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Earth Hour: Lights out for an hour to save energy. Here's all you need to know

Updated on Mar 27, 2021 11:35 am IST

Lights at India Gate in New Delhi turned off to observe Earth Hour in 2019.(ANI Photo)

Deadly heat waves will become more common in South Asia, say scientists

Several other parts of northwest India also continued to record severe heat wave conditions on Wednesday.(Rahul Raut/HT PHOTO)

Published on Mar 25, 2021 01:05 pm IST

World Water Day: 5 ways you can conserve water at home and make a big difference

World Water Day(Pexels)

Updated on Mar 22, 2021 10:19 am IST

World Water Day 2021: Theme, history and how the day will be celebrated

The theme of World Water Day 2021 is “Valuing Water” and has been chosen to highlight the value of water in our daily lives.(AFP)

Updated on Mar 22, 2021 09:13 am IST

World Water Day: PM Modi to launch Jal Shakti Abhiyan on March 22

During the virtual launch of the campaign, a Memorandum of Agreement will be signed.(File photo)

Published on Mar 21, 2021 03:02 pm IST

International Day of Forests 2021: Significance, theme of the day

According to UN, forests have more than 60,000 tree species and are also home to about 80 per cent of the world’s terrestrial biodiversity.

Published on Mar 21, 2021 08:41 am IST

Scale up climate crisis finance commitments: Sitharaman to advanced economies

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman participated in a virtual session organized by the Coalition of Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) in New Delhi. (ANI Photo)

Updated on Mar 20, 2021 03:11 am IST

Four tigers missing for a year from Ranthambore Tiger Reserve

Representational Image.

Updated on Mar 19, 2021 11:08 am IST

India’s umbrella environment law idea triggers renewed concerns

Last year, the environment ministry received over 1.7 million objections, comments and suggestions to the draft environment impact assessment notification 2020, which faced widespread opposition because it has a detailed protocol for appraisal of projects that had started operating without approval. (Representational image/AFP)

Updated on Mar 18, 2021 01:15 pm IST

Not all deadwood: Furniture fashioned from Hong Kong tree waste

Worker processes a wood slice at the HK TimberBank factory in Hong Kong. (Reuters)

Updated on Mar 17, 2021 04:19 pm IST

Air panel won’t resume ‘for now’, CPCB is in focus

The ordinance on the pollution commission lapsed on March 12, five months after being launched. (Sanchit Khanna/HT PHOTO)

Published on Mar 17, 2021 08:45 am IST

22 of 30 most polluted cities in India: Report

The problem of air pollution in India is largely focused around the national capital, Delhi, high concentrations of PM 2.5 (ultrafine particulate matter with diameter less than 2.5 micrometres) are recorded in the entire Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP) , especially during the winter season.( Biplov Bhuyan/ Hindustan Times)

Published on Mar 17, 2021 02:43 am IST

Single law mooted to replace air, water, environment acts

Water pollution during an immersion ceremony seen in this file picture at Yamuna river bank near ISBT in New Delhi. ( Arvind Yadav/ Hindustan Times)

Updated on Mar 17, 2021 08:57 am IST

Invest $131 trillion in clean energy by 2050 to hit climate goals: Study

Renewable power capacity will have to expand more than ten-fold by mid-century, accompanied by a 30-fold increase in the electrification of transport, the report found. (Representative Image)(Unsplash)

Published on Mar 16, 2021 12:41 pm IST

India, UK to host global meet on disaster risk, resilience this week

In addition to the pandemic, the world faced massive natural disasters, including cyclones like Amphan and floods. (HT archive)

Updated on Mar 16, 2021 05:30 pm IST

New study generates methods on conservation of tropical forest ungulates

The scientific monograph titled 'Spatial Dynamics and Ecology of Large Ungulate Populations in Tropical Forests of India' has been published by 'Springer Nature', a research publisher.(Pixabay)

Published on Mar 15, 2021 11:13 pm IST

Oil in ocean photooxides within hours to days, finds new study

The findings demonstrates that under realistic environmental conditions, oil drifting in the ocean after the DWH oil spill photo-oxidised into persistent compounds within hours to days, instead over long periods of time as was thought during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.(Unsplash)

Published on Mar 15, 2021 03:44 pm IST

Centre lays down plan to phase out single-use plastics by 2022

Representational Image. (File photo)

Updated on Mar 15, 2021 01:34 pm IST

Study: Birds learn to avoid flashy, hard-to-catch butterflies and its lookalikes

The research provides some of the strongest evidence to date for the idea of evasive mimicry, a strategy in which animals protect themselves from predators by matching the colors or patterns of agile relatives.(Pixabay)

Published on Mar 13, 2021 02:50 pm IST

Malala Yousafzai says educate girls to fight climate change

Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafza speaks during a news conference following her address at the United Nations General Assembly.(REUTERS)

Published on Mar 13, 2021 11:45 am IST

Power minister calls for joint approach at global level to fight global warming

New Delhi: Power Minister RK Singh during the ongoing Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist)(PTI02_09_2021_000207B)(PTI)

Published on Mar 13, 2021 11:04 am IST

Does smoking cannabis fuel the climate crisis?

That's the finding of researchers at Colorado State University who say booming indoor marijuana production in the United States is a major and growing source of greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming.(Unsplash)

Published on Mar 10, 2021 11:57 am IST

Study says summers in northern hemisphere could last for half a year by 2100

An Indian man carries a container of water on his head as he walks in a dry pond in a hot afternoon on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar in this file picture from 2014. (Arabinda Mahapatra/ Hindustan Times Archive)

Updated on Mar 09, 2021 02:53 pm IST

Talks start between 30 nations to protect Indian Ocean's depleting tuna

A fisherman carries a tuna fish from his catch at a harbour.(Reuters)

Published on Mar 09, 2021 10:59 am IST

India's first forest healing centre inaugurated in Uttrakand's Ranikhet

Chief Conservator of Forest (Research), Sanjiv Chaturvedi, said, ''It draws inspiration from Japanese technique of forest bathing (shinrin-yoku) and ancient Indian traditions and that basic theme is, be silent, go slow, think less and feel more.

Published on Mar 08, 2021 06:20 pm IST

Temperatures in Arctic Ocean much warmer than average during February

Floating ice is seen during the expedition of the The Greenpeace's Arctic Sunrise ship at the Arctic Ocean,(Reuters)

Published on Mar 08, 2021 06:17 pm IST

Feminist perspective needed in environmental studies to combat climate crisis

Published on Mar 08, 2021 05:03 pm IST

Two-thirds of tropical rainforests destroyed or degraded globally: Data

The Daintree Rainforest is a tropical rainforest region on the north east coast of Queensland, Australia. (Shutterstock)

Published on Mar 08, 2021 02:51 pm IST

Meet the woman of the wild

Ratna Singh (Sourced photo)

Published on Mar 07, 2021 07:45 pm IST

Study uncovers association of greenhouse gas emissions with dietary guidelines

The variations result from differences in recommendations for and consumptions of individual foods within the six main food groups - protein foods, dairy, grains, fruits, vegetables, and oils/fats.(Pixabay)

Published on Mar 07, 2021 01:32 pm IST

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