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A US company has acquired the patent to what it claims is a new variety of basmati rice

As the first ever assembly of the 161 member Global Environment Facility GEF draws near, many non governmental organisations are left out in the cold. Only 28 such organisations worldwide are being funded by the GEF to attend the assembly

Welcome to Sheba. Here, 50 scientists will endure extreme weather conditions to better understand the Arctic climate and global warming

Science takes on nature as climatologists try to predict El Ni o patterns in an attempt to warn governments of climatic anomalies

soft pvc toys for infants release unacceptable quantities of hazardous substances, says a Scientific Committee of the European Union (eu) in Brussels. The Committee states that exposure of babies

The people of Kalahandi may have survived droughts and floods. But they see little hope in their battle against exploitation

Escaping farmed salmon are interfering with native Pacific salmon off the coast of Canada

Angry residents of Delhi flooded the chief minister s office with phone calls to protest against the withdrawal of a ban on polluting vehicles

environmentalists are targeting duck shooters and anglers in New Zealand. They say that heavy loads of lead are contaminating some New Zealand lake beds and wetlands. The Forest and Bird

Experts believe that the smog which enveloped Indonesia last year may return to aggravate the economic crisis that has engulfed the country