With climate change posing as a major threat to the environment, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, is all set to conduct an extensive study for the Telangana government to gauge impact of climate change in Telangana over the next 50 years.

Seven of the top 10 most polluted cities in the world are in India, according to a new study showing South Asia’s battle with deteriorating air quality and the economic toll it is expected to take worldwide.

With air quality deteriorating alarmingly not only in Bengaluru, but also other parts of Karnataka, the state government has sanctioned funds to install Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations (CAAQMS) in 22 of the 30 districts in the state.

Human impacts on species occur across 84 per cent of the Earth’s surface, finds a study published on March 13 in PLOS Biology, an international journal dedicated to biological science.

The Centre has amended the Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016 to include prohibition on import of solid plastic waste even in special economic zones (SEZ) and by export-oriented units (EOUs).

After the first-ever vulnerability assessment of 12 Himalayan states to climate risks, the Department of Science and Technology has now decided to carry out a climate vulnerability assessment of all states and union territories (UTs).

A quarter of all premature deaths and diseases worldwide are due to manmade pollution and environmental damage, according to the United Nation’s Global Environment Outlook (GEO) report.

Over the past three years, Hubei Xingfa Chemicals Group Co Ltd has shut down about one-third of its production capacity and four chemical waste discharge flues along the Yangtze River in China.

Announcing a definitive verdict on biofuel from palm oil, the European Commission has concluded that the cultivation of palm oil, mostly undertaken in Indonesia and Malaysia, results in excessive deforestation.

A new study published in Nature Climate Change found that the occurrences of marine heat waves have substantially grown in the past three decades, and it’s becoming clearer how deadly warmer temperatures are for biodiversity.

Over 100 schools in Malaysia have been closed after the dumping of toxic waste into a river caused hundreds of people to fall ill, including many children.