contrary to popular belief that global warming will lead to population explosion in insects, a recent study claims otherwise. It says the phenomenon will lead to extinction of insects in the

A new analysis published in Nature (May 15, 2008) revealed that a large number of physical and biological systems across the planet are being affected by global warming. The impacts range from

The concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere is at its highest since the past 650,000 years, says the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Between 1979 and 2007, the level of CO2, the

>> A national debate on the energy reform project started in the Mexican Senate on May 13. The debate, which will run for 71 days, will not only involve legislators and political leaders, but also

The potential impact of climate change over the next century has now been mapped. An animated map of the earth from space illustrating the impacts can be

We thought wide-scale food shortages were behind us. Just a few years ago, most countries - with the exception of some in Africa - were looking as if they would be capable of adequately feeding their people, and the rich world was trying to figure out what to do with its food mountains. How things have changed. Droughts, high oil prices, changing diets, the rush to grow biofuels and other factors have caused shortages of most of the major food crops. On every continent there is concern over high food prices, and in some places even rioting. (Editorial)

What do a student in New York, a farmer near Mexico City, a family in London and a nurse in Bangkok have in common?

Insects in the tropics have been found to be on the wrong side of global warming, says Kirtiman Awasthi

In September 2006, Tara, a 36-metre schooner crewed by eight scientists and engineers, moored up on the Arctic sea ice and spent the next 15 months moving slowly with it across the top of the world. The expedition wasn't aiming for the pole: it was an ambitious attempt to record what is happening to the polar climate in unprecedented detail.

Estuarine mangrove forests are a priceless environmental, cultural and aesthetic legacy. And ours have begun to drown

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