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]Costa Rica pulls back on UN backed climate agreement named in its honor
Published on Feb 02, 2023 02:02 PM IST
Costa Rica's congress overwhelmingly rejected a motion to extend the ratification period, effectively shutting the door on joining the treaty, with 41 of the 57 deputies voting against it.
Reuters | | Posted by Yagya Sharma
Extinction of elephants could affect atmospheric carbon levels: Study
If the already critically endangered elephants go extinct, the rainforests of Central and West Africa, the world's second largest, will lose between six and nine percent of their ability to capture atmospheric carbon.
Published on Jan 29, 2023 07:13 AM IST
ANI | | Posted by Lingamgunta Nirmitha Rao
Study proposes profitable ways to repurpose industrial waste
About 2% of the 80 billion pounds of food discarded annually in the US is attributable to food manufacturing and processing -- with food waste solids sent to landfills, and liquids poured into sewers.
Published on Jan 28, 2023 08:33 PM IST
ANI |
Climate tipping points in Amazon, Tibet 'linked': Scientists
Planet-heating pollution from human activities is raising global temperatures and scientists have said this is pushing crucial ecosystems and whole regions towards often irreversible changes.
Published on Jan 26, 2023 09:28 PM IST
AFP |
Climate, labour remain knotty issues in EU FTA
Several knotty issues related to labour, environment and sustainability that have emerged in negotiations between India and the European Union (EU) on a free trade agreement (FTA) will require political guidance for further progress, people familiar with the matter said on Monday.
Updated on Jan 24, 2023 12:23 PM IST
Rezaul H Laskar & Rajeev Jayaswal, New Delhi
More than 90 fossil nests of India's largest dinosaurs discovered
The Lameta Formation, located in the Narmada Valley of central India, is well-known for fossils of dinosaur skeletons and eggs of the Late Cretaceous Period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago.
Published on Jan 23, 2023 02:50 PM IST
PTI | | Posted by Lingamgunta Nirmitha Rao
Many benefits of spending time in nature and ways to do it
Spending time in nature can also improve mood, lower blood pressure, and boost the immune system. Moreover, it can also help to disconnect from technology and the constant stimulation of modern life, which can be beneficial for both your mind and body.
Published on Jan 20, 2023 05:20 PM IST
HT Lifestyle Desk | Edited by Parmita Uniyal
Watch | Journalist asks Greta Thunberg about climate change. She says
Davos 2023: Greta Thunberg is at Davos to lead a climate march on the last day of talks at the World Economic Forum.
Published on Jan 20, 2023 05:13 PM IST
Shobhit Gupta | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan
Davos 2023: UN chief slams 'Big Oil' firms over ‘big lie’. Here’s what he said
Davos 2023: Guterres was speaking at Davos summit, a week after a study said ExxonMobil denied the findings of its own scientists on the role of fossil fuels in climate change.
Published on Jan 18, 2023 04:57 PM IST
AFP |
Davos 2023: Brazil lacking global aid to fight climate change, says minister
Davos 2023: Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva had offered to hold the COP30 climate summit in the Amazon region in 2025 to show its commitment towards curbing in climate change.
Published on Jan 17, 2023 08:31 PM IST
Reuters |
Davos Baukultur Alliance: Europeans join hands for climate-friendly cities
Swiss President Alain Berset had invited culture ministers from 31 European countries to a two-day meeting in Davos, ahead of the World Economic Forum that kicks off in the luxury ski resort on Monday.
Updated on Jan 17, 2023 02:40 AM IST
AFP |
Number theory: In warm 2022, almost no place on Earth was colder than ‘normal’
While markers such as the global average of temperature shown above tend to hide regional variations, a disaggregated analysis of temperature in 2022 shows that both the northern and southern hemispheres were the sixth warmest on record.
Updated on Jan 16, 2023 03:45 PM IST
Forest dept asked for plan to weed out 3 invasive tree species in Delhi
Of the three, vilayati kikar is the most harmful, as the Mexican invasive species introduced by the British in the 1930s in Delhi quickly taking over large parts of the ridge, experts said.
Updated on Jan 16, 2023 03:29 AM IST
This village stands in the way of Germany’s coal revival
Across the globe, highly polluting — and relatively cheap — coal is making a comeback as governments seek to prevent soaring energy costs from upending economies and destabilizing governments already grappling with high inflation.
Published on Jan 15, 2023 05:41 PM IST
Bloomberg | | Posted by Yagya Sharma
Davos VIPs face criticism over private jet use: How polluting are they?
During last year's week-long event, 1,040 private planes flew in and out of airports serving the resort of Davos, found a new report commissioned by campaign group Greenpeace.
Published on Jan 14, 2023 03:18 AM IST
Reuters | | Posted by Nisha Anand
Concerns as Oil CEO named chief of COP28
Sultan al-Jaber is also the founding CEO of Masdar, a government-owned renewable energy company, mandated to accelerate adoption of renewables within the UAE and globally.
Updated on Jan 13, 2023 01:52 PM IST
Jayashree Nandi, New Delhi
UK is set to ban single-use plastic cutlery and plates: What this would entail
UK Single-Use Plastic Ban: Single-use plastics are typically items that are discarded after being used only once and do not go through the recycling process.
Published on Jan 10, 2023 02:19 PM IST
‘If you feed wild, it will…’: IFS officer shares video of elephant with warning
The video shows a group of people inside a van, who attempt to feed an elephant, following which the animal curiously approaches the van for more food, striking panic among the people inside.
Published on Jan 10, 2023 01:57 PM IST
Nisha Anand | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan
Greenpiece: All across Himalayas, India needs to rethink
While in the past, developing the Himalayas became a project on a war-footing, saving the region will also have to be undertaken on a war-footing. Plans must be modified. Not all plans have to be stopped, but they must all be re-examined.
Published on Jan 09, 2023 06:10 AM IST
Bharati Chaturvedi, New Delhi
Explainer: What are bomb cyclones and atmospheric rivers?
Bomb cyclones are often associated with atmospheric rivers and are also called "explosive cyclogenesis” or a “weather bomb". A bomb cyclone is a low-pressure system that experiences a fall in pressure of 24 millibars in 24 hours.
Published on Jan 07, 2023 10:57 AM IST
Reuters | | Posted by Nisha Anand
Fishes are ‘unnecessarily’ fighting over food due to climate change: Study
With the future of the world's coral reefs threatened by climate change, a team of researchers studied how a mass bleaching event affected 38 species of butterflyfish.
Published on Jan 05, 2023 01:52 PM IST
AFP | | Posted by Nisha Anand
El Nino may emerge this summer, indicate global models
El Nino has a major influence on weather and climate patterns and is associated with drought and weak monsoons in India
Updated on Jan 04, 2023 12:39 PM IST
Jayashree Nandi
Marine predators, animals that are small, can fly perceive time fastest: Study
The study, which is the largest of its kind to date, analysed the rate at which over 100 animals perceive changes in the world -- known as temporal perception.
Published on Jan 03, 2023 03:50 PM IST
ANI | | Posted by Nisha Anand
Study reveals potential of photosynthesis regulation under altered lighting
Plants have to constantly adapt their photosynthetic activity to their environmental conditions in order to obtain maximum light yield on the one hand, but avoid being harmed by too much light on the other hand.
Published on Jan 01, 2023 04:30 PM IST
ANI |
Centuries-old oases in Morocco reeling from effects of climate change
Home to centuries-old oases that have been a trademark of Morocco, this region about 170 miles southeast of Marrakesh is reeling from the effects of climate change, which has created an emergency for the kingdom’s agriculture.
Published on Dec 26, 2022 08:39 PM IST
AP |
Over 200 mn under warning in US as winter storm brings blackouts, power outages
The huge storm stretched from border to border. Multiple highways were closed, and crashes claimed at least five lives, officials said. At least one person died in a massive pileup involving at least 50 vehicles on the Ohio Turnpike.
Updated on Dec 24, 2022 04:08 PM IST
AP |
India hails global nature of COP15 targets
The looming threat of a mass extinction of species due to human activities led nearly 200 nations at the United Nations biodiversity summit in Montreal to agree to protect and restore at least 30% of the planet’s land and water by 2030.
Published on Dec 20, 2022 12:03 AM IST
Jayashree Nandi, New Delhi
COP15 vows to protect 30% land, water by ’30
The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework aims to bring the loss of areas of high biodiversity importance, including ecosystems of high ecological integrity, close to zero by 2030, while respecting the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities.
Updated on Dec 20, 2022 04:16 AM IST
Jayashree Nandi, New Delhi
Number theory: Tracking the dramatic temperature changes India saw through 2022
To be sure, while 2022 is in the top 20% coldest years by maximum temperature, it ends up on the warmer half when we look at the minimum temperature.
Updated on Dec 19, 2022 01:46 PM IST
COP15: Biodiversity draft eyes more funds, saving rich areas
If agreed to, the non-paper, released on Sunday night (11am Montreal time) by China — which holds the presidency of the 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) — will be a historic moment when the world agrees to conserve global biodiversity by 2030.
Updated on Dec 19, 2022 01:47 PM IST
Jayashree Nandi
