In a move to control pollution, the government will implement Bharat Stage (BS)-VI emission norms by April 1, 2020.

TERI, in its analysis of the ‘odd-even’ pilot scheme, said that although the percentage effect could be small, but given the concentrations as high as in Delhi, the absolute reductions in PM2.5 concentrations are ‘significant’ as it can help reduce health impacts.

Sikkim has become India's first 'Complete Organic State'. Implementing the practices and principles as per guidelines laid in 'National Programme for Organic Products', it has gradually converted 75,000 ha of agricultural land to organic farming land.

A biodiversity database for urban India will be prepared for better species diversity management, dovetailed to the smart city initiative.

Lakes in Koramangala–Challaghatta valley are more polluted than the ones in Vrishabavathi and Hebbal valleys.

Colonies of snowflake coral (Carijoa riisei), an invasive species recently documented off the coast of Thiruvananthapuram and Kanyakumari, could pose a serious threat to the marine ecology of the region, according to scientists.

Global food production is increasingly likely to be disrupted by extreme weather driven by climate change, say researchers behind a new analysis published recently in the journal Nature.

Authorities in the central province of Quang Ngai in Vietnam have signed a decision to establish a 7,900 ha sea reserve off the coast of Ly Son Island and Binh Chau Commune. The reservation includes three functional areas.

Winemakers in Australia's oldest growing region fear a ruined harvest after heavy rainfall, while vineyards in the country's west are under threat from bushfires, undermining efforts to recover from a near decade long run of lower exports.

Seahorses, stalked jellyfish, dolphins, and seagrass meadows are among the marine wildlife gaining better protection with the announcement of 23 new marine conservation zones by the government in England.

Researchers examining changes in forest cover encircling the Amazon’s oldest mega-dam have found that hundreds of square kilometres of forest have been lost each year of the dam’s 25-year history.

The Ocean Conservancy said in a report that 60 per cent of the plastic trash flowing into the sea originates from China, Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia, and Thailand.