World Environment Day: COVID-19 crisis demands fundamental rethink
Jun 06, 2020, at 09:43 am
New York: The COVID-19 health crisis should be seen as a clarion call to “fundamentally rethink our relationship” with natural ecosystems and shrinking biodiversity, the UN cultural agency chief said on Friday, World Environment Day.
May confirmed as warmest on record, CO2 levels hit new high despite COVID economic slowdown
Jun 06, 2020, at 09:36 am
New York: Last month was the warmest May on record and carbon dioxide levels also hit a new high despite the economic slowdown from COVID-19, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Friday, in an urgent appeal for Member States to renew their efforts to tackle climate threats.
Jun 05, 2020, at 09:02 am
New Delhi/IBNS: As the world is marking World Environment Day on Friday amid COVID-19 outbreak, PM Narendra Modi pledged to preserve the planet's rich biodiversity.
Maharashtra: Cyclone Nisarga makes landfall, 1 dies
Jun 03, 2020, at 06:37 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: At least one person was killed as Cyclone Nisarga made landfall in Maharashtra’s Raigad district on Wednesday afternoon.
Nisarga Cyclone hits Maharashtra: Trains running from Konkan diverted via Belagavi
Jun 03, 2020, at 05:05 pm
Belagavi/UNI: Four passenger trains running on Konkan Railway was diverted to run via Madgaon, Londa, Belagavi, Miraj on Wednesday as the region is under threat of Nisarga Cyclone hitting the Konkan.
Mild intensity earthquake hits Meghalaya
Jun 03, 2020, at 12:50 pm
Shillong/UNI: A mild intensity earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale hit Indo-Bangladesh border at Meghalaya around 7.10 am this morning.
Maharashtra: 21,000 people in Palghar evacuated ahead of Cyclone Nisarga's landfall
Jun 03, 2020, at 09:23 am
Palghar/UNI: With the Cyclone Nisarga likely to hit the western coasts of Maharashtra anytime soon, the authorities have evacuated 21,000 villagers from nearly two dozen villages in four talukas of the district to safety.
4.2 magnitude earthquake hits Bangladesh, no casualtyÂ
Jun 03, 2020, at 09:08 am
Dhaka: An earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter Scale hit Bangladesh on Wednesday, officials said.
‘Dogged pragmatism’ needed to save Ocean: UN Special Envoy
Jun 03, 2020, at 08:33 am
New York:‘Dogged pragmatism’ is needed to save the Ocean as the world grapples with the coronavirus pandemic, according to the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the Ocean.
Mumbai on alert as Maharashtra, Gujarat brace for Cyclone Nisarga
Jun 03, 2020, at 07:52 am
Mumbai/IBNS: Just two weeks after Cyclone Amphan devastated West Bengal and Odisha, now Maharashtra and Gujarat are likely to be hit by Cyclone Nisarga on Wednesday afternoon.
Cyclone Nisarga likely to cause major destruction in Maharashtra, Gujarat
Jun 02, 2020, at 03:59 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Cyclone Nisarga is most likely to make landfall as a 'severe cyclonic storm' over Maharashtra and Gujarat on Wednesday with high wind speed causing heavy rainfall and damage to power and communication lines, thatched houses and coastal crops in the states.
Cyclone Nisarga likely to cause heavy destruction in Maharashtra, Gujarat
Jun 02, 2020, at 03:26 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Cyclone Nisarga is most likely to make landfall as 'severe cyclonic storm' over Maharashtra and Gujarat on Wednesday with high wind speed causing heavy rainfall and damage to power and communication lines, thatched houses and coastal crops in the states.
South West Monsoon hits Kerala on Monday: IMD
Jun 01, 2020, at 04:21 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday informed that the south West Monsoon has arrived in Kerala and has coincided with it original date.
Another low pressure very likely to form over southeast, adjoining east-central Arabian sea
May 30, 2020, at 06:08 pm
Thiruvananthapuram/UNI: Another low pressure area is very likely to form over southeast and adjoining eastcentral Arabian Sea during the next 48 hours.
Global environmental changes are leading to shorter, younger trees, finds new study
May 30, 2020, at 08:47 am
London/IBNS: Ongoing environmental changes are transforming forests worldwide, resulting in shorter and younger trees with broad impacts on global ecosystems, scientists say.
Global temperature needs to be less than 2 degrees above PI levels
May 28, 2020, at 12:46 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Climate experts across the globe should script a 'credible path' to keep the global temperature increase limited to less than two degrees above the pre-industrial levels by 2100.
COVID-19 crisis causes 17 percent drop in global carbon emissions: Study
May 20, 2020, at 12:16 pm
New York/IBNS: The COVID-19 global lockdown has had an “extreme” effect on daily carbon emissions, but it is unlikely to last - according to a new analysis by an international team of scientists.
COVID-19 crisis causes 17 percent drop in global carbon emissions: Study
May 20, 2020, at 11:43 am
New York/IBNS: The COVID-19 global lockdown has had an “extreme” effect on daily carbon emissions, but it is unlikely to last - according to a new analysis by an international team of scientists.
Severe cyclonic storm Amphan to hit Bengal today, authorities alert
May 20, 2020, at 10:03 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Several areas of West Bengal and Odisha are experiencing heavy winds and rainfall as extremely severe cyclonic storm 'Amphan' is expected to make landfall on Wednesday.
West Bengal readies to face Cyclone Amphan
May 19, 2020, at 10:43 am
Digha (East Midnapore)/UNI: A silent, sombre frothy Digha awaits with a palpitated heart the unwelcome lashing of Cyclone Amphan on the seashore.
Extremely Cyclonic Storm ‘AMPHAN’ to cross between Digha-Hatiya Islands on May 20
May 18, 2020, at 05:19 pm
Hyderabad/UNI: The Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm ‘AMPHAN’ (pronounced as UM-PUN) over westcentral and adjoining central parts of South Bay of Bengal moved nearly northwards with a speed of 04 kmph during past 06 hours, intensified further into a 'Super Cyclonic Storm' and lay centred at 1130 hrs on Monday over west-central and adjoining central parts of South Bay of Bengal near latitude 13.4°N and longitude 86.2 °E, about 770 km nearly south of Paradip (Odisha), 920 km south-southwest of Digha (West Bengal) and 1040 km south-southwest of Khepupara (Bangladesh).
3.5 magnitude earthquake hits part of Chamba, no casualty
May 18, 2020, at 11:43 am
Shimla/UNI: An Earthquake of 3.5 magnitude jolted the parts of Chamba district of the hill state on Monday.
'Amphan' intensifies into severe cyclonic storm over Bay of Bengal
May 17, 2020, at 04:33 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The cyclonic storm 'Amphan' on Sunday intensified into severe cyclonic storm over Southeast Bay of Bengal and neighbourhood areas, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said here.
Philippines typhoon recovery, complicated by coronavirus concerns
May 16, 2020, at 01:00 pm
New York/IBNS: As Typhoon Vongfong slammed the Philippines on Thursday, tens of thousands of people fled to cramped shelters, raising fears that without proper safety precautions in place, evacuation centres could become a hotbed of coronavirus infection, the UN emergency humanitarian relief agency (OCHA) said on Friday.
May 14, 2020, at 03:52 pm
Washington/IBNS: Areas of the planet home to one-third of humans will become as hot as the hottest parts of the Sahara within 50 years, unless greenhouse gas emissions fall, according to research by scientists from China, United States and Europe published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences today.
Battle ‘not yet over’ against locust invasions in East Africa and Yemen
May 12, 2020, at 12:58 pm
New York/IBNS: Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and other challenges, significant gains have been made against Desert Locust encroachment in East Africa and Yemen, with an estimated 720,000 tonnes of cereal saved from the swarms of migratory pests across 10 countries: enough to feed five million people a year, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Monday.
Three quakes in Delhi-NCR triggers concern
May 12, 2020, at 12:12 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The National Capital and it's surrounding areas are not only fighting Covid-19 but are also under some 'panic' as the region experienced three quakes in a month.
3.4 magnitude Earthquake jolts Delhi
May 10, 2020, at 03:36 pm
New Delhi/UNI: A minor earthquake measuring 3.4 on the Richter Scale shook the national capital on Sunday afternoon.
Genetics study helps tiger conservation
May 04, 2020, at 04:19 pm
Uma Ramakrishnan, one of India’s leading scientists, works to conserve the tiger population in the country using population genetics reports Natasa Milas of SPAN
Arctic observes alarming levels of ozone depletion
May 02, 2020, at 11:11 am
Geneva/UNI: Depletion of the ozone layer, the shield that protects life on Earth from harmful levels of ultraviolet radiation, reached an unprecedented level over large parts of the Arctic this spring, World Meteorological Organisation said on Saturday.