5.2-magnitude quake strikes off Japan's Wakayama Prefecture, no tsunami warning issued
Mar 13, 2019, at 12:09 pm
Tokyo, Mar 13 (Xinhua) An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.2 struck off the Kii Peninsula close to Wakayama Prefecture in Japan's southwest, the weather agency here said Wednesday.
Rains likely in Uttar Pradesh on March 13, 14
Mar 11, 2019, at 05:13 pm
Lucknow, Mar 11 (UNI) Light to heavy rains are expected to lash several areas of the state on March 13 and 14 due to the western disturbances being active during this time, the weather department said on Monday.
Moderate 5.5 magnitude earthquake registered in Indian Ocean: US Geological Survey
Mar 10, 2019, at 04:53 pm
Moscow, Mar 10 (Sputnik) A moderate 5.5 magnitude earthquake was registered in the Indian Ocean on Sunday morning, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS).
Himachal Pradesh: Light tremors felt in parts of Kinnaur district
Mar 08, 2019, at 06:21 pm
Shimla, Mar 8 (UNI) The snowbound district of Kinnaur felt light tremors on Thursday, Met Office informed.
Inclement weather continues in Himachal Pradesh
Mar 06, 2019, at 04:50 pm
Shimla, Mar 6 (UNI) Rain, snow, hailstorm and mainly overcast sky unrelenting normal life in the state, as the Met office on Wednesday noted the day and night temperature below normal.
Delhi: Cold morning with moderate fog, 5 flights diverted
Mar 05, 2019, at 12:28 pm
New Delhi, Mar 5 (UNI) The national capital woke up to a cold morning with moderate fog on Tuesday with minimum temperature settling at 12 degrees C, a notch below season's average.
Air pollution, the ‘silent killer’ that claims seven million lives a year: Rights council hears
Mar 05, 2019, at 10:23 am
New York, Mar 5 (IBNS): Shifting to renewable energy could save up to 150 million lives by the end of the century amid concerns that six billion people regularly inhale air “so polluted that it puts their life, health and well-being at risk”, a UN-appointed independent rights expert said on Monday.
Latest air pollution data ranks world’s cities worst to best
Mar 05, 2019, at 09:56 am
Goldach, Mar 5 (IBNS): Air pollution will take an estimated seven million lives globally in the next year, while costing the world’s economy nearly 225 billion USD.
Cold morning in Delhi, possibility of light rain
Mar 04, 2019, at 12:50 pm
New Delhi, Mar 4 (UNI) National capital witnessed a cold morning on Monday with a partly cloudy sky, while minimum temperature settled at 11.2 degrees C, two notches below season's average.
Ocean life faces ‘onslaught of threats’ from human activity, but tools exist to save it
Mar 03, 2019, at 04:38 pm
New York, Mar 3 (IBNS): Underwater life is severely impacted by an “onslaught of threats,” but we already have the tools to positively influence ocean conservation, the UN said in a statement marking 2019 World Wildlife Daywhich, this year, is celebrated under the theme “Life Below Water: for people and planet.”
Trees in ‘green’ Cameroon refugee camp, bring shade and relief from ‘helter-skelter’ of life
Mar 02, 2019, at 12:18 pm
New York, Mar 2 (IBNS): The land is sandy, dry and scorched by the searing sun of the African Sahel, but that has not stopped the planting of some 50,000 trees at a camp for Nigerian refugees in the far north-east corner of Cameroon.
Heavy downpour lashes Tirupati, surrounding areas
Feb 27, 2019, at 08:27 pm
Tirupati, Feb 27 (UNI) Heavy downpour lashed Tirupati city and its surrounding mandals on Wednesday evening, resulting in disruption of normal life for more than an hour.
Tourist resort Kufri, Narkanda experience snowfall
Feb 26, 2019, at 08:10 pm
Shimla, Feb 26 (UNI) Tourist resort Kufri and Narkanda experienced light snowfall in the afternoon on Tuesday and the capital town got snowflakes as it was mainly overcast.
Thunderstorm with gusty winds likely to occur in Telangana, coastal Andhra Pradesh
Feb 26, 2019, at 05:10 pm
Hyderabad, Feb 26 (UNI) Thunderstorm accompanied with gusty winds is likely to occur at isolated places in the districts of Jayashankar Bhupalapalli, Bhadradri Kothagudem, Khammam, Mahabubabad, Warnagal, Suryapet, Jogulamba Gadwal, Yadadri Bhuvanagiri, Hyderabad, Ranga Reddy and Mechal –Malakajgiri of Telangana during the next 24 hours, Meteorological Department said on Tuesday.
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.