Flash flood alert: Landslide in China creates new lake that could overflow into Arunachal Pradesh

The landslide happened near a village in Menling County, Tibet and this led water in the newly-formed lake to rise to 131 feet by Thursday, October 18.

20 hours ago

Govt aims to cut stubble burning in Punjab, Haryana by 70 percent as air pollution chokes Delhi

As pollution levels climbed to 12 times the recommended limit last year, India introduced some measures aimed at curbing crop burning.

3 days ago

Delhi rolls out emergency pollution plan as the city gears up for winter

Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) goes into effect today and will be in place till March 15, 2019, right through Delhi's winter months.

4 days ago

Delhi's air is getting worse - one point away from being classified 'very poor': Report

The AQI on Friday was at 154 and it nearly doubled in a day. This is expected to get even worse in the coming months.

6 days ago

Mount Etna: Active volcano in Italy could collapse any moment into the sea, triggering tsunamis

The south-eastern flank of the volcano is moving both above ground as well as its portion under the water.

8 days ago

NASA wants to contain Yellowstone supervolcano that can end the world in one eruption

A full-scale eruption from the Yellowstone supervolcano has the potential to plunge the entire planet in a nuclear winter-like situation, wiping out humanity.

10 days ago

Delhi air pollution: Govt begins drive to seize and scrap old vehicles

In addition to the 30 vehicles in use by the transport department in Delhi that checks vehicles across the city, 27 new SUVs equipped with GPS trackers and tablets for spot fines have also been added for the latest drive against air pollution.

11 days ago

India to face deadly annual heat wave if Paris Accords are not met, reveals IPCC report

The world has already warmed up by one degree and the 1.5 degree target is likely to be breached by 2030, say scientists.

11 days ago

China takes lead as the world prepares to install more than 1 trillion watts of clean, renewable energy by 2023

Regardless of renewable energy expanding its global power yield to 30 percent by 2023, increasing coal generation in Asia implies that fossil fuel will remain the most significant source of energy in the world.

11 days ago

Delhi, Kolkata average temperature spiked by one degree in one century: IPCC Report

As per a recent study published in the Nature Climate Change, the journal reviewed economies of over 200 countries in which it concluded that India would be worst affected by climate change.

11 days ago

Climate change if not controlled by 2030 will inevitably bring floods, extreme weather and kill coral reefs: IPCC

Coral reefs will be radically affected, with somewhere in the range of 70 and 90 percent anticipated to vanish, which also includes Australia's Great Barrier Reef.

11 days ago

Nasa says Arctic ice at 2018 minimum; sixth lowest on record

This year's Arctic minimum was reached late last month, between 19 and 23 September. The ice dropped to a minimum of 4.59 million square km over the north pole.

12 days ago

Indonesia earthquake: Death toll climbs to 1,234; over 2 million affected

The twin disasters on Friday left the coastal city of Palu and the adjoining areas in ruins. Authorities said tens of thousands of people were growing increasingly desperate for food, fuel and water.

17 days ago

Banned chemicals in the sea causing a mass death of killer whales after nearly 50 years

Out of the 19 groups of orcas studied, 10 of them were designated as at a "high risk of collapse" over the coming century because of PCB exposure alone.

19 days ago

Indonesia earthquake: Tsunami warning issued after powerful 7.7-magnitude quake

A 7.7-magnitude quake struck off the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on Friday, prompting a tsunami alert.

21 days ago