Year: 2016

Is it Ethical to Have Children in Times of Climate Change?

Travis N. Rieder 01/10/2016

World Bank and WHO predict that sea levels will...

China and India’s Race to Dam the Brahmaputra River Puts the Himalayas at Risk

Mirza Zulfiqur Rahman 01/10/2016

At the heart of the Himalayas, the ongoing conflict...

Commercial Trade in all Eight Pangolin Species Has Just Been Banned

Mike Gaworecki 30/09/2016

Pangolins, which can be found in Asia and Africa,...

Comet 67P/C-G, which the probe Rosetta will speed into on September 30. Credit: Rosetta NAVCAM/ESA

Live: The Final Moments of Rosetta, the Comet-Trailing Probe

Sandhya Ramesh 30/09/2016

Follow along as the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft...

Madagascar’s Largest Tortoise Could Become Extinct In 2 Years

Shreya Dasgupta 30/09/2016

Fewer than 100 ploughshare tortoises remain in the wild,...

Hoisting of the PSLV C-30 second stage during vehicle integration. Source: ISRO

ISRO Sets Satellite Launch Record in 2016

Charlie Moloney, Indiaspend.org 29/09/2016

Over ten years, ISRO has had 34 launches, successfully...

India Wants Aviation Carbon Cap to Follow Paris Pact

Soumya Sarkar 29/09/2016

India has proposed key changes in an international deal...