climate change
Breaking free from fossil fuels
It came as no surprise when the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) last week announced that the earth's global temperatures.
24 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Climate finance in Bangladesh
Over the last decade in Bangladesh, we have spent almost a billion US dollars on several hundred projects and activities to tackle climate change.
15 April 2016, 18:00 PM
'Drastic' Antarctic melt could double global sea-level rise
Global sea levels could rise by more than double the current best estimate, according to a new analysis of climate change in Antarctica.
31 March 2016, 05:31 AM
Digital Bangladesh - Right to information and climate finance
Unfortunately, so far, our performance on both transparency as well as accountability has not been very good. Fortunately, there is still time to improve this before the major climate change funds begin to flow.
29 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Australia's Great Barrier Reef hit by 'worst' bleaching
Evidence that Australia's Great Barrier Reef is experiencing its worst coral bleaching on record has renewed calls for the UN to list it as "in-danger".
29 March 2016, 06:06 AM
Coal-laden cargo sinks in Sundarbans
A cargo vessel carrying coal capsizes at Shela river in Chandpai range of the Sundarbans in Bagerhat.
19 March 2016, 16:13 PM
Giant sheet of ice breaks off into the ocean
A roughly 2,000-square-mile block of ice just broke off in the Arctic Ocean.
17 March 2016, 05:16 AM
US climate change campaigner dies snorkeling at Great Barrier Reef
Award-winning American environmental photographer Gary Braasch dies while snorkeling at the northern end of the Great Barrier Reef.
8 March 2016, 05:47 AM
Climate change poised to hurt food supplies: study
The effects of climate change on food production could cause 500,000 extra deaths by 2050 compared to a world without global warming, according to a study released Thursday.
3 March 2016, 06:48 AM
Rawhide won’t be allowed at Hajaribagh tanneries: Amu
Industry Minister Amir Hossain Amu says that rawhide would not be allowed to enter tannery factories at Dhaka’s Hajaribagh to avert environment pollution in this area.
29 February 2016, 14:33 PM
Gas from thawing permafrost could add further to global warming: study
Arctic permafrost that is thawing due to global warming is releasing greenhouse gases, further compounding the problem of climate change, according to a study released on Thursday.
27 February 2016, 05:09 AM
US recognises Bangladesh’s commitment to democracy: Embassy
Bangladesh maintained its broad commitment to democracy which is one of the core values of US government, its Under-Secretary of State for Political Affairs Thomas Shannon has said.
13 February 2016, 06:46 AM
21st Century US 'dustbowl' risk assessed
US scientists have modelled how a 1930s-like "dustbowl" drought might impact American agriculture today, and found it to be just as damaging.
13 February 2016, 04:46 AM
Giant iceberg kills 150,000 Adélie penguins in Antarctica
Around 150,000 Adélie penguins are killed after a giant iceberg larger than a country grounded at Commonwealth Bay, blocking access to the sea and forcing the penguins to travel considerably longer distances to feed.
13 February 2016, 01:52 AM
Climate change 'to make transatlantic flights longer'
Flights from the UK to the US could take longer due to the changes in the climate, according to a new study.
10 February 2016, 06:31 AM
Climate change boosted 'once-a-century' floods: study
Man-made climate change significantly enhanced the risk of the severe winter storms that ravaged southern England two years ago, according to a study released Monday.
2 February 2016, 07:00 AM
Climate compensation schemes 'failing to reach poorest'
Remote communities are not receiving the compensation they are entitled to from schemes designed to conserve tropical forests, a study suggests.
27 January 2016, 13:35 PM
Scientists to adjust ‘Doomsday Clock’ to set new time for our demise
Scientists are set to announce today whether the civilization is any closer or farther from disaster based on a "Doomsday Clock" that measures the likelihood of a global catastrophe.
26 January 2016, 12:48 PM
Drones, smartphones turning California residents into citizen scientists
In California, residents are using smartphones and drones to document the coastline’s changing face.
26 January 2016, 07:18 AM
Promises to keep in 2016
If we want to achieve the targets established by the Global Goals for maternal health, child health, and infectious disease, we will have to double R&D funding by 2020.
22 January 2016, 18:00 PM