Environment
China’s air pollution problem
January 31st, 2013 | Environment, World
The Chinese government is facing a grave issue of air pollution as smog becomes manifest in the capital Beijing repeatedly during January
A conservationist, filmmaker and author
January 28th, 2013 | Environment, Film
Warm tributes have been paid after the death of naturalist Éamon de Buitléar, one of Ireland’s first independent film-makers, who was also deeply involved in Irish traditional music
Fire and ice in the Windy City
January 25th, 2013 | Environment, Weather
Chicago firefighters fight a massive blaze in an ice-encrusted warehouse amid temperatures as low as -45C due to freezing winds
BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition 2013
January 11th, 2013 | Environment, Ireland, Technology
Budding scientists from all over the country converge on the RDS in Dublin for the 49th annual BY Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition 2013
Winter cold snap in India
January 7th, 2013 | Environment, Society, Weather, World
Cold weather in northern India has killed more than 100 homeless people in the past week
Recycling the new year
January 5th, 2013 | Christmas, Environment, Politics, World
The global race against waste continues, and all kinds of commodities are being recycled or reused in myriad ways in 2013. Here’s just a few of them
Comfort in the creature zone?
January 4th, 2013 | Animals, Environment, World
A take on how things are for those in the animal kingdom at the head of the year
Death of architect Oscar Niemeyer
December 6th, 2012 | Architecture, Environment, World
Niemeyer, a patriarch of modern architecture who shaped the look of modern Brazil and whose inventive, curved designs left their mark on cities worldwide, died late on Wednesday, December 5th at age 104. He had been battling kidney and stomach ailments .
To Hawaii where lava flows
November 28th, 2012 | Environment, World
Images of what happens when lava reaches the sea taken at Volcanoes National Park in Kalapana, Hawaii
Irish Times Amateur Photographer Awards: best runners-up in colour
November 19th, 2012 | Environment, Photography, World
More than 9,000 photographs were entered in the seven categories of Irish Times Amateur Photographer of the Year Awards. The selection here is some of the best runners-up in colour
