Environment

Tips for summer: How to keep your neighbourhood animals cool and refreshed

With summer already here, stray and wild animals are finding it difficult to find water and shelter from the blazing sun; here's how you can help these animals this summer.

Apr 3, 2017

Gomukh, terminus of the Gangotri glacier. The Bhagirathi peaks rise in the background.

Uttarakhand HC declares Gangotri and Yamunotri glaciers as living entities

Glaciers, rivers, streams, rivulets, lakes, air, meadows, dales, jungles, forests wetlands, grasslands, springs and waterfalls will now be treated as living entities.

Apr 1, 2017

Trees are polluters too: Tree trunks release methane into the atmosphere

Forests are generally thought to absorb methane rather than emit it, but research in Maryland, US, has shown that tree trunks are slowly releasing the potent greenhouse gas into the environment.

Mar 31, 2017

Vladimir Putin: Climate change in Arctic beneficial for economy

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke about the benefits of climate change at an Arctic Forum in the northern Russian city of Arkhangelsk. Ignoring the negative impact of global warming on planet and people, Putin praised the fact that thinning Artic sea ice opened up the region as a commercial shipping route.

Mar 31, 2017

Here are nine ways climate change is destroying the planet

The effects of climate change are already noticeable in our lives today. Here are nine ways global warming is causing the pole caps to melt, carbon dioxide levels to rise and the increase of extreme weather events.

Mar 30, 2017

cobra, snake, thirsty, karnataka, India, drought,

Thirsty King Cobra saved after drought-hit villagers offer it a bottle of water! [VIDEO]

Many animals are getting affected by the water scarcity that prevails in this area.

Mar 30, 2017

Massive 6.6 magnitude earthquake hits Russia

The earthquake, which was originally recorded at a magnitude of 7.0, struck 33 km deep off the coast in the Bering Sea.

Mar 29, 2017

Donald Trump signs executive order to roll back Barack Obama's climate change policies

The executive order directs the EPA to begin a formal "review" to roll back Obama's Clean Power Plan, under which states were mandated to reduce carbon emissions from power plants.

Mar 29, 2017

Cyclone Debbie batters coastal areas in Australia

Towns along the Queensland coast in Australia have been hit hard as Cyclone Debbie made landfall between Airlie Beach and Bowen at around 2am GMT on Tuesday (March 28). The Insurance Council of Australia has declared the cyclone a catastrophe as powerful gale-force winds and flooding prompted authorities to evacuate around 30,000 people.

Mar 28, 2017

Prev 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 Next

Environment

Tips for summer: How to keep your neighbourhood animals cool and refreshed

Uttarakhand HC declares Gangotri and Yamunotri glaciers as living entities

Trees are polluters too: Tree trunks release methane into the atmosphere

Vladimir Putin: Climate change in Arctic beneficial for economy

Here are nine ways climate change is destroying the planet

Thirsty King Cobra saved after drought-hit villagers offer it a bottle of water! [VIDEO]

Massive 6.6 magnitude earthquake hits Russia

Donald Trump signs executive order to roll back Barack Obama's climate change policies

Cyclone Debbie batters coastal areas in Australia

UP meat sellers' strike: Is CM Yogi Adityanath claiming credit for executing 2015 NGT order?

International Cloud Atlas officially recognises wave-like asperitas and 11 more clouds! [VIDEO]

UP meat-sellers' strike: Crackdown on illegal, mechanised abattoirs affects livelihood of over 25 lakh people

This bizarre 'two-headed creature' has stunned the internet! [VIDEO]

Can a river flow uphill? If it's in Antarctica, it looks like it certainly can!

Keystone XL Pipeline: Trump approves controversial US-Canada oil pipeline rejected by Obama in 2015

Time for India to follow suit? France, Germany, Netherlands, US banned use of EVMs [here's why]

Dhanush's Captain Miller has no buyers in Telugu states? Here's why

Deepika Padukone is a sight to behold in velvet gown; attends Academy Museum Gala with Selena Gomez, Dua Lip [see pics]