Category: Climate & Environment

For some countries, climate change has already pushed most of their territory into a different climate zone. Research shows what’s already happened – and what’s yet to come

By Dr R Neerunjun Gopee

Let us not be fooled: even with this latest piece of equipment, nature will still have a superior edge on us

as we are about to celebrate our 50 years of Independence, let us make water security our No.1 priority for the future. For once, let us be Singapore

The time to act was yesterday, but today might just do the trick!

It’s cyclone in Mauritius, typhoon in Taiwan, hurricane/storm or tornado in the US, but they all mean the same: monster on the march!

On Friday last 15 April, a magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Japan, causing widespread injuries (with about 35 people dead) and property damage.

At the time I am writing now (Wednesday 10 February, Curepipe, 10.30 am), the rain which has been falling continuously since about 6 am seems to have abated

Journée Internationale de l’environnement 2015

There is no doubt that Nepal has a very, very uphill task of reconstruction and of regaining self-confidence ahead of it. One can only pray that this Himalayan

For many of us, World Water Day 2015 was just a day like any other. We take water for granted because we are lucky to have access to

Feeling a bit achy all over the body (to paraphrase a French writer – le corps a ses raisons que la raison ne connaît pas) on Wednesday morning

Some 40,000 years ago, the intelligent man appeared on earth. He was guided by his intelligence to socialise, form families and communities and lived by hunting, picking wild

Finding the right solutions and implementing them better than passing the buck when there are breakdowns

This is the headline of the NDTV news channel in reporting the devastating monsoon floods that have swept across the states of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh in India.