State of the Climate in Asia 2024
<p>The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing
Climate Change
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A social force called water
The state is struggling to meet the rising water demand. It is time to learn from the days when people arranged their own water. In cities and in villages. A special report by the CENTRE FOR SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT
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Clicking the blues
Are you depressed? The chances are high if you regularly surf the Internet
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Waterworks India
India's genius in catching rainwater lies in thousands of its invisible rural engineers who are today being edged out by the modern onslaught. In order to understand their pride and their plight, researchers of the Centre for Science and Environment CSE
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Demon seeds
A DEBATE similar to the one raised during the time when scientists were busy harnessing atomic power is taking place in the field of agriculture. The issue this time is genetically modified crops.
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Four Engineers and A manager
We are at the gateway of the Indian Thar desert. Domes dot the sandy fields of the village of Lahsedi in district Churu, Rajasthan. At the edge of each dome are little holes, surrounded by a clean
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Logging ban
Authorities plan reforestation scheme to combat floods
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Old questions, new answers
A virus has provided a hint of how the Earth's first organisms got things done. Many biologists believe that the earliest forms of life comprised molecules of ribonucleic acid (RNA) - DNA's chemical
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Stormy weather blues
Researchers discover how human activities are responsible for good or bad weather at the weekend
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Victim of changes
High carbon dioxide levels may bring about some unpleasant surprises
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Montreal Fund to study CFC firms
A techno-audit committee appointed by the Montreal Protocol Fund (MPF) has come to India to study the status of the chlorofluorocarbon(CFC) industry. The experts - Jamel Wakm, Robert Schwaar and