Coral reefs across the Indian Ocean have turned stark white in colour over the last six months, according to a report of the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Scientists

The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporaiton (MSRDC) has advertised for appointment of consultants for the Rs 279 crore World Bandra Sea Link project. MSRDC has already submitted the proposal

Financial assistance provided by the World Bank has enabled people living on the Loess Plateau in the northern and northwestern China score remarkable achievements in curbing heavy erosion. Heavy

A federal court this week ordered Canyonlands National Parkofficials in Utah to close "a popular backcountry canyon" to motor vehicles because of harm done to the

An action plan for land and water resources management in the Palar basin in Vellore district has been prepared jointly by the National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA) and the Tamil Nadu Agricultural

The Environment and Forest ministry is close to finalising a national action plan for implementation of all the government-initated pollution prevention and control measures within a fixed

The picturesque Kullu-Manali valley in Himachal Pradesh is facing threat of irreversible environmental damage in the wake of widespread and haphazard tourism-induced urbanisation, warns an

Mobile homes became houseboats in west Virfinia, as tornado was spawned in Ohio and lightning storms rattled Wisconsin amid heavy rains that deluged several states and caused 15 deaths on the

Lieutenant-governor Vijai Kapoor's recent statement that "pollution in Delhi is a very overstated problem", has incurred the wrath of many prominent citizens of the city, who along with the Centre

The French government, appeasing residents upset at the building of two more runways, set a timetable to phase out noiser jetliners at Charles de Gualle airport in Paris by