In the first week of February, the European Commission (ec) adopted a new law setting maximum levels of

For over a decade, Orissa has been teetering from one extreme weather condition to another: from heatwaves to cyclones, drought to floods. The state has been declared
disaster-affected for 95 of the last 105 years. Why is this happening? Is it the result of global warming and climate change? Richard Mahapatra, who has been awarded the

Orissa has a long history of cyclones. Devastation and death toll were very high during 1999 super cyclone. The response to the cyclone in India and from abroad was also tremendous. The objective of this paper is to assess the activities of the government and NGOs providing relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction in aftermath of the Orissa super cyclone.

The Vatican has dismissed intelligent design (id) on scientific grounds and has agreed to the Pennsylvania court's ruling to keep id out of the classrooms. After months of mixed messages from

Recent landslides and flash floods in Indonesia, which claimed almost 300 lives, have set off a heated debate over logging being a possible cause. Local environmentalists say the disaster exposed

White foam: The Chennai riverbed does not have space to breathe