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Choke on the new normal: India’s air pollution not just a winter problem

environment
Updated on Jun 15, 2018 09:49 am IST
Delhi engulfed in haze on Thursday.(HT/Sanchit Khanna)

This Mexican turtle declared as the newest species, but it is also endangered

An endangered species of turtle (pic for representation purpose only)(Shutterstock)
environment
Published on Jun 13, 2018 04:28 pm IST

India plans to use satellites to monitor air pollution

In this photograph taken on May 31, 2018, smoke rises from chimneys in an industrial area in Kanpur.(AFP File Photo)
environment
Updated on Jun 13, 2018 08:35 am IST

Watch: Orangutan tries to fight off bulldozer destroying his ‘home’

Orangutan tries to fight off bulldozer to save its forest (Facebook)
environment
Updated on Jun 08, 2018 06:33 pm IST

Smaller cities better at waste management than bigger ones like Delhi

A man takes a selfie in front of a heap of garbage on the shores of the Arabian Sea in Mumbai.(AP FILE PHOTO)
environment
Updated on Jun 08, 2018 01:17 pm IST

Noise in seas to double every 10 years, hit marine life: Study

Apart from Navy ships and vessels deployed for security purposes, seaborne trade, including regular export-import goods, dry cargo, petroleum products, gas load, and crude oil, has increased from 5,000 million tonnes (mt) in 1970 to 20,000 mt in 2014.(HT File Photo)
environment
Updated on Jun 08, 2018 07:23 am IST

World Environment Day 2018: India can eliminate single-use plastic by 2022, says Harsh Vardhan

Union environment and forest minister Harsh Vardhan(Sunil Ghosh / Hindustan Times)
environment
Updated on Jun 05, 2018 10:49 pm IST

Sadhguru: Human ambition isn’t the only cause accelerating environment degradation

The yogi, mystic, author and founder of Isha Foundation, SAdhguru has been working relentlessly to preserve and conserve the environment.
environment
Updated on Jun 05, 2018 05:15 pm IST

World Environment Day: The Capital says #GiveUp for single-use plastic

A screen grab of the video that’s taken up as part of the #GiveUp challenge.
environment
Published on Jun 05, 2018 04:56 pm IST

World Environment Day: Choked...and gasping!

The official twitter handle of ‘Rally For Rivers’, a national campaign conceived by spiritual leader Sadhguru, founder, Isha Foundation, to raise awareness about India’s dying rivers, shared a photo of enthusiastic volunteers from Oman conducting a plastic cleaning drive.(Sourced)
environment
Updated on Jun 05, 2018 03:40 pm IST

World Environment Day: Sudarsan Pattnaik makes ‘biggest sand turtle’ to highlight plastic pollution

(‘Biggest Sand Turtle’ by sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik on World Environment Day (Sudarsan Pattanaik/Twitter))
environment
Updated on Jun 05, 2018 01:02 pm IST

World Environment Day: Southeast Asia’s plastic ‘addiction’ blights world’s oceans

This photo taken on May 12, 2018 shows a dog looking out onto a garbage-filled creek in Manila. About eight million tonnes of plastic waste are dumped into the world's oceans every year - the equivalent of one garbage truck of plastic being tipped into the sea every minute... of every day.(AFP Photo)
environment
Updated on Jun 05, 2018 12:48 pm IST

On World Environment Day, President Kovind, PM Modi urge people to beat plastic pollution

A municipal authority worker cleans up plastic waste on Juhu beach in Mumbai during World Environment Day on June 5.(AFP Photo)
environment
Updated on Jun 05, 2018 03:41 pm IST

World Environment Day: Mountains of plastic choke 12 states, Himalayan ecosystem under threat

A child collects plastic from a garbage dump in Guwahati. A clean-up of 12 Himalayan states has revealed a mountain of plastic, leaving experts alarmed at the level of pollution in the country’s Himalayan ecosystem.(File Photo)
environment
Updated on Jun 05, 2018 03:43 pm IST

Like Shimla, threat of water crisis looms over many hill stations, metro cities

People filling water from a water tanker in Fagli, Shimla on June 1.(HT Photo)
environment
Updated on Jun 05, 2018 03:42 pm IST

World Environment Day 2018: Kerala fishermen now net plastic from seas along with sardines, mackerels

The Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute has estimated that all major oceans will have more plastic than fish by 2050.(HT Photo)
environment
Updated on Jun 05, 2018 03:42 pm IST

Hidden valleys and mountain ranges discovered under Antarctica ice

Airborne radar data were also collected to enable mapping of the bedrock topography hidden beneath the ice sheet.(Shutterstock)
environment
Updated on May 28, 2018 12:03 pm IST

At least 10 species in the Ganga face extinction: Ministry reports

Dolphin at Ganga in Rajmahal, Jharkhand.(HT File Photo)
environment
Updated on May 27, 2018 09:59 pm IST

To save its wildlife, Australia is building world’s longest cat-proof fence

Cats were first introduced to Australia by British immigrants in the late 1700s as domestic pets.(Representative image/Shutterstock)
environment
Published on May 26, 2018 10:08 am IST

Researchers fear world’s largest amphibian, the Chinese giant salamander, may go extinct

Chinese giant salamander are considered to be critically endangered.(Shutterstock/Representative image)
environment
Published on May 22, 2018 06:28 pm IST

In polluted Punjab river, the miracle and mystery of dolphins surviving mass death

A chemical reaction inside the molasses storage tank of a sugar mill resulted in death of thousands of fish in Beas river.(Photo credit: WWF-India)
environment
Updated on May 23, 2018 09:52 am IST

Air in India, Nepal among south-east Asia’s most polluted: WHO report

The WHO report said household and ambient air pollution killed 184.3 people per 100,000 in India as compared to 193.8 in Nepal.(HT File Photo)
environment
Updated on May 18, 2018 09:25 pm IST

The survival of a specie hinges on a pregnant white rhino named Victoria

Southern white rhino Victoria at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in Escondido, California.(AP File Photo)
environment
Updated on May 18, 2018 10:15 am IST

IMD apps need an update; so does India’s storm warning system

Since its launch in 2013, the Android-based IMD Weather app has been downloaded less than 5,000 times.(AP FILE PHOTO)
environment
Updated on May 17, 2018 09:32 pm IST

This National Geographic cover will make you think hard about plastic pollution

This National Geographic cover has gone viral for all the right reasons (Vaughn Wallace / Twitter)
environment
Updated on May 17, 2018 04:27 pm IST

Heavy rains, thunderstorm likely today: What the Met’s colour-coded alerts mean

High tension wires in Agra which collapsed in the dust storm on May 2.(PTI Photo)
environment
Updated on May 08, 2018 09:50 am IST

First organised census for Indus dolphins to be carried out in India

The first official census ever shall be carried out on Indus dolphins.(worldwildlife.org/WWF-Pakistan)
environment
Updated on May 03, 2018 04:03 pm IST

How Beijing got rid of pollution tag with astute planning

Beijing has managed to bring down its pollution levels with some micro planning.(File photo)
environment
Updated on May 02, 2018 10:43 am IST

Air pollution killed 7 million worldwide: WHO data

A man wearing a respiratory protection mask walks toward an office building during the smog after a red alert was issued for heavy air pollution in Beijing's central business district, China.(Reuters File Photo)
environment
Updated on May 02, 2018 12:43 pm IST

Australia pledges half a billion dollars to restore Great Barrier Reef

This file photo taken on November 20, 2014 shows an aerial view of the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of the Whitsunday Islands, along the central coast of Queensland.(AFP)
environment
Updated on Apr 29, 2018 08:11 am IST
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