Bellandur Lake fire: 5 lakes in Bengaluru that need attention right now

The latest fire in the Bellandur Lake should be a wake-up call for the authorities to restore the health of Bengaluru's dying waterbodies.

Feb 17, 2017

A lake on fire: Bengaluru's Bellandur lake is metaphor for govt inaction

Bellandur Lake, the largest lake in Bengaluru, is highly polluted with sewage, and foam covering the water surface easily catches fire and burns for hours.

Feb 17, 2017

Haryana government to install smog-eating towers in Gurugram and Faridabad: Report

Just like in Beijing, the Haryana government will install smog-eating towers in the NCR to fight the smoggy winters. Rampant planting of trees and reducing crop burning are also part of this move to reduce air pollution.

Feb 13, 2017

200 whales stranded in New Zealand on Saturday float themselves

Around 300 whales have already died in New Zealand's Farewell Spit due to mass strandings.

Feb 12, 2017

Kilauea fire hose lava continues to flow into ocean

Hawaiis Kilauea Volcano continues to pour lava into the Pacific Ocean. The lava flow reappeared after drying up at the end of January.

Feb 11, 2017

New Zealand beach: Another 240 pilot whales stranded at Farewell Spit as volunteers form human chain

Over the past couple of days, a total of 650 whales have stranded themselves along the Farewell Spit coastline in the Golden Bay region of New Zealand's South Island.

Feb 11, 2017

Pilot whales: 8 things you need to know about the whales notorious for strandings

About 300 pilot whales died when they were stranded on a beach in New Zealand on Friday. Desperate efforts are underway to save about 100 whales still alive

Feb 10, 2017

9,000 Uddanam residents diagnosed with kidney diseases due to groundwater poisoning. Here are four other prominent cases

India draws upto 761 billion cubic metres of freshwater every year to fulfill its agricultural, domestic and industrial needs.

Feb 10, 2017

New Zealand beach: Over 400 pilot whales stranded on Farewell Spit beach, majority reported dead

At least 416 pilot whales were washed ashore in the Golden Bay region's Farewell Spit located on the northern tip of New Zealand's South Island.

Feb 10, 2017

BBMP wants to cut 112 trees to widen Jayamahal Main Road in Bengaluru; here's how you can save the green

Citizens believe that the felling of trees is the first step towards the government's decision to build the controversial steel flyover that could result in the axing of over 800 trees.

Feb 9, 2017

A 27m-high tsunami caused world’s biggest underwater landslide 300,000 years ago

Scattered debris found near the Great Barrier Reef are the remains of a huge ancient underwater landslide stretching for 20km and measuring 8km wide.

Feb 8, 2017

Chennai oil spill: All you need to know about the environmental disaster unfolding

A collision between two cargo ships near the Kamarajar Port Ltd (KPL) led to major oil spill thereby polluting the coastline.

Feb 2, 2017

This Harry Potter sea creature attacks a cardinal fish with Patronus!

The light produced by Ostracods is either used for protecting themselves from their predators or to attract partners.

Feb 1, 2017

These marine creatures follow a bizarre sex ritual!

Male octopuses belonging to a species known as argonaut lose their limb in order to get an opportunity to mate and fertilise the eggs of the female argonaut.

Feb 1, 2017

Animation shows polar ice cap changes over a year

The European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites has produced an animation that summarises the status of sea ice concentration in the Arctic and Antarctic regions over the whole year.The group published the animation amid reports of how the ice levels at the polar caps are at a low. It cited a report stating the Arctic low ice level is due to global warming and unusual weather events while Antarctica’s low is due to a natural variability. In the animation above you can see how Arctic and Antarctic sea ice extent changed during the year.

Jan 31, 2017