Jan 09, 2020, at 11:40 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Prince William is kick-starting 2020 with a new drive to dispel the current pessimism around the environment, and replace it with fresh optimism and action.
2019 remained second hottest year on record: Study
Jan 08, 2020, at 06:25 pm
London/IBNS: Temperatures in December 2019 were above the 1981-2010 average throughout Europe. It was especially warm in the east.
Australia's Kangaroo Island shows burn scars on one-third of landmass: NASA
Jan 08, 2020, at 05:53 pm
Washington/IBNS: NASA's Terra satellite provided before and after imagery that showed the extent of the fires that have been ravaging Australia's Kangaroo Island.
New Zealand forest fire continues
Jan 08, 2020, at 11:05 am
Wellington/Xinhua/UNI: The firefighters are working on Wednesday to contain a large forest fire which started on Monday and stretched to 350 hectares near New Zealand's Napier.
Snow engulfs major tourist spots in Himachal Pradesh
Jan 07, 2020, at 05:31 pm
Shimla/UNI: A white blanket enveloped large parts of this hill state on Monday, especially tourist resorts, including Shimla, Kufri, Narkanda, Manali and Dalhousie, turning everything, from trees to mountains to cars frosted, while leaving few national highways and many major roads and link roads, snow-bound.
Air pollution can worsen bone health: Study
Jan 06, 2020, at 05:07 pm
Barcelona/IBNS: Some of the effects of air pollution on health are well documented –lung cancer, stroke, respiratory diseases, and a long etcetera– but for others there is less scientific evidence.
Bushfire smoke from Australia covers sky of New Zealand's Auckland
Jan 05, 2020, at 08:23 pm
Auckland, New Zealand/Xinhua/UNI: The heavy smoke from devastating Australian bushfires cloaked Auckland, turning the city's skyline into eerie orange color on Sunday afternoon.
Kashmir: Dozens of far-flung, remote areas cutoff due to snowfall
Jan 04, 2020, at 04:05 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Dozens of far-flung and remote villages, including those near the Line of Control (LoC), were again cut off in north Kashmir on Saturday due to fresh light to heavy snowfall.
Devastating fire kills 30 apes in German Zoo
Jan 01, 2020, at 04:38 pm
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: A blaze that broke out shortly after midnight on Wednesday killed over 30 apes inside a pen at a zoo in Krefeld in western Germany, zoo authorities and police said.
Ice storm pounds Canadian provinces forcing hundreds of flight cancellations
Dec 31, 2019, at 10:15 am
Toronto/Sputnik/UNI: An ice storm has grounded dozens of flights and left thousands without power in eastern Ontario and Quebec, according to flight monitoring data and local power authorities.
Aussie firefighter killed after truck rolls in "fire tornado"
Dec 31, 2019, at 09:54 am
Sydney/Xinhua/UNI: A 28-year-old Australian volunteer firefighter has been killed battling a blaze on the border of New South Wales (NSW) and Victoria State when a freak weather event upended the truck he and two others were traveling in.
Srinagar, Drass shiver at -6.5 C, -28.8 C
Dec 30, 2019, at 06:24 pm
Srinagar/UNI: People continued to suffer as chilly weather conditions further intensified in Kashmir valley, where majority of water bodies, including the world famous Dal Lake, were frozen due to sub-zero night temperature, due to dry weather.
Rajasthan: Sikar freezes as mercury moves down to minus 0.5 degrees C
Dec 30, 2019, at 06:21 pm
Pune/UNI: Night temperatures were above normal in some parts of Rayalaseema, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala as well as in remaining parts of Konkan and Goa, and Telangana.
Dec 28, 2019, at 11:05 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Delhiites reeled under severe cold wave conditions on Saturday with maximum temperature not rising above 13.3 degrees C during the day, settling at seven notches below season's average here.
Former UN Climate Chief join Homeward Bound: Unique initiative prepares women for leadership
Dec 27, 2019, at 01:29 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Former Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Christiana Figueres, recently joined Homeward Bound, a global leadership initiative for women with a background in Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths and Medicine (STEMM).
Dubai Airports to be ‘single use Plastic Free’ in 2020
Dec 17, 2019, at 05:30 pm
Dubai/IBNS: Starting the New Year on a happy note and with a bold initiative, two of Dubai’s airports, Dubai International (DXB) and Dubai World Central (DWC) aim to be free of single-use plastics in a bid to manage environmental impact.
Progress made at COP25, despite lack of agreement to increase climate ambition
Dec 16, 2019, at 09:22 am
New York/IBNS: Negotiations at the COP25 UN climate conference in Madrid finally ended on Sunday, wrapping up an event which saw much progress made by the private sector, and by national, regional and local governments. However, there was widespread disappointment that no overall consensus was reached on increased climate ambition.
Rajasthan records lowest min temperature at 5.5 deg C
Dec 15, 2019, at 07:06 pm
Pune/UNI: Night temperatures were above normal in some parts of Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Punjab, coastal Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, coastal and north interior Karnataka as well as in remaining parts of Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, Odisha, Bihar Himachal Pradesh and Vidarbha.
Hailstorm leaves Rajasthan's Nagaur town white, videos go viral
Dec 15, 2019, at 05:17 pm
Nagaur/IBNS: In what seemed like one of the most bizarre incidents recorded in India this year, Rajasthan's Nagaur area recently received hailstorm which covered the region with layers of ice and making the view look so perfect that it can even give a tough competition to any hill station covered with snow.
Heavy rainfall likely in South India in upcoming 24 hours
Dec 14, 2019, at 06:20 pm
Pune/UNI: Heavy rainfall is very likely to take place in isolated areas of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Karaikal and south Kerala during next 24 hours, predicted the Indian Meteorological Department in a bulletin here today.
As COP25 goes into the night, Guterres calls for more climate ambition
Dec 14, 2019, at 07:33 am
New York/IBNS: With national delegations thrashing out an outcome agreement at the UN COP25 climate change conference in Madrid, the UN chief has called on countries to be more ambitious, side strongly with science, and commit to stronger action.
‘Embrace the transformation’ to a carbon-neutral world by 2050, UN chief tells COP25
Dec 13, 2019, at 10:21 am
New York/IBNS: With millions of workers increasingly affected by the climate crisis the route to securing livelihoods in the future lies in a wholesale transformation of how we power the planet and manage our resources, the UN chief said on Thursday, at a COP25 climate action event focused on greener jobs.
Time Magazine names environment activist Greta Thunberg as Person of the Year 2019
Dec 11, 2019, at 11:46 pm
New York/IBNS: Time magazine has named environment activist Greta Thunberg as Person of the Year 2019.
5.6 magnitude earthquake hits New Caledonia
Dec 10, 2019, at 06:41 pm
Paris, Dec 10 (UNI) A magnitude 5.6 quake struck near New Caledonia, a French overseas territory in the Pacific on Tuesday, the United States Geological Survey said.
COP25: Global investors urge countries to meet climate action goals
Dec 10, 2019, at 10:45 am
New York/IBNS: More than 630 investors who collectively manage over $37 trillion in assets are calling on governments across the world to step up action to address climate change and achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement.
New Zealand: Volcano erupts in White Island
Dec 09, 2019, at 10:34 am
Wellington/UNI: A volcano erupted at New Zealand's White Island on Monday about 1415 hrs local time (0115 GMT), around 50 km away from Bay of Plenty.
Plogging drive conducted by NCC cadets in Guwahati
Dec 07, 2019, at 06:41 pm
Guwahati/IBNS : As part of anti-plastic drive, National Cadet Corps (NCC) Group HQ Guwahati units, on behalf of NER Directorate, conducted a massive plogging activity at Paltan Bazaar in Guwahati.
New report shows dramatic health benefits following air pollution reduction
Dec 07, 2019, at 05:30 pm
New York/IBNS: Reductions in air pollution yielded fast and dramatic impacts on health-outcomes, as well as decreases in all-cause morbidity, according to findings in “Health Benefits of Air Pollution Reduction,” new research published in the American Thoracic Society’s journal, Annals of the American Thoracic Society.
Marine life, fisheries increasingly threatened as the ocean loses oxygen: Study
Dec 07, 2019, at 05:00 pm
Madrid/IBNS: The loss of oxygen from the world’s ocean is increasingly threatening fish species and disrupting ecosystems, a new IUCN report warns. Ocean oxygen loss, driven by climate change and nutrient pollution, is a growing menace to fisheries and species such as tuna, marlin and sharks, according to the report released today at the UN Climate Change conference in Madrid.
Carbon emissions from volcanic rocks can create global warming - study
Dec 06, 2019, at 05:49 pm
London/IBNS: Greenhouse gas emissions released directly from the movement of volcanic rocks are capable of creating massive global warming effects – a discovery which could transform the way scientists predict climate change, a new study reveals.