‘Great Pacific Garbage Patch’ clean-up project launches trial run: UN Environment
Sep 11, 2018, at 08:39 am
New York, Sept 11 (IBNS): A trial run of an innovative system designed to clean up the world’s seas and oceans, founded by UN Environment Programme (UNEP) “Champion of the Earth” laureate Boyan Slat, has set off from San Francisco, in a bid to begin the removal of the so-called Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
‘Direct existential threat’ of climate change nears point of no return, warns UN chief
Sep 11, 2018, at 08:36 am
New York, Sept 11 (IBNS): The world risks crossing the point of no return on climate change, with disastrous consequences for people across the planet and the natural systems that sustain them, the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Monday, calling for more leadership and greater ambition for climate action, to reverse course.
Uneven progress on climate action at Bangkok conference
Sep 10, 2018, at 03:17 pm
New York, Sept 10 (IBNS): Climate change talks wrapped up in Bangkok today, leaving several issues still to be resolved.
3.8 earthquake hits Haryana, tremors felt in New Delhi
Sep 09, 2018, at 07:45 pm
New Delhi, Sept 9 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 3.8 on the Richter Scale hit Haryana's Jhajjar district as tremors of it were felt in Delhi and the National Capital Region on Sunday, officials said.
Earthquake tremors hit Delhi, NCR, say reports
Sep 09, 2018, at 05:39 pm
New Delhi, Sept 9 (IBNS): Earthquake tremors were felt in New Delhi and the National Capital Region on Sunday.
Backed by UN agency, countries set to take on deadly livestock-killing disease
Sep 08, 2018, at 08:48 am
New York, Sept 8 (IBNS): Gathered at a major United Nations agricultural conference, over 45 countries today pledged to eradicate by 2030 a highly contagious and devastating disease responsible for the death of millions of small farm animals, at cost of more than $2 billion each year.
Backed by UN agency, countries set to take on deadly livestock-killing disease
Sep 08, 2018, at 08:48 am
New York, Sept 8 (IBNS): Gathered at a major United Nations agricultural conference, over 45 countries today pledged to eradicate by 2030 a highly contagious and devastating disease responsible for the death of millions of small farm animals, at cost of more than $2 billion each year.
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Infosys and Temasek announce Joint Venture in Singapore
Sep 07, 2018, at 08:10 pm
Singapore ,Sept 7 (IBNS): IT giant Infosys announced the formation of a joint venture with Temasek, the global investment company headquartered in Singapore.
Political party hoardings scarring Kolkata should be removed: Roopa Ganguly
Sep 06, 2018, at 06:55 pm
Kolkata, Sep 6 (IBNS): Hoardings of political parties are part of the collective garbage that ails Kolkata, said actor and BJP Rajya Sabha MP Roopa Ganguly while speaking at the second Behtar India Go Green City summit, presented by DHFL Pramerica Life Insurance, at Birla High School.
Sep 06, 2018, at 12:58 pm
Tokyo, Sept 6 (IBNS) : A strong earthquake, measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale rocked Japan's northern main island of Hokkaido on early Thursday, triggering a series of landslides and left at least two dead, 125 injured and many missing.
Runaway climate change still “a real possibilityâ€: UN Secretary-General
Sep 06, 2018, at 09:43 am
New York, Sept 6 (IBNS): Greater ambition, urgency and action are needed if we are to prevent ever greater climate-related crises, said UN Chief Antonió Guterres on Wednesday, at the launch of the 2018 New Climate Economy report, at UN Headquarters in New York
Three more die in Kerala rat fever disease
Sep 03, 2018, at 05:15 pm
Thiruvanthapuram, Sept 3 (IBNS) : Three more people have died of leptospirosis or 'rat fever' over Saturday and Sunday as Kerala limps back to normal after a devastating flood, media reports said.
Climate change increasing the prevalence of harmful parasite, warn scientists
Sep 02, 2018, at 06:49 pm
London, Sept 2 (IBNS): A rise in a parasite called liver fluke, which can significantly impact livestock production in farms in the UK and across the world, could now be helped by a new predictive model of the disease aimed at farmers.
Red alert in Arunachal Pradesh as water discharge by China threatens inundation
Aug 31, 2018, at 02:18 pm
Itanagar, Aug 31 (IBNS) : A red alert has been sounded in Arunachal Pradesh as high discharge of water from China, the highest in 50 years, threatens to submerge at least 12 villages along the river Siang.
Adapt, move or die: animals and plants react to climate change, reveals study
Aug 30, 2018, at 09:56 pm
Birmingham, Aug 30 (IBNS): Nature is on the move as plants and animals react to the threat of extinction from climate change by changing their location or behaviour – a critical review reveals.
6.2 earthquake hit Lombok Island, no casualty so far
Aug 28, 2018, at 04:01 pm
Jakarta, Aug 28 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter Scale hit Indonesia's Lombok Island on Tuesday, as per United States Geological Survey website.
Research identifies all the different ways the sea supports human wellbeing
Aug 25, 2018, at 04:03 pm
London, Aug 25 (IBNS): A study led by the University of Liverpool that catalogued all of the links between marine biodiversity and the different ways we rely on the sea found more than 30 ways it supports well-being including providing a source of nutrition, supplying raw materials and supporting recreational activities.
5 magnitude earthquake hits Andaman Islands, no casualty
Aug 24, 2018, at 06:54 pm
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 5 on the Richter Scale hit Andaman Islands on Friday, as per Indian Meteorological Department (IMD).
Aug 24, 2018, at 05:41 pm
New York, Aug 24 (IBNS): Previous research has shown that higher temperatures fueled by climate change could have major impacts on birds in the U.S. that are already considered threatened.
Hawaii ravaged by flash floods, landslides as Hurricane Lane approaches
Aug 24, 2018, at 01:19 pm
Honolulu, Aug 24 (IBNS): Hawaii is presently fighting a series of calamities as the category three Hurricane Lane approaches its land.
7.3 earthquake hits Venezuela, no casualty
Aug 22, 2018, at 09:49 am
Caracas, Aug 22 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 7. 3 on the Richter Scale hit Venezuela's northeast coast on Wednesday, US Geological Survey (USGS) said.
Cyclone Warning Centre to be set up in Thiruvananthapuram within a month
Aug 21, 2018, at 05:33 pm
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IBNS): With several incidents of tropical cyclones and severe weather events striking over Kerala and Karnataka coasts in the recent times, the Union Ministry of Earth Sciences is proposing to set up a Cyclone Warning Centre in Thiruvananthapuram.
6.3 earthquake hits Indonesia's Lombok Island, no casualty
Aug 19, 2018, at 04:51 pm
Lambok, Aug 19 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter Scale hit Indonesia's Lombok island on Sunday, US Geological Survey (USGS) said.
Kerala Flood: Rahul speaks to PM Modi, urges to increase Army, Navy deployment
Aug 16, 2018, at 02:17 pm
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IBNS): Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Kerala flood situation, urging the latter to increase the deployment of Army and Navy in the southern state.
Kerala flood situation : More rain and more deaths as Centre prepares massive operations
Aug 16, 2018, at 01:57 pm
Thiruvanthapuram/Kochi/New Delhi, Aug 16 (IBNS) : The flood situation in Kerala remained critical as rains continued to pour pour down heavily leading to flooding of dams and rivers and triggering fresh landslides causing 12 fresh deaths on Thursday and forced collapse of the public transport system and train services in many areas and suspension of Kochi metro , media reports said.
Kerala flood : Kochi airport shut till Saturday as calamity continues
Aug 15, 2018, at 01:53 pm
Kochi, Aug 15 (IBNS) : Suspension of air services in Kerala's Kochi airport has been extended till Saturday afternoon as the runways and the parking area were flooded with a vast part of the state ravaged by incessant rain and release of excess water from the dams, reports said.
Fears for food security and the future of farming families, as Fall Armyworm spreads to Asia
Aug 15, 2018, at 09:36 am
New York, Aug 15 (IBNS): An “invasive pest” that devours more than 80 different plant species, including many staple crops, could threaten the food security and livelihoods of millions of small-scale farmers in Asia, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned on Tuesday.
NASA finds Amazon drought leaves long legacy of damage
Aug 13, 2018, at 04:07 pm
Washington, Aug 13 (IBNS): A single season of drought in the Amazon rainforest can reduce the forest's carbon dioxide absorption for years after the rains return, according to a new study published in the journal Nature.
6.4 earthquake hits Alaska, no casualty
Aug 13, 2018, at 08:54 am
Washington, Aug 13 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter Scale hit a remote part of Alaska on Sunday, as per US Geological Survey.
Earth at risk of entering a hothouse climate: Study
Aug 11, 2018, at 05:50 pm
Sydney, Aug 11(IBNS): An international study has found the Earth is at risk of entering a hothouse climate that could lead to global average temperatures of up to five degrees Celsius higher than pre-industrial temperatures and long-term rises in the sea level of between 10 and 60 metres.