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Protecting children from climate change
In the United States, the 21 young people who are plaintiffs in the...
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China's waste import ban upends global recycling industry
For years China was the world's top destination for recyclable...
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Alpine air at work? Delhi eyes novel ways to battle smog
Political apathy over the poisonous smog choking India's...
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Bangladesh 2nd worst country in curbing pollution
Bangladesh is the second worst country in curbing environmental...
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Wolf found in Belgium, first time in over 100yrs
A wild wolf has been found in the northern Belgian region of...
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Rare giant lily pads draw impressive crowds
An off-the-beaten-path corner of Paraguay has become a tourist...
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Bacteria makes blue jeans green
They can be tight, flared, ripped at the knee. Jeans come in all...
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Video of starving polar bear exposes climate crisis
There exist images throughout history that capture the human psyche...
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Glitter could be bad for environment
Scientists are saying glitter is dangerous for the environment, CNN...
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Winter warmer, delayed due to depression in Bay
Winter temperatures continue to feel warmer and warmer in...
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PM leaves for Paris to attend One Planet Summit
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina leaves Dhaka for Paris on a three-day...
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Flies can help in public health surveillance: Study
Science could soon unleash a most incongruous army in the war...
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Tasmanian tiger doomed long before humans came along
The Tasmanian tiger was doomed long before humans began hunting the...
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Book on flowers and trees of Bangladesh published
Tarupallab, an organisation working for the conservation and...
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Warming to make US thunderstorms larger, more frequent
Summer thunderstorms in North America will likely be larger, wetter...
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Scientists warn of 'giant leap backward' at climate talks
Carbon dioxide emissions are set to rise this year after a three...
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Photo of burning elephant, calf wins top prize
A striking image showing an adult elephant and its calf fleeing a...
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$129bn in extreme weather losses last year: Report
Extreme weather caused some $129 billion (111 billion euros) in...
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US cities, states defy Trump, still back Paris climate deal
A group of US states, cities, businesses and universities said...
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2 children sue Trump over climate change
Two children, backed by the Clean Air Council environmental group,...
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Concentration of CO2 in atmosphere hits record high
The concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere hits a...
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Climate target too low, progress too slow: Expert
The world must sharply draw down greenhouse gas emissions and suck...
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Iran moves to save last 'mascot' Asiatic cheetahs
Iranian environmentalists have mobilised to protect the world'...
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Delhi chokes on toxic haze despite Diwali fireworks ban
New Delhi is shrouded in a thick toxic haze after a night of...
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9m people killed in pollution: Report
Pollution claims the lives of nine million people in 2015, one in every six deaths that year, according to a report.
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Sydney, Melbourne could face 50C days within decades
Sydney and Melbourne could regularly face 50 degree Celsius (122F) days within 25 years even if Australia meets its Paris global warming targets, a new study warns.
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Water: Garments’ invisible price
Bangladesh boasts as the world’s number two garment exporter. Every third European has a t-shirt made in Bangladesh on his back. Every fifth American wears jeans manufactured in Bangladesh. But this is not a story of how many million pieces we export. This is a story of the invisible price we pay every time a jeans rolls out of a factory in Bangladesh. The western buyers little know how much water, that precious resource, was used to wash and dye his shirt. The figures are mind boggling.
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Paris climate deal: US denies it will stay in accord
The United States has attended a meeting of ministers from more than 30 of the nations that signed the Paris climate-change agreement, though the White House issued a statement saying it will stick with plans to pull out of the deal.
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'Bigger and stronger' storms on the horizon: experts
Scientists say the devastating intensity of hurricanes such as Harvey is consistent with global warming trends -- rising seas, warming oceans, hotter air -- and warn of "bigger and stronger" storms to come.
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‘Development works near Sundarbans jeopardise people’s lives’
Human rights activist Sultana Kamal alleges that lives of people who live in and around the Sundarbans, are being jeopardised due to unplanned development and industrial works near the forest.
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Long road for mates,Gharials ‘Gorai’, ‘Jamuna’ reach destinations
As part of the pioneering exchange to initiate breeding of the critically endangered Gharials, the male, named ‘Gorai’ has made it to the Rajshahi Zoo after a long journey starting all the way from Dhaka Zoo.
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Villages inundated as Dharla, Teesta flow above danger mark
Villages in the northern districts of Lalmonirhat and Kurigram have been hit hard by flood as the water of Dharla and Teesta rivers are flowing above the danger mark.
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Tanguar Haor: Accusations fly as unique biodiversity comes under threat
Blue skies overhead, green fields underneath the clear beel and the continuous chirping of local and foreign birds- that is how a nature lover or tourist would describe Tanguar Haor, one of the many significant wetlands located in Sunamganj district.
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Toxic waste from US pot farms alarms experts
Pollution from illegal marijuana farms deep in California's national forests is far worse than previously thought, and has turned thousands of acres into waste dumps so toxic that simply touching plants has landed law enforcement officers in the hospital.
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Bangladesh weather to turn deadly by century: Study
Venturing outdoors may become deadly across wide swaths of Bangladesh, India and Pakistan by the end of the century as climate change drives heat and humidity to new extremes, according to a new study.
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Scientists dim sunlight, suck up carbon dioxide
Scientists are sucking carbon dioxide from the air with giant fans and preparing to release chemicals from a balloon to dim the sun's rays as part of a climate engineering push to cool the planet.
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Hundreds battle wildfire across southern France
Hundreds of firefighters are battling blazes across southern France, with one inferno spreading across 900 hectares of forest and threatening homes on the island of Corsica, emergency services say.
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‘Melted nuclear fuel’ found at Fukushima
An underwater robot captured images of solidified lava-like rocks Friday inside a damaged reactor at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, spotting for the first time what is believed to be nuclear fuel that melted six years ago.
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Wild lion nursing leopard cub
While African lions have a habit of killing leopards, it is quite surprising to see a five-year-old lioness nursing a weeks-old leopard cub recently in Tanzania's Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
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4 Asian countries have world’s most coal plant projects
China, India, Indonesia and Vietnam have the world’s four biggest coal-fired power plants in pipeline. Together, they represent 82 percent of the 718 units globally under construction.
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Trillion-tonne iceberg breaks off Antarctica
An iceberg, one of the largest on record, is set adrift after snapping off a West Antarctic ice shelf that is now at increased risk of collapse, scientists say.
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Cycling for environment: Nepalese cyclists now in Bangladesh
A group of four cyclists from Nepal, out on an adventure of a lifetime, to spread awareness on the need for protecting the environment, are now in Bangladesh.
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'Unesco withdraws objection to Rampal power plant'
The World Heritage Committee of Unesco has withdrawn its earlier objection to the construction of Rampal power plant project at its current location near the Sundarbans, says a foreign ministry press release.
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Bolivian glacier samples ready for global ice archives
Scientists studying global warming recently climb Bolivia's towering Mount Illimani and extract samples of glacier ice packed with thousands of years of climate data.
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Global coral bleaching may be ending, US agency says
Coral reef bleaching may be easing after three years of high ocean temperatures, the longest such period since the 1980s, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said on Monday.
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510mm rainfall in southeast Bangladesh June 12-14: Nasa
Nasa has recorded 510mm (20 inches) rainfall in southeastern Bangladesh between June 12 and 14 when landslides triggered by heavy downpour killed at least 150 people in five hilly districts so far.
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Call for more electric fences to stop elephants destroying crops
For several months, electric fences have been put up in Gabon, a country in Central Africa, as part of a new programme to stop the country's 40,000 forest elephants from destroying crops.
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Giant flying turkey once roamed Australia
A giant, flying turkey as tall as a kangaroo once roamed Australia, palaeontologists said Wednesday, after an analysis of fossils and bones from around the country revealed five extinct bird species.
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Endangered vaquita marina porpoise could be extinct by 2018
The vaquita marina, a tiny porpoise native to Mexico, could be extinct by next year if urgent action including a ban on gillnets is not taken, the World Wildlife Fund for Nature warns.
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Bangladesh 6th worst extreme weather-affected country
Bangladesh ranks sixth among the world’s top 10 countries most affected by extreme weather events in the last 20 years, according to the Global Climate Risk Index by think-tank Germanwatch. On an average, a total of 679.05 people died in 185 climatic events in Bangladesh within the period of 1996 to 2015.
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Govt takes anti-environmental projects to stay in power: Fakhrul
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir alleges that the government has taken many anti-environmental projects just to stay in the office.
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Plant trees, get rewarded by The Daily Star
Rapid urbanization has resulted in a quickly degrading environment. As trees are being cut down faster than ever, the city continues to lose a vital lifeline.
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Lighter vessel sinks in Bagerhat
A lighter vessel carrying 800 tonnes of cement clinkers capsizes in Pashur River along the Sundarbans in Bagerhat.
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Humans pose ever-bigger extinction risk to animals: review
Facing the highest level of threat are more than 360 species of large mammals in Africa, Asia and South America -- the most biodiverse regions of the world, said a review published in the journal Nature Insight.
