If pushed too far, vast stretches of tropical rainforest could see widespread tree deaths, or could transition to a new state, becoming drier, savanna-like woodlands. That would devastate some of ...

It pales in lushness to the mighty Amazon rainforest to the north, the green lungs of the Earth. Even some scientists who study the Cerrado call it ugly; the common term for its scrubland is ...

Like homicide or genocide, ecocide too involves killing, but on a planetary scale The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It ...

At least 345 people have died on Everest in more than 100 years since summiting expeditions were known to have started, according to the Himalayan data base and hiking officials.

The large extent of the reserve within which the Boraceia Biological Station is located, and because it contains mostly primary forest, two rare characteristics in fragments of Atlantic Rain Forest, ...

Rain offered some help in the battle against forest fires in eastern Manitoba on Friday, but the effort remained far from over. Steady rain hit areas including the Rural Municipality of Lac du ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — An environment conference opened in Nepal on Friday to discuss global climate change, including the impact on the highest Himalayan peaks where snow and ice are melting.

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — An environment conference opened in Nepal on Friday to discuss global climate change, including the impact on the highest Himalayan peaks where snow and ice are melting. The ...