Environment

Landon HobermanPhoto credit: https://barronprize.org/ Landon Hoberman is just 17, from New Jersey, but he’s demonstrating how one small change in the way we eat at restaurants can make a big difference for the environment. He has been lauded for his campaign to get restaurants to stop automatically including plastic cutlery with takeaway and delivery orders,…

India’s 2024 emissions averaged 2.2 tonnes per person, against 5.39 tonnes in the EU and 14.2 tonnes in the US Europe grew rich burning fossil fuels. India is still trying to catch up. And when climate disasters strike poorer countries, the bill often lands on those least able to pay.What would you do if someone…

The high cliffs of Thwaites Glacier taken from the British Antarctic Survey Twin Otter aircraft (Rob Larter/British Antarctic Survey) Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’ could unleash a bigger threat than previously feared, with new research warning that it could drive twice as much sea-level rise by 2100 as earlier models predicted.According to CNN, the study found that…

File photo: A fish swims through a coral reef in the Dutch Cays of Guna Yala on Panama’s Caribbean coast (Picture credit: AP) A potentially record-breaking super El Niño could push the world’s fragile coral reefs closer to extinction as ocean temperatures soar to unprecedented levels, David Obura, chair of the UN’s expert scientific panel…

NEW DELHI: There was a stark 73% decline in the “average size of monitored wildlife populations” globally over a 52-year period (1970-2022), whereas India became one of the most important countries that were successfully involved in wildlife recovery by turning around the populations of certain animals, including tigers, one-horned rhino and Ganga river dolphins, according…

On Sunday, Delhi reported its poorest air quality this season with an AQI of 187, indicating a movement towards unhealthy conditions NEW DELHI: Delhi recorded its worst air quality of the season at 187 Sunday, slipping to the higher end of the ‘moderate’ category. However, at least 19 monitoring stations recorded a poor AQI during…

Pune: A powerful El Niño developing over Pacific and expected to intensify further could significantly influence India’s weather in the coming months, affecting the northeast monsoon, winter conditions and the Oct-Dec cyclone season, scientists warned on Wednesday.According to them, the impacts are unlikely to follow the traditional El Niño playbook of drought alone, with a…

File photo: People and Children enjoy the rain near India Gate during a monsoon shower, in New Delhi (Picture credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: India received 87.4 per cent of its long period average (LPA) rainfall during the June-September southwest monsoon this year, making it the fourth-lowest monsoon rainfall recorded since 2001, according to the India…

The city receives an average annual rainfall of around 596 mm, about 85% of it during the June-to-Sept monsoon Gurgaon: The city’s built-up area has grown by about 64% in a decade while its water body cover has shrunk by about 77%, increasing its vulnerability to urban flooding and water stress, according to a study…

An octopus at Porthkerris reef, off Cornwall in southwestern England (Reuters) With European waters recording their hottest summer on record, rising ocean temperatures are affecting marine life across the continent, damaging habitats and forcing several species into new waters.According to a Reuters analysis, European waters averaged 21.6°C between June and August, the highest summer average…