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    Why IMD flagged Mungeshpur's record-breaking temperature reading as an “error”

    environment
    Updated on May 31, 2024 21:28 IST
    A man stands near an automatic weather station at dusk on a hot summer day in Mungeshpur, a suburb in New Delhi on May 29, 2024, amid the ongoing heatwave. Power usage in India's capital surged to a record high Wednesday as residents of the sprawling megacity struggled to keep cool during a crushing heatwave with temperatures sizzling above 45 degrees Celsius (over 113 Fahrenheit). (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP)

    ECB to impose first-ever fines on banks for climate failures

    The European Central Bank (ECB) headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany. (Reuters)
    environment
    Published on May 29, 2024 18:21 IST

    Electric heavy-duty vehicles unlock pathway for reduction of GHGs in India

    The flagship electric truck of the Company IPLT Rhino 5523 in operation.
    environment
    Published on May 28, 2024 02:30 IST

    How one of the oldest professions in India is facing effects of climate change

    A nomadic pastoralist of the Changpa community with a goat walks along the barren Tsaga La Pass in India's union territory of Ladakh on May 19, 2024. (Photo by Tauseef MUSTAFA / AFP)
    environment
    Published on May 26, 2024 05:00 IST

    Heat Waves: 23 states have heat action plans but are they being implemented?

    A woman covers her child with a scarf to save him from heat wave on a hot summer day in Mumbai, India, Thursday, May 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
    environment
    Published on May 25, 2024 19:39 IST

    Weather Bee | How bad is the heat in India this May?

    New Delhi, India - May 20, 2024: Visitors brave the Heat Wave in hot summer at Kartvaya Pathlawns , in New Delhi, India, on Monday, May 20, 2024. (Photo by Vipin Kumar/ Hindustan Times)
    environment
    Published on May 23, 2024 03:00 IST

    Climate change: Small island states hail ocean court victory

    Judge Albert Hoffmann from South Africa, President of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), opens a session of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, issues a legal opinion on measures to protect the oceans from climate change, in Hamburg, Germany, Tuesday, May 21, 2024.
    environment
    Published on May 21, 2024 17:06 IST

    Study reveals how ‘upside down’ trees thrived across oceans, defying extinction

    The various names, including ‘mother of the forest’ in the Malagasy language, the ‘upside-down tree,’ and the ‘tree of life,’ because of their unique features, which you will explore as you read this.
    environment
    Updated on May 18, 2024 17:06 IST

    Climate change to intensify heatwave in India: Scientists

    A man takes shelter under an umbrella from the scorching sun on a hot summer afternoon in New Delhi
    environment
    Published on May 17, 2024 17:48 IST

    India’s east coast cities faced unprecedented heat stress in April, shows study

    IMD identifies heat stress in terms of heatwave conditions, which are declared based on specific temperature thresholds
    environment
    Published on May 16, 2024 15:45 IST

    Weather Bee | Temperature alone cannot predict distress as monsoon approaches

    A person splashes water on his face from an irrigation pipe to beat the intense heat wave in Lucknow. (File Photo/AP)
    environment
    Published on May 16, 2024 11:15 IST

    Extreme heat in April made worse by climate crisis: Study

    A woman splashes water on her face to get some respite from the scorching heat in Ahmedabad. (PTI Photo)
    environment
    Published on May 15, 2024 03:37 IST

    Summer 2023 was the hottest in past 2,000 years: Study

    Women cover themselves to protect from the sun on a hot summer day
    environment
    Published on May 14, 2024 15:34 IST

    Science suggests multiple eco organs of Earth may be failing, says top scientist

    Kenya is grappling with one of its worst floods in recent history, the latest in a string of weather catastrophes, following weeks of extreme rainfall scientists have linked to a changing climate.
    environment
    Updated on May 13, 2024 15:31 IST

    April 2024 warmest since 1940; eleventh month in a row that is warmest: Report

    New Delhi: The month was 1.58°C warmer than the estimated April average in the 1850-1900, the pre-industrial reference period (HT Photo/Sanchit Khanna)
    environment
    Updated on May 8, 2024 12:41 IST

    Earth observation data to drive $3 trillion in economic benefits by 2030: WEF

    For representational purposes only. (AFP File Photo)
    environment
    Published on May 7, 2024 09:50 IST

    Experts urge integration of climate resilience in urban development plans

    This picture shows a flooded motorway in Dubai on April 20, 2024. Four people died after the heaviest rainfall on record in the oil-rich UAE on April 16, including two Filipino women who suffocated inside their vehicle in Dubai's flooding. (Photo by Giuseppe CACACE / AFP)
    environment
    Published on May 3, 2024 17:56 IST

    Why Alphonso mango season ends early in Ratnagiri?

    File: A vendor sells alphonso variety of mangoes, from Konkan region, at Crawford Market in Mumbai, Maharashtra. (Bhushan Koyande / HT Photo)
    environment
    Published on May 3, 2024 03:45 IST

    Climate change is slowing Earth’s rotation

    Tidal forces, combined with the roiling currents in Earth’s core and the redistribution of ice sheets at its surface, cause the planet’s rate of spin to vary ever so slightly from year to year.
    environment
    Published on May 3, 2024 02:30 IST

    Weather Bee | How unusual are forest fires in March and April?

    A fire tears through a forest near Saterakhal village in Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand. (PTI)
    environment
    Published on May 1, 2024 17:38 IST

    Ultra fine emission inventory reveals top polluted hotspots in Mumbai

    Mumbai, India - Sept. 19, 2020:High level of air pollution coming out from industries in Mahul, Chembur in Mumbai, India, on Monday, September 19, 2020. (Photo by Vijayanand Gupta/Hindustan Times) (Vijayanand Gupta/HT Photo)
    environment
    Updated on May 1, 2024 04:06 IST

    Deluge in Dubai highlights climate vulnerability and a lack of preparedness

    Floodwater in Dubai. (AP)
    environment
    Published on Apr 27, 2024 18:49 IST

    'Need for heat adaptation policies during elections': Former MoES secretary

    Women shelter under an umbrella due to the heat as they leave a polling station after casting their vote, during the second phase of the general election in Mathura, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, India, April 26, 2024. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
    environment
    Published on Apr 26, 2024 15:38 IST

    Rain may have become 10-40% heavier due to climate crisis in UAE, Oman: Study

    Floodwater in Dubai. (AP)
    environment
    Updated on Apr 26, 2024 04:57 IST

    Spike in fossil fuel lobbyists at UN talks to cut plastic pollution: CIEL

    Activist Dianne Peterson places a sign on a public art installation outside a United Nations conference on plastics on April 23 (AP)
    environment
    Updated on Apr 25, 2024 16:09 IST

    Himalayan glacial lake outbursts are a growing threat to South Asia

    A satellite image shows the Himalayan Glacial Lake after it burst its banks and caused flash floods, in South Lhonak Lake, Sikkim, India, October 6, 2023.
    environment
    Published on Apr 24, 2024 18:42 IST

    Weather Bee | Why did Australia's BOM declare the end of El Niño?

    El Nino is a periodic warming of the equatorial Pacific Ocean. (Twitter)
    environment
    Published on Apr 24, 2024 18:05 IST

    World Earth Day 2024: Google Doodle marks event with aerial views of planet

    Google Doodle also shared a one-minute video showcasing the process of selecting nature images from around the globe to transform Google's logo for this Earth Day tribute.
    environment
    Published on Apr 22, 2024 01:39 IST

    Cause and Effect | Understanding the real threats of a civilisation collapse

    Humans are experiencing vast shifts in their immediate environment, with the droughts in Africa, fires in much of North America and Canada, floods in Afghanistan, UAE and Pakistan, and heatwaves elsewhere also wreaking havoc across the world, irrespective of the stage of development a region is in.
    environment
    Published on Apr 20, 2024 15:51 IST

    Plastic production threatens 1.5 degrees Celsius limit, new study warns

    Greenhouse gas emissions during primary plastic production come from burning fossil fuels for heat and electricity.
    environment
    Published on Apr 20, 2024 09:44 IST
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