With an ambitious target to bring the waters of Indira Gandhi Canal to the drought-hit Nagaur district and water of Chambal river to Ajmer, the Rajasthan Government has decided to conduct a survey in

An 850-tonne lighthouse was dragged back from a crumbling cliff edge near Beachy Head in Southern England two months after part of a nearby chalk cliff collapsed into the sea in the biggest UK

The Delhi High Court ruling may free the animals from the cages of circuses, but will they find a new home?

Zimbabwe will be able to sell stockpiles of ivory to Japan, earning US $4 5 million for community development