Putin Won’t Go to Glasgow for Climate Conference
MOSCOW — President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia will not attend a United Nations climate summit later this month that...
MOSCOW — President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia will not attend a United Nations climate summit later this month that...
Because of their useful surfactant properties, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been massively produced for non-stick coatings, water-repellant fabrics...
VENICE: After Venice suffered the second-worst flood in its history in November 2019, it was inundated with four more exceptional...
You can't see it happening. But what goes on below ground in a forest is very important in determining its...
Most animals sync their body clocks to the daily rhythm of the sun, but what happens during the polar winter...
Without enzymes, an organism would not be able to survive. It is these biocatalysts that facilitate a whole range of...
A new study has added numerous previously uncharacterized viral genomes and genes to the ever-increasing worldwide pool of human gut...
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Colorado School of Mines are applying a...
Archaeological sites like the Great Wall of China and the pyramids can be seen with the naked eye from space,...
In a novel, broad assessment of bacterial-fungal interactions, researchers using unique bioinformatics found that fungi host a remarkable diversity of...
LONDON — Two weeks before a global summit on climate change that some fear is already foundering, Prime Minister Boris...
Climate change is causing temperatures to rise and is also increasing the likelihood of storms, heavy rain, and flooding --...
In Star Trek, characters carry a little handheld device called a tricorder that they can point at objects to analyze...
SAKHALIN ISLAND, Russia — Sixteen wind turbines are slated to go up amid the winding coast and wooded hills of...
A new study reconstructs the path of frozen trees as they made their way across the Arctic Ocean over 500...
A spinal cord injury damages the lines of communication between the body and brain, impeding the signals that drive movement...
Tangles in unwound DNA can create mutational hotspots in the genomes of bacteria, according to a new study by the...
NEW DELHI: India is ranked at the top in emissions related to crop burning, accounting for 13 per cent of...
Nitrous oxide (N2O) is a potent greenhouse gas, with 300 times the warming ability of carbon dioxide. Due to fertilizer...
An exciting new solar material called organic-inorganic halide perovskites could one day help the U.S. achieve its solar ambitions and...
Plastic is 84 per cent of all rubbish found across Australian beaches, a UNSW-led study based on one of the...
Amphibians are bioindicators of an ecosystem's health and may also serve as biological control of crop and forest pests. The...
NAIROBI: Africa's rare glaciers will disappear in the next two decades because of climate change, a new report warned on...
CANBERRA: A net zero carbon emissions target by 2050 would be a "great positive" for Australia if it can be...
Fever, headache, confusion, seizures, amputations or death. Meningitis is a very serious brain infection that can affect the body in...
Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have identified a chemical compound that may be suitable as an active agent...
A new study published today in Nature Neuroscience has uncovered neuronal circuitry in the brain of rodents that may play...
At the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, much attention will be focused on China. As the world's...
Marsh plants, which are ubiquitous along the world's shorelines, can play a major role in mitigating the damage to coastlines...
Understanding how proteins bend, twist, and shape-shift as they go about their work in cells is enormously important for understanding...
Animals that migrate north to breed are being put at risk by ongoing climate change and increasing human pressure, losing...
KOLKATA: The Met department on Monday forecast torrential rain owing to the formation of a fresh low-pressure area over West...
Michael Regan, the E.P.A. administrator, wants to limit a class of chemicals that has been linked to cancer and is...
JAKARTA: The European Union's head of climate change policy said that returning to using dirty energy from coal during the...
The variety of humble algae that cover the surface of ponds and seas could hold the key to boosting the...
The genus Allium contains about 1,100 species worldwide, including many staple foods like onion, garlic, scallion, shallot and chives. Even...
BATHINDA: With lockdowns and restrictions gradually being eased, greenhouse gas emissions are rebounding to pre-pandemic levels across G20 countries, with...
ROME: Some of the world's smallest countries could "disappear" without action at an upcoming UN summit to contain climate change,...
NEW DELHI: The 15th Conference of Parties to the 1992 UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP) starts on Monday...
GENEVA: The UN Human Rights Council on Friday recognised access to a clean and healthy environment as a fundamental right,...
NEW DELHI: India can face a climate refugee crisis in the next seven years if water scarcity continues to persist...
GENEVA: The UN Human Rights Council comfortably passed a resolution on Friday that recognises access to a safe and healthy...
NEW DELHI: In what could be a major boost to a global effort to protect at least 30% of the...
Researchers at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have uncovered a key step in the ionization of liquid...
MILAN: US climate envoy John Kerry said on Saturday that Egypt had already been selected as the nominee to host...
PORTLAND: Droughts that cause leaves to turn brown and wither before they can reach peak color. Heat waves prompting leaves...
Extremely hot years will wipe out hundreds of thousands of tonnes of fish available for catch in a country's waters...
Much of the world is suddenly worried about running short of natural gas, and the impact is being felt in...
Researchers at Michigan State University have made a surprising discovery about the human gut's enteric nervous system that itself is...
NEW DELHI: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday said that Cyclone Shaheen over the Arabian Sea is likely to...
On early autumn afternoons across the temperate world, the midges are now gathering to swarm: clouds of tiny flies, wings...
For humans and animals, many aspects of normal behavior and physiology rely on the proper functioning of the body's circadian...
The ads appear on Facebook millions of times a week. They take aim at vulnerable Democrats in Congress by name,...
As rising sea levels threaten coastal areas, scientists are using an emerging nuclear dating technique to track the ins and...