World’s ‘exceptional’ heat streak lengthens into March (AFP Image) Global temperatures hovered at historic highs in March, the EU agency that monitors climate change said on Tuesday, prolonging an unprecedented heat streak that has pushed the bounds of scientific explanation. In Europe, it was the hottest March ever recorded by a significant margin, said the…
India has practiced sustainability for centuries, integrating it into cultural and religious practices, stated Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar at the National Conference on Environment. He emphasized the need for optimal consumption and warned of the environmental risks of reckless resource exploitation, referencing India’s historical environmental wisdom as a solution. NEW DELHI: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar…
Study: Western Himalayas avalanche risks up due to warming, human activities Avalanche risks in the Western Himalayas have increased due to climate change and human activities with 30-40 deaths annually due to such disasters, a study published by Springer Nature has revealed. Rising temperatures, high population density, and rapid infrastructure development have made the region…
The massive A23a iceberg, one of the biggest ever recorded, is drifting toward South Georgia Island in the South Atlantic. A trillion-ton behemoth, larger than some small countries, is on the move—and it looks straight out of Game of Thrones. The massive A23a iceberg, one of the biggest ever recorded, is drifting toward South Georgia…
The ‘world’s biggest iceberg’, “A23a iceberg“, which is more than twice the size of London, is drifting toward South Georgia Island, raising concerns among scientists that it could disrupt the feeding patterns of young penguins and seals.The massive ice block is slowly moving from Antarctica and could collide with South Georgia, a vital wildlife breeding…
US President Biden wandering in Amazon Forest (Image Credit: X) Joe Biden, became the first sitting US president who went to the Amazon rainforest on Sunday.During his landmark visit to the Amazon rainforest on Sunday, Biden unveiled a series of significant climate initiatives, including a pledge of $50 million to Brazil’s Amazon Fund.A small clip…
Chris Wright (Picture credit: X) US President-elect Donald Trump has appointed Chris Wright, CEO of Liberty Energy and a campaign donor, to serve as energy secretary in his second administration.Appointing Wright, a proponent of oil and gas development, including fracking, aligns with Trump’s goal of achieving US “energy dominance.”The department of energy oversees a wide…
BAKU: Amid reports on how COP officials are facilitating discussions on fossil fuel deals, a group of prominent scientists, advocates, and policy leaders – including former UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon, former head of the UN climate change body Christiana Figueres, and former Ireland President Mary Robinson – have called for an urgent overhaul of the…
A beached whale installation on display as COP29 started in Baku BAKU: Days after predicting that the year 2024 is on track to be the warmest year on record, World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) here on Monday, the first day of the UN climate conference (CO), came out with a stark warning: Jan-Sept global mean surface…
Former US President Donald Trump once again dismissed the scientific consensus on climate change and mocked the rising sea levels at a campaign rally in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Saturday. Viewing the concept of global warming as overstated, he argued that nuclear warming, not climate change, poses the most significant threat.“I will terminate the green new…
