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Gender assumptions have harmful impact on climate adaption and resilience

Published on Mar 05, 2021 04:46 pm IST

She said the four most common and interlinked assumptions found are: women are innately caring and connected to the environment; women are a homogenous and vulnerable group; gender equality is a women's issue and; gender equality is a numbers game.(Unsplash)

Pilibhit tiger reserve’s approach reducing deadly conflict: Officials

T1C2, female cub of Avni, now a sub-adult tigress, aged two-and-a-half years, has been kept in captivity in a 4.5-hectare (ha) area in Pench Tiger Reserve since December 22, 2018.(Maharashtra Forest Department.)

Published on Mar 04, 2021 02:45 pm IST

Scientists warn of rebound after record 7% fall in global emissions

On Tuesday, the International Energy Agency said global CO2 emissions dropped by 5.8% in 2020.(Unsplash)

Published on Mar 04, 2021 09:15 am IST

Animals fake death for long periods to escape predators: Study

The study was published today in the science journal Biology Letters.(Pixabay)

Published on Mar 03, 2021 01:02 pm IST

Climate crisis transformed Indian summer; the worst, say experts, is yet to come

Representational image. (AFP)

Updated on Mar 03, 2021 04:19 pm IST

Global energy-related emissions rise in December despite pandemic shutdowns

Scientists have previously calculated that CO2 emissions fell by 7% during the full year 2020 as people stayed at home because of the pandemic.(File photo for representation)

Published on Mar 02, 2021 03:08 pm IST

Mumbai: Raw sewage dumping in Bhandup salt lakes, environmentalist seeks action

The environmentalist has submitted pictures and videos with location coordinates as evidence of illegal dumping. (Sourced Photo )

Updated on Mar 02, 2021 11:31 am IST

Study: Sharp rise in extreme weather events in last 50 yrs

“The steep rise in extreme weather events in recent decades is mainly because of climate change,” said M Rajeevan, secretary, ministry of earth sciences and co-author.(ANI file photo. Representative image)

Published on Mar 02, 2021 04:14 am IST

Ridge body to discuss Metro and RRTS projects on March 5

“The agenda for the discussion of around 14 projects have been pending for over a year. That will be the priority in this meeting,” said a senior forest department official.(Sakib Ali/HT file photo. Representative image)

Published on Mar 02, 2021 03:59 am IST

Australian state bans plastic drinking straws and stirrers

The new law bans the sale, supply and distribution of a range of single-use items in South Australia, Environment Minister David Speirs said.(Unsplash)

Published on Mar 01, 2021 06:28 pm IST

In 2019, 50,000 environment-related cases remained pending in courts

CSE said the courts are stretched and they managed to dispose of only 86 cases (environment and pollution-related) on an average every day in 2019.(Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Published on Mar 01, 2021 06:46 am IST

Don’t ignore climate change in North India

In our intensely polluted, heart-and-lung-disease causing air, large swathes of Indians qualify as potential victims.(Arvind Yadav/HT file photo)

Published on Mar 01, 2021 05:19 am IST

Rain, thunderstorm likely over J&K, Uttarakhand, Himachal in next 24 hours

A Kashmiri boy walks homeward after attending private classes, after a brief spell of fresh snowfall in the outskirts of Srinagar on Saturday.(AP)

Published on Feb 28, 2021 09:08 am IST

Weather experts weigh in on why spring gave Delhi a miss

Delhi’s maximum temperature didn’t touch 30 degree C in 2020, 2019, 2015, 2014 and 2013 in February.(Arvind Yadav/HT Photo)

Published on Feb 28, 2021 04:53 am IST

Study finds maternal instincts lead to social life of bees

The researchers have found that a similar genetic evolution happened independently in different species at different times, suggesting there is a unifying principle leading to the same social trait.(Unsplash)

Published on Feb 27, 2021 06:39 pm IST

Study suggests improving water quality could help conserve insectivorous birds

A widespread decline in abundance of emergent insects - whose immature stages develop in lakes and streams while the adults live on the land - can help to explain the alarming decline in abundance and diversity of aerial insectivorous birds across the USA. (Representational Image)(Pixabay)

Published on Feb 27, 2021 01:14 pm IST

Disaster in the Himalayas: how a rare February landslide left more than 200 dead

Scientists are still studying the details of exactly what happened, but said heavy snowfall followed by bright sunshine led to snow-melt in the area.(Reuters)

Updated on Feb 26, 2021 07:06 pm IST

Dinosaur 'teenage terrors' crowded out the competition

Tyrannosaurus rex(Unsplash)

Updated on Feb 26, 2021 01:26 pm IST

Water crisis looms as Nangal channel gears up for repairs

Testing of tap water was conducted to check Organoleptic and physical parameters and know the chemical and toxic substances and bacteriological quality besides virological and biological parameters.(Pramod Thakur/HT File Photo)

Updated on Feb 26, 2021 05:38 am IST

Wild boars resurface in Kashmir valley after almost 30 years

Conservationists and officials conclude that the population of the wild boars has increased based on the increased sightings of the wild animal in central and north Kashmir since 2018.(Image via Twitter)

Published on Feb 25, 2021 08:21 pm IST

Fire, drought, beetles ravage German forests, study finds

Germans, who pride themselves on their environmental awareness and whose culture and history are steeped in woodland legend, are concerned about the state of forests, which cover 11.4 million hectares, a third of the country's area. (Representational Image) (Pixabay)

Published on Feb 25, 2021 11:37 am IST

45 kg ivory seized in Mayurbhanj district of Odisha, 2 poachers arrested

Forest officials are investigating to establish the source of these ivories.

Published on Feb 25, 2021 10:35 am IST

Changes in tiger habitat disrupting evolutionary processes, says study

A team of researchers from Stanford University, the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) in Bengaluru, various zoological parks and wildlife NGOs sequenced 65 genomes from four of the surviving tiger subspecies — the Amur; Bengal; Sumatran and Malayan tigers over three years to gain insights into genomic variation in tigers. (Representative Image)(HT photo)

Published on Feb 24, 2021 02:27 am IST

Bare Necessities: Book shows how to lead sustainable lifestyle in India

Bare Necessities: How to Live a Zero Waste Life(Instagram)

Published on Feb 22, 2021 06:46 pm IST

Gas traders pleaded for cash as Texas cold upended their market

A petrol pump employee pours petrol into a vehicle at a fuel station in Mumbai.(PTI Photo)

Published on Feb 21, 2021 11:04 pm IST

Drones to monitor the health of Odisha elephants after 6 died of disease

Elephants in Karlapat wildlife sanctuary of Kalahandi district have succumbed to haemorrhagic septicaemia.(HT archive)

Published on Feb 18, 2021 02:51 pm IST

Greece blanketed by heaviest snowfall in 12 years

Panagiotis Economou shovels snow from the entrance of his property during heavy snowfall, in the village of Kapandriti, Greece, February 15, 2021. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis(REUTERS)

Published on Feb 15, 2021 10:09 pm IST

Covid-19 stimulus packages provide little money for environment: Report

Seventeen nations improved their GSI scores, while four fell in the ranking.(File Photo. Representative image)

Published on Feb 13, 2021 11:40 am IST

India on track to meet its climate change mitigation commitments: Jaishankar

Addressing the World Sustainable Development Summit on Wednesday, Jaishankar said India currently had the fastest-growing solar energy programme in the world.(Unsplash)

Published on Feb 12, 2021 05:59 pm IST

Global spending on green economic stimulus slowly tracking upwards: Study

Of a total of $14.9 trillion in stimulus spending announced globally since the pandemic began, so far $1.8 trillion is being used to mitigate the impact of polluting sectors such as energy, transport, industry, farming and waste. (Pixabay)

Published on Feb 12, 2021 04:32 pm IST

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