A new study shows how huge influxes of fresh water into the North Atlantic Ocean from icebergs calving off North America during the last ice age had an unexpected effect – they increased the produc

A latest study by the Centre for Ecological Sciences (CES), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), has shown that 54 per cent of lakes in the City have been encroached upon for construction activities and turned into garbage dump yards.

One of the prime lakes in the City, Sankey Tank, too faces the threat of increasing pollution and encroachment. The government claims that Sankey Tank is a model lake but in reality, it is highly polluted, shows a report published by Centre for Environmental Studies, Indian Institute of Science.

DEHRADUN: Experts from five states through which Ganga flows have suggested development of forests on the riverbank to ensure continuous flow of water with healthy aquatic species in the river.

Despite a two-year-old public interest litigation (PIL 87 of 2013) on wetlands in the Bombay High Court and a report of the forest department detailing illegal activities on protected wetlands, env

EPA to release new rule this week to protect wetlands and streams that provide clean drinking water

PUNE: Expressing concern about the city and the region losing its wetlands to untamed urbanisation, experts have demanded that urban ecology should be a part of the city's infrastructure developmen

The Aranmula Heritage Village Action Council has said the Environment Appraisal Committee under the Union Environment Ministry is yet to give the green signal to the KGS Group to conduct a fresh en

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Shree Mahuva Bandhara Khetiwadi Vs M/s. Nirma Limited & Others dated 18/05/2015 regarding environmental clearance dated 8th December, 2008 to M/s Nirma Ltd for the cement plant and the captive power plant to be established and operated near village Padhiyarka Taluka Mahuva, District Bhavnagar, Gujarat.

Radio personalities, celebrities, government and environmental specialists visited Midmar dam and Mpophomeni township just outside Howick on Wednesday and witnessed first hand the raw sewage spilli

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