The Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis, controversial from the time it was presented in 2007, proposes that an asteroid or comet hit the Earth about 12,800 years ago causing a period of extreme cooling that contributed to extinctions of more than 35 species of megafauna
The results were derived from daily Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) crime statistics and an eight-year detailed map of daily US air pollution.
Global emissions and atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide have reached a record high in recent years. At the same time, ice loss in Greenland has also peaked.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was addressing the 14th Conference of Parties (COP14) to United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) being held in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh on Monday.
According to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting (Safar) and the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the overall air quality index (AQI) of Delhi, which was at 47, falling in the good category.
Sushil, presently is rousing masses about bird’s significance and is helping them to set up a small wooden portable box inside their home making the environment favourable to sparrow.
India is facing large-scale microbeads pollution. Though the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) banned the use of microbeads in cosmetics in 2017, it will come into implementation in 2020.
Sinha, known as the ‘Dolphin Man’ for his research of the Gangetic dolphins, said the species habitat has been threatened and disturbed in the river.
Without urgent action, the emissions will nearly double by 2050.
The World Environment Day has been held annually and the idea for rotating the center of these activities through selecting different host countries began
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New Delhi: Gurugram, the Haryana city which falls under the National Capital Region (NCR) is, according to the data released by IQAir Airvisual and Greenpeace, the most populated city in the world. Seven of the top ten most polluted cities are from India, while Faisalabad, Pakistan is the only country[Read More…]
Wildlife refers to the huge variety of flora and fauna living on earth in wilds. An essential part of our ecosystem, many of these wildlife species are on the verge of extinction today due to human life activities. Carelessness combined with greed has resulted in a sharp decline of these[Read More…]
Produced by RajanShahi production house Director’s Kut, Baavle Utaavle gives a harmless yet humorous twist to topics like physical intimacy and coming of age that is often not acknowledged in Indian society.
Haaziq Kazi has created a base that will help to suck out the plastic or other waste from the ocean.
By Bappaditya Chatterjee Kolkata, The Centre’s efforts to rejuvenate the Hindu holy river have failed to impress environmentalists, who feel a clean Ganga will remain a distant dream due to the Modi government’s failure to ensure the continuous flow of the river. “Nothing has been done for ensuring a continuous[Read More…]
Earlier this month also Humpback dolphins were found near Sassoon Docks.
New Delhi, The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Friday slammed the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) for not amending the “Wood-Based Industries (Establishment and Regulation) Guidelines, 2016” to check illegal felling of trees for charcoal making. The Tribunal has granted “last opportunity” to the Ministry for implementing[Read More…]
Air quality index (AQI) has been deteriorating rapidly across cities in our country. Raising awareness and pointing out the highly polluted and toxic air in Lucknow city, a white model of lungs was installed at the Jhandi Park near Nagar Nigam office on Thursday which turned black within 24 hours. Ekta[Read More…]
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New Delhi: Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Dr Harsh Vardhan on Thursday launched the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) aiming to reduce toxic particulate matter by 2024, taking 2017 as the base year. With 2019 as its first year, the NCAP is a mid-term, five-year action plan[Read More…]
Bengaluru: Sandalwood actor Rashmika Mandanna underwater photo shoot caught up a storm after her picture went viral. Kannada actor Mandanna did a photo shoot to create awareness about water pollution and this particular shoot was an attempt specifically for Bellandur Lake. In the pictures, she could be seen floating underwater[Read More…]