On September 16th, 2022, the United Nations will celebrate International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer to bring attention to this critical issue.
According to available data, National Capital Region (NCR) cities dominate the list of most improved non-NCAP cities. Most change (positive or negative) is noted among north Indian cities.
Last month, India communicated an ambitious update to its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), which displays the country’s commitment to achieving net-zero by 2070.
The green bench observed there was not much initiative by the West Bengal government in prioritising solid and sewage treatment plants in urban areas.
The new study shows that housing a growing population in homes made of wood rather than conventional steel and concrete could prevent more than 100 billion tonnes of emissions of greenhouse gas CO2 until 2100.
Male dolphins in Shark Bay form first-order alliances of two-three males to cooperatively pursue consortships with individual females.
Rai will discuss all the action points in detail with the 33 departments concerned in a meeting on September 5.
The researchers found that ice volumes had shrunk by half over the subsequent 85 years — until 2016. Since then, the glaciers have lost an additional 12%, over just six years.
World Elephant Day is an opportunity to raise awareness about these challenges and to help protect the elephant population. We can all choose to do something to help save the elephant species.
World Lion Day is celebrated on August 10 each year to raise awareness about the importance of lions and their conservation.
Researchers from the University of North Carolina, US noted that ambient heat during the night may interrupt the normal physiology of sleep.
The team looked not only at changes in numbers of species in areas but also at the types of species that would occur.
Director General of Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Sunita Narain said India has taken important action at a time when the world is seeing less action on climate change.
International Tiger Day is an annual event celebrated on July 29 to raise awareness and funds for tiger conservation.
Earth Overshoot Day is a day that marks the point at which humans have used more resources than the Earth can regenerate in the next year.
On World Nature Conservation Day, we take a moment to appreciate all the animals and plants that make up our planet.
The bacteria break down the carbon compounds in plastic to use as food for their growth.
On July 26, 2022, the International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem will be commemorated. Mangroves are important ecosystems that play a crucial role in protecting coastlines from eroding shorelines and safeguarding marine biodiversity.
The 132 non-attainment cities covered under NCAP did not meet the prescribed national ambient air quality standards for five consecutive years (2011-2015).
Biden is running low on options, said Larsen, a report co-author. Congress — specifically key Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia — is balking on the president’s climate-fighting legislation, and the Supreme Court curbed power plant regulations.
Antarctica will be the largest source of future sea-level rise. Yet scientists don’t know exactly how this melting will unfold as the climate warms.
With inflation rising globally amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict, some countries, including in Europe, have reverted to coal and other fossil fuel-based power or delayed their energy transition out of concerns over affordability and supplies.
Sharks are apex predators that play an essential role in maintaining balance in the marine food chain. Without them, entire populations of fish would collapse.
The official’s response came in the backdrop of two cases being lodged by the Forest department under the Wildlife Protection Act and the Kerala Forest Act against the vlogger for illegally trespassing into a reserved forest and provoking a wild elephant by taking her helicam close to it.
The IFA provides the legal framework for the protection and management of forest, transit of forest produce and timber, and the duty leviable on timber and other forest produce.
