Since the 1970s, NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey have been amassing satellite images of every inch of our planet as part of the Landsat program. Over time, the images reveal a record of change: of cities expanding, lakes and forests disappearing, new islands emerging from the sea off the coast of rising Middle East metropolises like Dubai. ... read more >>

Farmers around Pennsylvania, and indeed around the country are increasingly taking the money they make opening their land up to fracking and investing in renewable energy. Specifically, a number of farmers have chosen to plow their windfall into solar panels. ... read more >>

In 1958, a year before Ralph Keeling was born, his father set up an atmospheric monitoring station on a Hawaiian volcano. The average daily level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere at the time stood at about 315 parts per million -- higher than it had been for most of human history, but not by much. Late last week, headlines around the globe reported that monitors on that same Hawaiian volcano w ... read more >>

As tens of millions of Americans are expected to get away this Memorial Day weekend and according to an analysis by the Union of Concerned Scientists Americans will spend more than $1.4 billion filling up their tanks! ... read more >>

Environmentalist are worried that plans to build wind farms in California's Mojave dessert might affect the fragile population of the condors. ... read more >>

Although the level of radiation was low, Japanese lab workers received a lot of media attention reflecting the high level of anxiety against nuclear energy, ... read more >>

Green campaigners and industry experts have hit out at the government's plans to block new EU-wide renewable energy targets, which they say are essential to cutting greenhouse gas emissions and creating a green economy. Ed Davey, the energy and climate secretary, is to set out on Monday the UK's position on energy and climate change targets within Europe. He will oppose any new goals on increasin ... read more >>

Unusually for someone who likes to chat, Kenton Cool can barely speak. Exerting himself at high altitude has left his voice a throaty growl. "I cultivate it before going out in the evening," he says from Kathmandu, Nepal, having flown down from Everest base camp that morning. Cool is reflecting on a startling sequence of climbs completed over the course of last weekend. Early on Saturday morning, ... read more >>

In an opinion article for the London Times this past Monday, writer Matt Ridley discussed his interpretation of a new paper which suggests that the Earth's climate sensitivity may be a bit lower than current best estimates. Climate sensitivity refers to the average amount of warming that will occur at the Earth's surface in response to an increased greenhouse effect. This new paper, led by Alexan ... read more >>

A senior official from the university management told The Express Tribune that the decision was taken due to extreme weather conditions, excessive loadshedding and severe shortage of water at different hostels and departments.

The official said that the current academic session was supposed to culminate on May 30, but during a recent meeting of the heads of departments and other senior offici ... read more >>