India may get normal monsoon rains in 2019: Skymet
Feb 25, 2019, at 06:50 pm
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IBNS): India's private weather forecasting agency Skymet on Monday said the country is likely to experience normal monsoon rains this year.
Rain likely to occur in Telangana, AP
Feb 25, 2019, at 02:34 pm
Hyderabad, Feb 25 (UNI/IBNS) : Light to moderate rain or thunder showers is likely to occur at isolated places in Telangana and Coastal Andhra Pradesh during the next 24 hours, while maximum temperature is likely to be above normal by 2 to 3 degree Celsius in Telangana and 2 to 4 degree Celsius in Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Rayalaseema at many places during the same period, Meteorological Department said on Monday.
Feb 23, 2019, at 09:26 am
New York, Feb 23 (IBNS): With the biodiversity of plants cultivated for food shrinking, the global population’s health, livelihoods and environment are under severe threat. This warning from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) comes as the UN agency releases a new report – the first of its kind – on the state of the world’s biodiversity in food and agriculture.
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4.0 earthquake hits Uttar Pradesh, tremors felt in Delhi
Feb 20, 2019, at 09:35 am
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 4 on the Richter Scale hit Baghpat district in Uttar Pradesh as tremors of it were felt in New Delhi on Wednesday, officials said.
UN announces roadmap to Climate Summit in 2019, a ‘critical year’ for climate action
Feb 15, 2019, at 09:16 am
New York, Feb 15 (IBNS): 2019 is a critical year, the “last chance” for the international community to take effective action on climate change, General Assembly President Maria Espinosa said on Thursday, during a briefing to announce the UN’s roadmap to the Climate Summit in September.
Climate change may destroy Bengal Tiger’s home: Study
Feb 13, 2019, at 06:15 pm
Melbourne, Feb 13 (IBNS): A James Cook University scientist says the last coastal stronghold of an iconic predator, the endangered Bengal tiger, could be destroyed by climate change and rising sea levels over the next 50 years.
Boat made of recycled plastic and flip-flops inspires fight for cleaner seas along African coast
Feb 13, 2019, at 09:12 am
New York, Feb 13 (IBNS): After completing a historic 500km journey from the Kenyan island of Lamu to the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar, the world’s first ever traditional “dhow” sailing boat made entirely from recycled plastic, known as the Flipflopi, has successfully raised awareness of the need to overcome one of the world’s biggest environmental challenges: plastic pollution.
Much of the surface ocean will shift in color by end of 21st century: Study
Feb 09, 2019, at 08:06 pm
Washington, Feb 9 (IBNS): Climate change is causing significant changes to phytoplankton in the world’s oceans, and a new MIT study finds that over the coming decades these changes will affect the ocean’s color, intensifying its blue regions and its green ones.
2018 fourth warmest year in continued warming trend, according to NASA, NOAA
Feb 08, 2019, at 09:24 am
Washington, Feb 8 (IBNS): Earth's global surface temperatures in 2018 were the fourth warmest since 1880, according to independent analyses by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Feb 05, 2019, at 09:24 am
Kathmandu, Feb 5 (IBNS): A comprehensive new study of the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region, known as the world’s “Third Pole” for its vast store of ice, and home to Mount Everest, K2 and other soaring peaks, finds that even the most ambitious Paris Agreement goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees by the end of the century would lead to a 2.1 spike in temperatures and the melting of one-third of the region’s glaciers, a critical water source to some 250 million mountain dwellers and the 1.65 billion others living in the river valleys below.
Earthquake measuring 6.1 on Richter Scale hits Afghanistan, tremors felt in India, Pakistan
Feb 02, 2019, at 07:43 pm
New Delhi/Kabul/Islamabad, Feb 2 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale hit Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan on Saturday as tremors were also felt in several parts of Pakistan and India, officials said.
Earth’s largest extinction likely took plants first: Study says
Feb 02, 2019, at 03:29 pm
Washington, Feb 2 (IBNS): Little life could endure the Earth-spanning cataclysm known as the Great Dying, but plants may have suffered its wrath long before many animal counterparts, says new research led by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Feb 02, 2019, at 10:21 am
New York, Feb 2 (IBNS):“High impact weather” has gripped much of the world so far this year, the UN weather agency, WMO, reported on Friday, with “dangerous and extreme cold in North America, record high heat and wildfires in Australia, heavy rains in parts of South America, and heavy snow on the Alps and Himalayas.
What will rising temperatures mean for the future of work?
Feb 01, 2019, at 05:55 pm
Melbourne, Feb 1 (IBNS): A University of Sydney expert will urge for the future of work debate to be re-framed in the face of climate change at the Sydney Environment Institute's inaugural Iain McCalman Lecture on 6 February.
New report sets climate tests for project assessments
Jan 30, 2019, at 03:29 pm
Ontario, Jan 30 (IBNS): A new report by climate and assessment experts has developed a set of tests that could help determine whether federal projects support Canada’s commitment to the Paris Agreement.
Warming seas may increase frequency of extreme storms: Study
Jan 30, 2019, at 08:58 am
Washington, Jan 30 (IBNS): A new NASA study shows that warming of the tropical oceans due to climate change could lead to a substantial increase in the frequency of extreme rain storms by the end of the century.
Australia: Hundreds of Fish found dead at Menindee
Jan 29, 2019, at 04:10 pm
Melbourne, Jan 29 (IBNS): In a shocking sight for people, large number of fish were found dead in the Darling River at Menindee town in Australia, the second such event in three weeks, officials said.
Jan 26, 2019, at 09:30 am
New York, Jan 26 (IBNS): As climate change is increasingly recognized as a “threat multiplier” by scientists, political representatives, and civil society across the world, the United Nations Security Council held an open debate on Friday to discuss its concrete impact on peace and security, and focus on tangible ways to diminish the effects of global warming.
Environment and health at increasing risk from growing weight of ‘e-waste’
Jan 25, 2019, at 10:12 am
New York, Jan 25 (IBNS): Around 50 million tonnes of electronic waste, or e-waste, is being thrown away each year, according to a new joint United Nations report – which exceeds the combined weight of all the commercial airliners ever made, or alternatively, enough Eiffel Towers to fill the whole of Manhattan.
Greenland ice melting rapidly, study finds
Jan 22, 2019, at 03:05 pm
New York, Jan 22 (IBNS): Greenland is melting faster than scientists previously thought—and will likely lead to faster sea level rise—thanks to the continued, accelerating warming of the Earth’s atmosphere, a new study has found.
6 magnitude earthquake hits Andaman and Nicobar, no casualty
Jan 17, 2019, at 03:55 pm
Port Blair, Jan 17 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 6 on the Richter Scale hit Andaman and Nicobar Islands on Thursday, officials said.
Antarctica losing six times more ice mass annually now than 40 years ago: Study
Jan 15, 2019, at 09:06 am
California, Jan 15 (IBNS): Antarctica experienced a sixfold increase in yearly ice mass loss between 1979 and 2017, according to a study published on Monday in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Jan 14, 2019, at 05:12 pm
Melbourne, Jan 14 (IBNS): The Bureau of Meteorology in Australia has released its Annual Climate Statement, showing 2018 was the country's third-warmest year on record, while rainfall totals were the lowest since 2005.
Is Haiti better prepared for disasters, 9 years on from the 2010 earthquake?
Jan 13, 2019, at 04:33 pm
New York, Jan 13 (IBNS):Half a capital city destroyed, 220,000 reported dead and 1 million residents displaced. This was the toll of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, which struck on 12 January, 9 years ago.
Himachal Pradesh: Magnitude 3.3 earthquake hits Chamba, no casualty
Jan 12, 2019, at 03:30 pm
Chamba, Jan 12 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 3.3 on the Richter Scale hit Chamba area of Himachal Pradesh on Saturday, as per India Meteorological Department said.
5.9 earthquake hits Gilan-e Gharb in Iran
Jan 07, 2019, at 08:55 am
Tehran, Jan 7 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter Scale hit western city of Gilan-e Gharb in Iran on Sunday, media reports said on Monday.
Melting ice sheets release tons of methane into the atmosphere, study finds
Jan 06, 2019, at 09:15 pm
London, Jan 6 (IBNS): The Greenland Ice Sheet emits tons of methane according to a new study, showing that subglacial biological activity impacts the atmosphere far more than previously thought.
Hundreds of trains, flights hit by fog in NCR
Jan 06, 2019, at 01:04 pm
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IBNS): Hundreds of trains were cancelled and tens of flights were affected in India's National Capital Region owing to fog on Sunday, reports said.
7-magnitude earthquake hits off southern Philippines, no casualty
Dec 29, 2018, at 05:47 pm
Manila, Dec 29 (IBNS): An earthquake measuring 7 on the Richter Scale hit Davao Oriental province in the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Saturday, met officials said.
Dec 26, 2018, at 06:41 pm
Tel Aviv, Dec 26 (IBNS): According to the United Nations, plastic accounts for up to 90 percent of all the pollutants in our oceans, yet there are few comparable, environmentally friendly alternatives to the material.