Atmospheric volumes of greenhouse gases blamed for climate change hit a new record in 2012, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said on Wednesday.

As part of an interesting initiative, two scientists from Hungary have arrived in Nagaland to satellite-track one of its winter guests, the Amur falcon.

Greenhouse gas emissions in 2020 will be 8 billion to 12 billion tonnes more than the level needed to keep global warming to only 2 degrees Celsius and avoid severe climate change, a United Nations

Coal-fired power plants such as this one in Peitz, Germany, mean the gap between temperatures are unlikely to be kept to 'safe' levels of warming, according to a Unep report

Failure will mean greater costs and risks and pathway to limiting temperature rise to under 2C will close fast

A ground-breaking, legally-binding global treaty on reducing mercury pollution has been signed by 92 countries.

About six lakh children are found to develop some kind of intellectual disability every year because of exposure to the heavy metal lead.

The Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (MoSTE) is devising a legal provision to set a level of lead content in paints to address the health hazards resulting from excessive use of the

Nations have begun signing a legally binding treaty designed to curb mercury pollution and the use of the toxic metal in products around the globe.

A U.N. conference adopted a treaty on mercury control Thursday near the site of Japan’s worst industrial poisoning, as Tokyo pledged $2 billion to help poorer nations combat pollution.