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Arctic heatwave shatters Greenland, Iceland records; could hit monsoons

Environment News
Published on Jun 12, 2025 06:09 am IST
The climate-driven heat corresponded with melting of the Greenland ice sheet that was approximately 17 times higher than average for the period. (AFP file.)

Heatwave days to double by 2030 for most metros, says report on climate

An aerial view of a portion of the Amazon rainforest deforested by illegal fire on August 20, 2024. (AFP Photo)
Environment News
Updated on Jun 11, 2025 09:52 am IST

‘India is in the process of ratifying High Seas Treaty’: Jitendra Singh at UNOC

Minister of science and technology, and earth sciences Jitendra Singh addresses the plenary session of the United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3) in Nice, France, on Tuesday. (AFP)
Environment News
Updated on Jun 10, 2025 06:02 pm IST

Weather Bee: By June 3, NE states got more than 15 days worth of rain in five

An aerial view of houses along a road partially submerged in floodwater in Morigaon district of Assam on Thursday. (PTI Photo)
Environment News
Updated on Jun 06, 2025 01:53 pm IST

Scientifically Speaking: India in the age of unlivable heat

A woman covers her face with a cloth to protect herself from scorching heat on a hot summer day in New Delhi. (ANI Photo)
Environment News
Updated on Jun 05, 2025 05:01 pm IST

Ecostani: Dying, melting glaciers have served a warning. Do we care?

The Birch Glacier after its collapse in the Swiss Alps. (AFP Photo)
Environment News
Updated on Jun 02, 2025 02:07 pm IST

Weather Bee: What is the southwest monsoon?

A commuter rides a two-wheeler amid heavy rainfall in Mumbai. (PTI Photo)
Environment News
Updated on Jun 02, 2025 12:23 pm IST

COP30: ‘Focus on healing, building credibility of climate talks,’ says Brazil

COP30 president designate André Aranha Correa do Lago. (Reuters)
Environment News
Published on May 23, 2025 05:31 pm IST

India’s forest, tree cover at 25.17% due to large scale plantation works: Govt to UN

Of this, around 21.76% is forest cover whereas tree cover is around 3.41%. (File Photo)
Environment News
Updated on May 09, 2025 11:39 am IST

Ganga basin records lowest snow persistence in 23 years: Report

Snow cover persistence anomaly during November 2024-March 2025 in the Ganga basin.
Environment News
Published on Apr 21, 2025 09:35 am IST

A new way to recycle plastic is here

Reducing the use of single-use plastics can create a safer environment. (File photo.)(AFP)
Environment News
Published on Apr 17, 2025 12:29 pm IST

Electric vehicles also cause air pollution

Employees work on an electric vehicle (EV) production line in eastern China's Zhejiang province on September 18, 2024. (Photo by Adek BERRY / AFP)(AFP)
Environment News
Published on Apr 14, 2025 09:11 am IST

Weather Bee: Western disturbances decreased India’s snow pack deficit in March

A sheet of snow over the Sissu Lake in Lahaul-Spiti. (ANI Photo)
Environment News
Updated on Apr 11, 2025 03:12 pm IST

Temperatures likely to rise by 2-3 degrees Celsius over NW India in next 2 days: IMD

People protect themselves from the heat in Mumbai. (PTI Photo)
Environment News
Published on Mar 24, 2025 03:42 pm IST

Weather Bee: Usual March weather for India on average, not for individual places

Tourists shield themselves from the blistering sun at Red Fort in New Delhi on March 20. (ANI Photo)
Environment News
Updated on Mar 21, 2025 04:47 pm IST

Greenpeace Ordered to Pay Hundreds of Millions in Oil Pipeline Suit

Greenpeace Ordered to Pay Hundreds of Millions in Oil Pipeline Suit
Environment News
Updated on Mar 20, 2025 09:41 am IST

PM2.5 monitoring: 214 out of 406 cities meet standard, says MoEFCC in Lok Sabha

A truck-mounted sprinkler sprays tiny droplets of water to counter air pollution in Delhi. (ANI Photo)
Environment News
Updated on Mar 17, 2025 02:09 pm IST

Weather Bee: How early is the 40°C breach this year in India?

A woman shields herself from the sun as a child eats an ice-cream to beat the heat in Mumbai. (PTI Photo)
Environment News
Published on Mar 13, 2025 02:49 pm IST

Cause and Effect: Importance of the humble straw in the fight against pollution

US President Donald Trump on February 7 criticised paper straws, vowing
Environment News
Updated on Mar 10, 2025 12:02 pm IST

Weather Bee: Is this an unusually short La Nina?

The length of the ongoing La Nina is indeed somewhat unusual. (AP Photo)
Environment News
Updated on Mar 07, 2025 05:12 pm IST

New features on Parivesh 2.0 to help fast-track forest clearances

Representational image.
Environment News
Updated on Feb 27, 2025 01:17 pm IST

Ecostani: Link between rise in wildfires and atmospheric convection

Fire burns among vegetation following the spread of wildfires near Lautaro, Chile on February 9. (REUTERS)
Environment News
Updated on Feb 24, 2025 03:26 pm IST

India's northern snow pack at yet another record low this snow cycle

Kashmir, India - January. 12, 2025: A man and woman walk on snow covered rice field at Gund some 70 kilometers from Srinagar,on, 12 January 2025.(Photo By Waseem Andrabi /Hindustan Times)--
Environment News
Published on Feb 22, 2025 12:49 pm IST

Weather Bee | How long before long-term warming breaches 1.5°C threshold?

The Paris Agreement goal is tied to long-term warming because individual years can breach the 1.5°C threshold because of short-term factors. (AP)
Environment News
Published on Feb 13, 2025 08:05 pm IST

Weather Bee | January 2025 all set to be the warmest January month on record

A couple take a walk at sunrise near the icy Oak Street Beach along the shore of Lake Michigan Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Chicago (AP/Kiichiro Sato)
Environment News
Updated on Feb 01, 2025 06:35 pm IST

Looming tragedy: Sikkim lake was unstable for years, new study finds

A sudden cloud burst over Lhonak Lake in North Sikkim resulted in a flash flood in the Teesta River in the Lachen valley in October 2023. (PTI File Photo)
Environment News
Updated on Jan 31, 2025 02:35 pm IST

Weather Bee | Why have the LA fires attracted attention?

A fire fighting helicopter drops water as the Palisades fire grows near the Mandeville Canyon neighborhood and Encino, California, on January 11, 2025. The Palisades Fire, the largest of the Los Angeles fires, spread toward previously untouched neighborhoods January 11, forcing new evacuations and dimming hopes that the disaster was coming under control. Across the city, at least 16 people have died as multiple fires have ripped through residential areas since January 7, razing thousands of homes in destruction that US President Joe Biden likened to a
Environment News
Published on Jan 25, 2025 08:14 pm IST

Weather Bee | Why is the global temperature high despite La Nina's arrival?

Snow covers a rock as drifting broken sea ice, floats on the surface, off the extreme western point of Replot Island, in Kvarken archipelago, near Bjorkoby, in the northern part of the Baltic Sea on January 15, 2025. Due to a mild winter and temperatures above zero degrees centigrade, the open sea has not frozen. (Photo by Olivier MORIN / AFP)(AFP)
Environment News
Published on Jan 17, 2025 08:17 pm IST

How to make sense of 2024’s wild temperatures

Temperatures passed 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit) in northern India as an unrelenting heatwave triggered warnings of water shortages and heatstroke. 2024 is confirmed by the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) to be the warmest year on record globally, and the first calendar year that the average global temperature exceeded 1.5°C above its pre-industrial level. (AFP)(HT_PRINT)
Environment News
Published on Jan 17, 2025 08:00 am IST

2024 was warmest year on record, should be wake up call, say scientists

Human-induced climate change remained the primary driver of extreme air and sea surface temperatures. (Getty Images via AFP/Representative)
Environment News
Published on Jan 10, 2025 09:12 am IST
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