Natural calamities, primarily floods, of varying intensity adversely affect the standing crop leading to poor harvests. Such untoward climatic shocks invariably...

Arsenic, cadmium, mercury, and lead are four ubiquitous trace elements known to have a harmful effect on human health. These elements are naturally present...

Rain clouds cluster over a rice valley on 3 June 2010, which is unusual in California during this time of the year. In as much as the recent rains in...

It certainly looks like climate change at work. The deluge inundated areas that had not flooded in decades, including many parts of Los Baños and Bay...