Heat rising from the Earth's interiors melts the hydrate layers. This results in the release of methane which eventually reaches the atmosphere

Global warming will impact crop production

Using a naturally-occurring iron-nickel alloy, some US researchers have developed a new method to produce methane. The scientists point out that if the process occurs within the Earth's crust, it

Methane reserves set the air ablaze and roasted alive several species, including the dinosaurs

...in the next century may not be very simple, say climate scientists

environmental experts in industrialised nations feel that it will be impossible to achieve an international target to cut greenhouse gas emissions to levels recorded in the early 1990s by

The upper layers of the atmosphere are getting cooler, and ironically, the greenhouse effect is being blamed. The Mesosphere, the atmospheric layer between 50 to 90 km of the atmosphere, has been

warming oceans are choking off marine life at an alarming pace and shrinking food supplies for people and other creatures dependent on the seas, according to a report by two environmental groups.