Global energy demand to plunge this year: International Energy Agency
May 01, 2020, at 10:00 am
New York/IBNS: The Covid-19 pandemic represents the biggest shock to the global energy system in more than seven decades, with the drop in demand this year set to dwarf the impact of the 2008 financial crisis and result in a record annual decline in carbon emissions of almost 8 percent, International Energy Agency said.
Magnitude 4.0 quake hits Himachal Pradesh's Chamba
Apr 29, 2020, at 01:28 pm
Shimla/UNI: An earthquake of magnitude 4.0 hit parts of Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday, no report of loss of any property and life reported.
Huge Asteroid to pass by Earth today
Apr 29, 2020, at 12:38 pm
Hyderabad/UNI: A huge Asteroid called "52768 (1998 OR2)" will have “closest approach to earth”, passing at distance of 0.42 AU i.e. 62,90,364 km, at 1526 hours on Wednesday.
Magnitude 4.0 magnitude earthquake jolts Sikkim
Apr 26, 2020, at 07:25 pm
Gangtok/UNI: A mild earthquake of 4.0 magnitude jolted Sikkim today.
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Fall in COVID-linked carbon emissions won’t halt climate change - UN weather agency chief
Apr 23, 2020, at 02:35 pm
New York/IBNS: An expected drop in greenhouse gas emissions linked to the global economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is only “short-term good news”, the head of the UN weather agency said on Wednesday.
Lockdown effect: NO2 level reduces sharply in air
Apr 22, 2020, at 04:42 pm
Hyderabad/UNI: Dr M Rajeevan, Secretary, Ministry of Earth Science, Government of India has said that Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) level in the air have drastically reduced during lockdown period.
International Day of Mother Earth: PM Narendra Modi gives a big shout out to Covid-19 warriors
Apr 22, 2020, at 10:20 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Indian PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday wished the nation on International Day of Mother Earth and appreciated those people working at the forefront to defeat COVID-19.
COVID-19 environmental roll back ‘irrational’ and irresponsible’: rights expert
Apr 16, 2020, at 12:10 pm
New York/IBNS: Countries must not use the COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse to weaken environmental protection and enforcement, a UN independent human rights expert said on Wednesday.
Tracking sewage to surveil COVID-19
Apr 15, 2020, at 05:40 pm
Researchers are in the preliminary stages of investigating wastewater for the presence of the novel coronavirus as an environmental surveillance mechanism, reports Mongabay-India correspondent Sahana Ghosh
Delhi: 3.5 magnitude earthquake hits national capital
Apr 12, 2020, at 06:44 pm
New Delhi/UNI: An earthquake measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale hit Delhi NCR on Sunday evening, according to National Seismology Centre.
Apr 12, 2020, at 05:56 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Earthquake tremors were felt in Delhi and National Capital Region on Sunday.
Fight against desert locust swarms goes on in East Africa despite coronavirus crisis measures
Apr 10, 2020, at 11:45 am
New York/IBNS: Sustained efforts to contain East Africa’s worst invasion of desert locusts in decades are forging ahead, despite limits on the flow of personnel and equipment stemming from the global COVID-19 pandemic, the UN food agency said Friday.
3.9-magnitude quake hits western Mongolia
Apr 06, 2020, at 01:22 pm
Ulan Bator/Xinhua/UNI: A 3.9-magnitude earthquake hit the western Mongolian province of Khovd early Monday, according to the country's Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics.
Himachal Pradesh: Moderate earthquake hits part of Chamba
Apr 06, 2020, at 12:48 pm
Shimla/UNI: Moderate tremor hit parts of Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh on Monday no report of loss of any property and life reported.
First person: COVID-19 is not a silver lining for the climate, says UN Environment chief
Apr 05, 2020, at 10:40 pm
New York/IBNS: Greenhouse gas emissions are down and air quality has gone up, as governments react to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the head of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), Inger Andersen, has cautioned against viewing this as a boon for the environment. In this First Person editorial, Ms. Andersen calls instead for a profound, systemic shift to a more sustainable economy that works for both people and the planet.
Key COP26 climate summit postponed to ‘safeguard lives
Apr 03, 2020, at 11:56 am
New York/IBNS: With no end in sight to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, the UN climate change talks which were due to take place in Scotland later in the year, have been postponed until October 2021.
Mild quake hits Himachal Pradesh
Mar 30, 2020, at 04:47 pm
Shimla/UNI: A mild earthquake, measuring 3.6 on the Richter scale, jolted parts of Chamba district in the state on Monday.
World Ocean benefits from reduced pollution sparked by COVID-19 – Ocean alliance
Mar 27, 2020, at 05:27 pm
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: Andrei Savenkov - The World Ocean is benefiting from the reduction of pollution during the COVID-19 pandemic brought about by temporarily disrupted air traffic and diminished production, among other things, Paul Holthus, president of the World Ocean Council (WOC), told Sputnik.
Magnitude 7.6 quake occurs 300 miles from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky: Russian Seismologists
Mar 25, 2020, at 12:10 pm
Vladivostok/Sputnik/UNI: A magnitude 7.6 earthquake occurred some 500 kilometers (300 miles) from the Russian Far Eastern city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, the Kamchatka office of the Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences said.
Mar 24, 2020, at 11:21 am
New York/IBNS: Floods, extreme rainfall, droughts and melting glaciers…many of the major signs of climate change involve water. On this year’s World Meteorological Day, the UN weather agency (WMO) is reinforcing the message of World Water Day, by focusing on the links between climate and water, and calling for better water-related data.
5.3 magnitude earthquake hits Croatia's Zagreb cityÂ
Mar 22, 2020, at 11:29 pm
Zagreb/IBNS: An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter Scale hit Croatia's capital Zagreb area and left several buildings damaged, media reports sai don Sunday.
Turn around deforestation in 2020, the ‘Nature Super Year’, says Guterres
Mar 22, 2020, at 03:56 pm
New York/IBNS: On the International Day of Forests, which falls on Saturday, UN chief António Guterres is calling for 2020, which has been referred to as a “nature super year”, to be the year that the world turns the tide on deforestation and forestry loss.
Odisha: Mild tremor rocks parts of MalkangiriÂ
Mar 21, 2020, at 03:46 pm
Bhubaneswar/UNI: A mild tremor measuring 4.2 in the Richter scale was felt in some parts of Malkangiri district in Odisha at 11.14 hours today.
Turn around deforestation in 2020, the ‘Nature Super Year’, says Guterres
Mar 21, 2020, at 10:53 am
New York/IBNS: On the International Day of Forests, which falls on Saturday, UN chief António Guterres is calling for 2020, which has been referred to as a “nature super year”, to be the year that the world turns the tide on deforestation and forestry loss.
5.9-magnitude quake hits Tibet: CENC
Mar 20, 2020, at 04:20 pm
Beijing/Xinhua/UNI: A 5.9-magnitude earthquake jolted Xigaze City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, at 9:33 a.m. Friday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).
5.8-magnitude quake hits western Mongolia
Mar 20, 2020, at 04:13 pm
Ulan Bator/Xinhua/UNI: A 5.8-magnitude earthquake hit the western Mongolian province of Govi-Altai on Friday morning, the country's Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics said.
Blueprint launched to manage Earth’s fragile peatland carbon sinks
Mar 19, 2020, at 12:59 pm
New York/IBNS: A blueprint for how countries can keep carbon in fragile land-based carbon sinks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions has been unveiled by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
Flagship UN study shows accelerating climate change on land, sea and in the atmosphere
Mar 11, 2020, at 03:38 pm
New York/IBNS: A wide-ranging UN climate report, released on Tuesday, shows that climate change is having a major effect on all aspects of the environment, as well as on the health and wellbeing of the global population.
Mar 04, 2020, at 03:46 pm
Nashik/UNI: More than 1,500 trees were charred when unidentified youths set them on fire in Lonjai village near Vinchur town of Niphad taluka here, report said on Wednesday.
World Wildlife Day: UN chief urges ‘more caring’ relationship with nature
Mar 03, 2020, at 04:32 pm
New York/IBNS: People everywhere need to remember that we depend on Mother Earth to survive, the UN chief said in his message for World Wildlife Day marked on Tuesday, advocating for “a more caring, thoughtful and sustainable relationship with nature”.