Deforestation in Brazilian Amazon grows by 34.5 pct
Aug 08, 2020, at 05:50 pm
Brasilia/Xinhua: Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon increased 34.5 percent between August 2019 and July 2020 compared to the same period the previous year, with a total of 9,205 square km of forest destroyed, sources said on Saturday.
Mysuru: Zoo employee killed by elephant
Aug 08, 2020, at 05:14 pm
Mysuru/UNI: A Mysuru zoo employee, who was looking after an elephant, was killed after the tusker attacked him, an official confirmed the news on Saturday.
Mauritius declares environment emergency after fuel leak
Aug 08, 2020, at 05:06 pm
Port Louis/UNI: Prime Minister of Mauritius Pravind Jugnauth has declared an environmental emergency over the massive fuel spill from the Japanese bulk carrier MV Wakashio that ran aground near the island nation.
Nepal: Magnitude 3.5 earthquake hits Kathmandu, no casualty
Aug 05, 2020, at 11:04 pm
Kathmandu: An earthquake, which measured 3.5 on the Richter Scale, hit Nepal's Kathmandu valley on Wednesday, officials said.
Heavy rain likely to occur in Telangana, North Coastal AP and Yanam: Met
Aug 05, 2020, at 07:14 pm
Hyderabad/UNI: Heavy rain is likely to occur at isolated places in Telangana during the next 24 hours, Meteorological Centre said on Wednesday.
Across Sudan, heavy rains and flash floods destroy houses, wash away crops – UN relief wing
Aug 05, 2020, at 04:16 pm
New York: Hundreds of houses have been destroyed and vital infrastructure damaged due to riverine and flashfloods after heavy rains across large parts of Sudan, the United Nations relief wing has reported.
Five things you should know about disposable masks and plastic pollution
Jul 31, 2020, at 03:26 pm
New York: The fight against plastic pollution is being hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, as the use of disposable masks, gloves and other protective equipment soars, but UN agencies and partners insist that, if effective measures are put into place, the amount of plastics discarded every year can be significantly cut, or even eliminated.
Jul 30, 2020, at 05:03 am
New Delhi/IBNS: On the occasion of World Tiger Day, international animal welfare organisation, World Animal Protection is urging Indian tourists to travel responsibly and avoid visiting venues offering tiger shows and tiger selfies.
Better city-wide sanitation required to improve river water quality, says environmental body
Jul 25, 2020, at 10:57 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: While many have been pointing out the improvement in the air quality of cities during the pandemic induced lockdown, the water quality of the rivers have not shown any noticeable improvement, according to the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE).
Seismicity study of Arunachal Himalaya reveals low to moderate earthquakes at 2 crustal depths
Jul 25, 2020, at 10:04 pm
New Delhi: The exhumation and growth of the Himalaya is a continuous process that results predominantly from reverse faults in which the rocks on the lower surface of a fault plane move under relatively static rocks on the upper surface, a process called underthrusting of the Indian plate beneath its Eurasian counterpart.
Climate emergency ‘a danger to peace’, UN Security Council hears
Jul 25, 2020, at 05:53 pm
New York: The climate emergency generated by global warming, is exacerbating existing risks to international peace and security, while also creating new ones, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Friday, making the case for swift climate action on multiple fronts.
Dramatic Arctic fires and sea ice melt, show need for urgent climate action
Jul 25, 2020, at 05:47 pm
“Exceptional and prolonged” temperatures in Siberia, have left parts of the Arctic warmer than sub-tropical Florida, and fuelled “devastating” wildfires for a second consecutive year, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Friday, while warning also of rapidly decreasing sea ice along the Russian polar coast.
Nearly 28 lakh people hit by Assam flood, death toll rises to 95
Jul 24, 2020, at 10:55 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Assam flood situation turned more worse on Friday as the water levels of all major rivers in the state are rising following torrential rains and more areas being inundated by the flood waters.
New ECOSOC President outlines focus on pandemic, SDGs and climate action
Jul 24, 2020, at 03:40 pm
New York: Now is the time to implement policies and commitments to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and implement the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, the new President of one of the UN’s main bodies said on Thursday.
Assam flood situation worsens, 27 lakh people affected; toll rises to 91
Jul 23, 2020, at 06:51 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: The flood situation in Assam again worsened on Thursday as the water levels of all major rivers are increasing following incessant rains in the state and other neighbouring states in past few days.
Deforestation has slowed down but still remains a concern, new UN report reveals
Jul 22, 2020, at 03:29 pm
Although some 178 million hectares of forest has been lost worldwide over the past three decades, the rate of loss has declined substantially during this period, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Tuesday.
Assam flood affects over 25 lakh people, toll now 84
Jul 20, 2020, at 05:15 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: The flood in Assam has affected over 25 lakh people besides claiming five more lives taking the state's toll to 84.
Heavy rain likely to occur in North Coastal AP, Telangana: Meteorological Centre
Jul 18, 2020, at 07:09 pm
Hyderabad/UNI: Heavy rain is likely to occur at isolated places in North Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam during the next three days and in Telangana on Jul 19 and 20, Meteorological Centre said on Saturday.
Assam: 95 per cent of Kaziranga under floods
Jul 14, 2020, at 09:55 pm
Guwahati/UNI: Altogether 95% area of Kaziranga National Park (KNP) of Assam has been submerged by flood waters, leading the animals to cross over to the high grounds of Karbi Anglong and forcing the local administration to restrict movement of vehicles through the stretch running through the Park.
Kashmir eco-lovers campaign to focus on need to preserve springs
Jul 12, 2020, at 09:50 pm
Srinagar: Campaigning on the need to focus on preserving springs, a group of environment lovers recently participated in an awareness campaign in Seven Springs region of Kashmir.
Wildlife crime putting environment and health at risk: UN report
Jul 11, 2020, at 02:54 pm
New York: The COVID-19 pandemic shows how wildlife crime is a threat not only to the environment but to human health, according to a new UN report issued on Friday.
Parts of UK may run out of water in 20 years due to mismanagement - Parliament Report
Jul 10, 2020, at 10:46 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: Parts of the United Kingdom could be left without water in 20 years because of mismanagement of the private corporations responsible for the country’s water supply, a report from the parliament stated.
Rising global temperature shows ‘enormous challenge’ of meeting climate goal
Jul 09, 2020, at 09:12 pm
New York: Annual global temperature is likely to be at least 1°C warmer than pre-industrial levels in each of the coming five years, putting globally agreed climate change targets in jeopardy, new data from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reveals.
More evidence of causal link between air pollution and early death
Jul 08, 2020, at 09:40 am
Strengthening U.S. air quality standards for fine particulate pollution to be in compliance with current World Health Association (WHO) guidelines could save more than 140,000 lives over the course of a decade, according to a new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Jul 02, 2020, at 08:01 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Three days of sunshine has given some relief to the people of Assam as the water level of major rivers in the state is now receding.
After COVID-19 lockdown, now flood hits Assam farmers, others to live on roads
Jul 01, 2020, at 06:44 pm
Guwahati: 56-year-old Idris Ali and his family are now being forced to live on roads after the flood waters entered their home.
Flood waters submerge 65 percent areas in Kaziranga National Park, five animals die
Jun 29, 2020, at 03:21 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: The flood situation in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park – the global stronghold of one horned rhinoceros- worsened on Monday after flood waters inundated more than 65 percent areas of the world heritage site.
Assam floods hit 2.60 lakh people of 16 districts
Jun 27, 2020, at 04:33 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: The flood situation in Assam continued to deteriorate on Saturday with flood waters submerged new areas and over 2.60 lakh people of 16 districts of the state have been affected in current wave of the deluge.
UP: 32 killed by lightning strikes, thunderstorm
Jun 26, 2020, at 01:38 pm
Lucknow/UNI: At least 32 people lost their lives while over 30 were injured in Uttar Pradesh due to lightning and thunderstorm that struck the Poorvanchal region of the state last night, police said on Friday.
Extraordinary ‘megaflash’ lightening strikes cover several hundred kilometres, smashing records
Jun 26, 2020, at 09:53 am
New York/IBNS: New records for extreme lightning bursts, or ‘megaflashes’, during 2019, have been made official, more than doubling the size and duration of the previous record flashes, the UN’s weather agency, WMO, announced on Thursday.