Environment

More than 100 experts from 33 countries will gather here from tomorrow for discussing different aspects on Disability and Disaster Risk Management (DiDRM) as Dhaka is set to host an international conference on DiDRM for the...

A NASA program that cost $10 million per year to track carbon and methane, key greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming, has been cancelled, a US space agency spokesman said Thursday. The end of the...

Domestic and international tourism account for eight percent of greenhouse gas emissions, four times more than previously estimated, according to a study published Monday. The multi-trillion dollar industry’s carbon footprint is expanding rapidly, driven in large...

Carbon emissions from burning oil, coal and gas rose in most European Union countries in 2017, data showed Friday, in a sign the bloc was struggling to reduce greenhouse gas blamed for climate change. The Eurostat...

More than 90 percent of the global population is breathing in high levels of pollutants, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, blaming poor air quality for some seven million deaths annually. Fresh data from the UN...

The world’s oldest known spider has died at the ripe old age of 43 after being monitored for years during a long-term population study in Australia, researchers said Monday. The trapdoor matriarch comfortably outlived the previous...

The world must redouble efforts to halt global warming before it is too late, the UN’s climate chief said Monday as nearly 200 nations kicked off talks in Bonn. “Our window of time for addressing climate...

Earlier this year, Cape Town grabbed the world’s headlines as it careened towards a water armageddon. Crippled by a three-year-long drought, the South African city braced for a complete shutdown of domestic water supplies. In the...

Abu Ali carefully crank- starts a generator to pump water from a well out into his parched field in southern Iraq. There used to be no need for a well in his village, but a creeping...

California will zigzag between droughts and floods which will become more intense and more frequent in the coming decades unless global emissions of planet-warming greenhouse gases are checked, researchers said Monday. The Golden State has already...