New report on the impact of plastic on migratory waterbirds presented to governments at AEWA MOP7
Dec 08, 2018, at 09:53 pm
Durban, Dec 8 (IBNS): Plastic seems to be on everyone’s lips these days, and we certainly don’t mean single-use straws. Global production of plastic has increased to more than 300 million tons a year, and some staggering 13 m tons of it ends up in the ocean.
NASA InSight Lander 'hears' Martian winds
Dec 08, 2018, at 05:19 pm
NASA's Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) lander, which touched down on Mars just 10 days ago, has provided the first ever "sounds" of Martian winds on the Red Planet. A media teleconference about these sounds will be held today at 12:30 p.m. EST (9:30 a.m. PST).
COP24: Huge untapped potential in greener construction, says UN environment agency
Dec 08, 2018, at 06:52 am
New York, Dec 8 (IBNS): Noting some progress in greening the global construction industry, the United Nations environment agency (UNEP) co-released a report on Friday at the COP24 climate conference in Katowice, Poland, sounding the alarm on the need for “dramatic action” to reduce the sector’s greenhouse gas emissions.
Dec 07, 2018, at 04:41 pm
New Delhi, Dec 7 (IBNS): Vice President of India M. Venkaiah Naidu has said that the young doctors to bear in mind the need to uphold ethics and treat every patient with compassion and empathy, irrespective of his or her financial background.
Dec 07, 2018, at 12:20 pm
Sedro Woolley, WA, USA: State, federal, and partner biologists released six fishers this week in the Skagit River watershed of Ross Lake National Recreation Area, a unit of the North Cascades National Park Service Complex, as part of an effort to restore the species to Washington State of USA.
Taking fast road to ‘e-mobility’ central to a sustainable future: COP24
Dec 07, 2018, at 09:56 am
New York, Dec 7 (IBNS): As the transportation sector continues to be a major culprit in the global rise in temperatures, the urgent need for clean solutions – in particular, powered by electricity or “e-mobility” – is being highlighted at the two-week United Nations climate change conference ‘COP24’ in Katowice, Poland.
Greenland ice sheet melt 'off the charts' compared with past four centuries: Study
Dec 07, 2018, at 09:26 am
Washington, Dec 7 (IBNS): Surface melting across Greenland’s mile-thick ice sheet began increasing in the mid-19th century and then ramped up dramatically during the 20th and early 21st centuries, showing no signs of abating, according to new research published Dec. 5, 2018, in the journal Nature.
Tunisia coastline in need of climate cash boost
Dec 06, 2018, at 02:17 pm
New York, Dec 6 (IBNS): Efforts to mobilize the cash needed to ensure that climate change does not lead to the irreversible damage of Tunisia’s coastline are being undertaken by the North African country’s government, with the support of the UN Development Programme (UNDP).
Air pollution bigger killer than smoking: Study
Dec 06, 2018, at 01:44 pm
New Delhi, Dec 6 (IBNS): Air pollution in India makes more people ill than smoking, The India Express, citing The Lancet Planetary Health estimate on deaths, disease burden, and life expectancy reduction associated with air pollution, said.
Soil pollution ‘jeopardizing’ life on Earth, UN agency warns on World Day
Dec 06, 2018, at 01:37 pm
New York, Dec 6 (IBNS): Soil is a “treasure beneath our feet,” essential to human lives and well-being, a senior United Nations official has highlighted, warning, however, that this invaluable resource is under constant threat from the little-understood phenomenon of soil pollution.
COP24: A million lives could be saved by 2050 through climate action, UN health agency reveals
Dec 06, 2018, at 01:32 pm
New York, Dec 6 (IBNS): Taking bold climate action now, could help save a million lives and a lot of money by the middle of the century, said the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday, launching a special report as part of the ongoing COP24 climate conference in Katowice, Poland.
Teens should be routinely screened for depression: Study
Dec 05, 2018, at 05:09 pm
New York, Dec 5 (IBNS): When you take your 15-year-old son for a physical exam, the pediatrician goes through a standard procedure – checks his weight, measures his height, takes his blood pressure. But typically, he will not be asked about his mood or whether he ever wants to hurt himself.
Single workout can boost metabolism for days : Study
Dec 05, 2018, at 04:58 pm
New York, Dec 5 (IBNS): Lounging around all weekend may weigh heavy on the minds of the health conscious.
India’s heaviest communication satellite GSAT-11 launched successfully from French Guiana
Dec 05, 2018, at 04:18 pm
New Delhi, Dec 5 (IBNS): Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) heaviest and most-advanced high throughput communication satellite GSAT-11 was successfully launched from the Spaceport in French Guiana during the early hours on Wednesday.
A change in marital status affects the number of daily steps: Study
Dec 05, 2018, at 04:14 pm
London, Dec 5 (IBNS): According to a recent study, changes in relationships have links to physical activity.
India's heaviest satellite launched, Narendra Modi congratulates scientists
Dec 05, 2018, at 10:16 am
New Delhi, Dec 5 (IBNS): In a major achievement, India’s heaviest satellite GSAT 11, weighing 5,854 kg, was launched from Kourou space centre in French Guiana by European commercial launch provider Arianespace on Wednesday.
Assembly President launches new initiative to purge plastics and purify oceans
Dec 05, 2018, at 09:15 am
New York, Dec 5 (IBNS): The President of the UN General Assembly launched a new global call to action on Tuesday, to help end the scourge of plastic pollution in the ocean.
Dec 05, 2018, at 09:01 am
New York, Dec 5 (IBNS): With thousands gathered in Katowice, Poland, for the ‘COP24’ meeting to chart the way forward for climate action, United Nations chief António Guterres presented his longer-term vision on Tuesday for the 2019 Climate Change Summit.
Wild elephant herd kill four people in Assam’s West Karbi Anglong district
Dec 04, 2018, at 07:01 pm
Guwahati, Dec 4 (IBNS): The man-elephant conflict has reached alarming proportions in Assam.
Climate risk Index shows increased impacts of tropical cyclones: Study
Dec 04, 2018, at 06:49 pm
New York, Dec 4 (IBNS): Tropical cyclones have heavy impacts on an increasing number of countries. In 2017, the hurricane season in the Caribbean Sea was particularly strong and left several islands destroyed.
NASA's OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft arrives at Asteroid Bennu
Dec 04, 2018, at 05:37 pm
Washington, Dec 4 (IBNS): NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft completed its 1.2 billion-mile (2 billion-kilometer) journey to arrive at the asteroid Bennu Monday.
UN launches Facebook Messenger-powered bot to take on climate change
Dec 04, 2018, at 09:15 am
New York, Dec 4 (IBNS): As world leaders and decision-makers get to work on mitigating climate change at the COP24 conference in Katowice, Poland, renowned broadcaster and natural historian Sir David Attenborough launched a new UN campaign to give individuals their say on the key global issue, via social media.
UN agriculture chief urges ‘transformative changes’ to how we eat
Dec 04, 2018, at 09:07 am
New York, Dec 4 (IBNS): Obesity affects millions of people, and several billion suffer from diseases caused by vitamin- or mineral-deficient diets, known as micronutrient deficiencies, according to the UN agriculture chief, who called on Monday for “transformative changes” to our food systems.
LHC prepares for new achievements
Dec 03, 2018, at 05:55 pm
Geneva, Dec 3 (IBNS): Early this morning, operators of the CERN Control Centre turned off the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), ending the very successful second run of the world’s most powerful particle accelerator. CERN’s accelerator complex will be stopped for about two years to enable major upgrade and renovation works.
COP24: green, gender focus, as UN's crucial climate change conference gets underway
Dec 03, 2018, at 08:55 am
New York, Dec 3 (IBNS): COP24, the two-week 24th conference of the parties of the United Nations Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC), started on Sunday in Katowice, Poland, with a special focus on carbon neutrality and gender equality.
Bigger brains are smarter, but not by much: Study
Dec 02, 2018, at 06:00 pm
New York, Dec 2 (IBNS): The English idiom “highbrow,” derived from a physical description of a skull barely able to contain the brain inside of it, comes from a long-held belief in the existence of a link between brain size and intelligence.
Security forces arrest a poacher in Assam’s Baksa district
Dec 01, 2018, at 12:57 pm
Guwahati, Dec 1 (IBNS) : Security forces on Saturday arrested a poacher in Assam’s Baksa district.
World response to AIDS epidemic at a ‘critical juncture’
Dec 01, 2018, at 07:58 am
New York, Dec 1 (IBNS): Thirty years after the first World AIDS Day, the HIV response stands at a crossroads, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said, marking this year’s commemorations.
G20 told crucial COP24 climate change conference 'must succeeed': Guterres
Dec 01, 2018, at 07:50 am
New York, Dec 1 (IBNS): During press briefings at the beginning of the G20 meeting of industrialized nations in Buenos Aires, UN Secretary António Guterres described the event as an essential forum, citing a lack of confidence and high level of confrontation within the international community.
Has World Water Council become hostage to Water mafia?
Nov 30, 2018, at 08:26 pm
Marseille, France, 29 November: Set up in 1996 after a proposal to this effect at the United Nations' International Conference on Environment and Development in Dublin in 1992, the World Water Council is in the eye of a storm. With accusations from its very own members of succumbing to the greed of water mafia, the world’s apex body on water is of late mired in controversies.