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Centre to miss SC deadline on national forest regulator

Last Updated: Thursday, March 27, 2014, 19:11

The Supreme Court today expressed displeasure over the Centre missing the March 31 deadline to implement its direction to appoint a national regulator to oversee the implementation of forest policy.

Climate changes put the freeze on elephant seal births

Last Updated: Thursday, March 27, 2014, 16:12

More ice means fewer elephant seal pups, according to Australian scientists studying breeding colonies on Macquarie Island near Antarctica.

Earth Hour to tap crowd funding for green campaigns

Last Updated: Thursday, March 27, 2014, 15:46

Lights will go off in some 7,000 cities around the world for this weekend`s Earth Hour event, which will aim to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for environmental projects worldwide.

West Antarctic glaciers draining more ice than they did 40 years ago

Last Updated: Thursday, March 27, 2014, 15:29

Researchers have found that six massive glaciers in West Antarctica are moving faster than they did 40 years ago, causing more ice to discharge into the ocean and global sea level to rise.

Delhi HC orders vehicle checks for pollution

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 26, 2014, 21:02

The Delhi High Court Wednesday directed the city government and traffic police to come up with a "special checking drive" in the capital to ensure that all vehicles carry a valid pollution under control certificate.

Sugar to substitute oil in fuel production?

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 26, 2014, 19:42

Plastic, gasoline, rubber - a lot of everyday items are based on oil. But as this raw material is becoming increasingly scarce, scientists now plan to produce isobutene - a basic chemical used in the chemical industry from sugar and not from oil.

Sanitation crisis at alarming stage, say experts

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 25, 2014, 22:04

Highlighting issues like menstrual hygiene management, women`s dignity and poor defecation facilities, a national convention here Tuesday raised concern on the sanitation crisis in India which has reached an alarming stage.

Jurassic period had five times more CO2 than today

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 25, 2014, 21:53

Around 250 million years ago when dinosaurs roamed the earth, the earth had five times more carbon dioxide (CO2) than today, research shows.

Solar cell material can generate electricity, emit light too

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 25, 2014, 19:43

In a major breakthrough, scientists have developed a low-cost solar cell material which can also emit light, in addition to converting light to electricity.

Satellite technology to measure plant energy activity

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 25, 2014, 19:40

In what could provide an improved tool to evaluate the productivity of the breadbaskets of the world - such as the Indo-Gangetic plain, scientists have for the first time made use of satellite technology to measure photosynthetic activity as it occurs around the planet.