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Increasing ocean temperatures affecting coral reefs

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 30, 2014, 13:39

Researchers have found that increasing ocean temperatures due to climate change will soon see reefs retaining and nurturing more of their own coral larvae, leaving large reef systems less interconnected.

Extreme wet and dry events `increasing risk of drought and flood in central India`

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 29, 2014, 11:42

Researchers have identified significant changes in the patterns of extreme wet and dry events that are increasing the risk of drought and flood in central India, one of the most densely populated regions on Earth.

`Renewable energy could address India`s energy needs`

Last Updated: Monday, April 28, 2014, 20:36

Harnessing of renewable energy like wind, solar and biomass could address India`s energy needs, a senior Indian official averred here Monday.

Indian activist honoured with Goldman Environmental prize

Last Updated: Monday, April 28, 2014, 20:33

Indian environment activist Ramesh Agrawal has won the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize that honours heroic grassroot environmentalists around the world for their achievements.

Poaching of tigers on in protected forests: Study

Last Updated: Monday, April 28, 2014, 13:05

Poachers are hunting down big cats in highly secured protected forests in the country despite having programmes involving crores of rupees for their conservation, two major global conservation organisations claimed.

Working with India to accelerate clean energy revolution: US

Last Updated: Monday, April 28, 2014, 13:00

The US is working closely with India to accelerate its clean energy revolution and address the impacts of climate change, the White House said today.

Nepal mulling ban on foreigners climbing alone on Everest

Last Updated: Monday, April 28, 2014, 12:50

Nepal is considering banning foreign climbers from scaling Mount Everest alone in a bid to reduce accidents on the world`s highest peak, an industry official said today.

General insurers turn cautious on El Nino threat

Last Updated: Monday, April 28, 2014, 12:37

Fears of a possible El Nino threat to monsoon is likely to turn general insurers cautious in risk-taking, especially in the crop and weather insurance segments, according to industry officials.

Plant immune system provides resistance against diseases: Study

Last Updated: Monday, April 28, 2014, 12:31

lant immune system provides resistance against common plant diseases, according to a new study.

Life may have originated at bottom of sea: Study

Last Updated: Sunday, April 27, 2014, 16:37

A lab reconstruction of Earth`s "ancient ocean" has suggested that how the first organisms on the planet could have become metabolically active at the bottom of the sea.