The IMD has forecast overcast skies with moderate rain accompanied by thunderstorms and gusty winds in the capital for the next few hours
Just 21 Madeiran land snails were found clinging to a rock on Portugal's Bugio Island, say conservationists.
Cage was installed at a house about two weeks ago after the leopard killed several poultry birds on the property
The programme of the CEC was circulated to the Chief Secretary, the PCCF, the District Magistrate, the Divisional Forest Officer and the Field Director, KBR National Park, but the petitioners were not on the distribution list, and no notice of the programme was served on them, the statement said.
Hong Kong environmental authorities have warned that restaurant operators must not use disposable tableware coated in plastic for dine-in service, after some owners told the South China Morning Post they were caught off guard by inspectors. The Environmental Protection Department on Monday clarified that paper products with an inner plastic lining could only be used for takeaway orders after a food stall owner at Dragon Centre in Sham Shui Po said he was “shocked” by a warning he...
Chairing a review meeting, Rajakumari Ganiya says the El Niño effect could lead to a further decline in groundwater levels, severely impacting the availability of drinking water, water for livestock, and green fodder
Anyone using, selling, storing, transporting or distributing banned plastic items from August 15 will face penalties of up to ₹5,000, besides legal action under the relevant provisions of law
Crop insurance action plan should be implemented effectively to safeguard farmers against weather-related risks, says Chief Minister; terms suicide of a student from Rampachodavaram as deeply distressing and directs officials to engage experts for proper assessment of students' mental health and counselling
He says that the government is envisaging projects which would function like an effective chain from the source of the waste to its processing
The number of wild boars in Hong Kong has declined by more than half in the four years since authorities adopted a capture-and-kill policy, with HK$105.6 million (US$13.46 million) spent over the same period. A Legislative Council study published on Monday found that the number of boars culled since 2021 rose elevenfold to 723 last year under the new policy. Over the same period, the number of injuries from boar attacks declined by 80 percent. In the research brief seen by the South China...
Farmers availing the scheme are required to pay a premium of 5%, amounting to ₹3,750 per hectare; deadline for premium payment extended till August 31
Hong Kong should prepare for stronger storms and a warmer, wetter winter this year as the current El Nino phenomenon is likely to intensify into a super event, a local green group and a leading meteorologist have said. Typhoons heading for Hong Kong this year were set to grow more powerful, as El Nino raised sea temperatures and provided storms with more moisture and energy, Friends of the Earth (HK) said on Monday. The forecast, which is based on international and local data, came after the...
Members of the green warriors take a step beyond waste collection to give a new lease of life to pre-loved clothes, upcycle fabric scraps, and repair LED bulbs in a bid to reduce, reuse, and recycle
Certain types of severe wildfire can create pyrocumulonimbus - something that Nasa calls the "fire-breathing dragon of clouds".
Except for Nagarjunasagar, none of the major reservoirs in Krishna and Godavari Basins in Telangana receive at least 5 tmc ft flood so far
After decades of fighting desertification with straw, plants and plastic, Chinese researchers have turned to bamboo – one of the most resilient and sustainable materials on the planet. The fastest-growing plant on Earth has the potential to help overcome challenges with current sand-fixing methods including short lifespan, ecological risks and health issues. Beijing on July 22 released a five-year conservation plan for the country’s forests and grasslands, which includes projects to be...
Limited government resources undercut efforts of Ifugao people to safeguard heritage site from extreme weather effects.
A massive iceberg capsized off the coast of Ilulissat, Greenland flipping with force to reveal its jagged underside.
Fresh incidents reported from Aralam, Kolayad, and Sreekandapuram highlight the growing threat to lives, agriculture, and livestock in forest-fringe villages
Court asks Guruvayur Devaswom panel to adhere to Kerala Captive Elephants (Management and Maintenance) Rules, 2012; demands a progress report by September 2; directives made while considering a petition alleging ‘gross inadequacy’ in facilities
The ₹9.25 crore facility prepares captive-bred birds for life in the wild
Rapid Response Teams, field staff, and forest watchers are documenting elephants that repeatedly stray into human settlements through photographs, videos, and field reports, says Forest department official
More than 60 volunteers clean nearly 3 km of roads, bus shelters and public spaces across Panunda, Pottanpara, Eruvatty, and Oliyakkara wards in Pinarayi pancayat every Sunday
Samyukta Horata Karnataka says the drought devastated agriculture, depleted groundwater, dried up standing crops and triggered an acute drinking water crisis across the district.
Party leaders urge farmers to reduce dependence on water-intensive paddy, promote efficient irrigation practices and ensure wider adoption of Union welfare schemes to improve resilience and farm incomes in Andhra Pradesh
Though separate surveys of amphibians and reptiles have been held earlier, this is the time that a combined amphibian-reptile survey was conducted across four days this month.
The Prime Minister referred to the campaign in his Sunday address; the district has desilted 2,691 km of feeder channels and completed restoration at 225 of 251 minor irrigation tanks since July 4
However, the SIT ruled out any possibility of any “deliberate or accidental human-caused mortality”, namely poaching, poisoning, weapon injuries, or anthropogenic interference in the elephant deaths.
An impending ‘super’ El Nino is likely to inflict a combined US$10 billion to US$20 billion of damage in affected African countries and trigger mass migration from hard-hit areas, the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) top climate expert said. Forecasters are warning that the El Nino weather pattern – which often drives severe droughts, flooding and storms in Africa – could turn into one of the strongest ever seen if current Pacific Ocean warming trends continue. As well as the threat to food...
According to the Forest department, KM1 regularly breaches various protective barriers installed along the forest boundary to enter in habitat areas
On the International Day for the Conservation of Mangrove Ecosystems, the Deputy Chief Minister said the Great Green Wall reflected the State’s resolve to strengthen its natural shield against climate change
European holidaymakers worn down by recurrent heatwaves are currently snubbing Mediterranean destinations for northern climes in hopes of cooler temperatures, but it remains to be seen whether it is just a fad or a durable shift in the tourism market. With temperatures in the European summer regularly climbing up towards 40 degrees Celsius (100 degrees Fahrenheit), cool has become cool. This year, visitors “have been telling me that they have escaped the heat in southern parts of Europe”, said...
Why does the project aim to do? How many villages and families are likely to be affected by it? What are the concerns of the tribal people regarding rehabilitation and compensation? Why has the project raised concerns among conservationists?
Use more drones in the exercise with due focus on covering degraded forest areas, he tells officials, while observing that it is crucial for achieving the targets of forest restoration and 50% green cover in the State
Their injuries were minor and X-rays revealed no fractures
Despite scanty rain, 23 tmc ft of water stored at Polavaram project and daily inflows of 60,000 cusecs at Bhadrachalam will be sufficient to meet the requirement, says Water Resources Engineer-In-Chief
On a sunny July afternoon along the shores of Hong Kong’s Lamma Island, the receding tide reveals an unassuming patch of greenery that scientists describe as the “ultimate underwater superheroes” for boosting marine biodiversity. Seagrass – an easily overlooked marine plant – can lock away climate-warming carbon 35 times faster than tropical rainforests. But levels of this vital vegetation in local waters have plummeted by 60 per cent over the past two decades, while sightings of local green...
Senior officials of the West Bengal Forest Department said that bringing tigers to Buxa from Sundarban may not be a good idea. Tigers may be introduced in Buxa from similar landscape of Assam and Bihar
The deer did not have any injuries despite being chased by stray dogs in the village before the animal was rescued by the farmer
Rainfall across the country for July stands at 215.5 mm against a normal of 215 mm, but cumulative rainfall for the monsoon season from June 1 to July 24 is 16.1% below normal nationwide
Yemen's eastern Wadi Dawan valley is picturesque, but on closer inspection the scourge of plastic waste is clear to see.
The wild elephants typically retreat deep into the forest once the monsoon intensifies. However, this year, the herds have stayed near human habitations due to a scarcity of food and water deeper in the woods
Deputy Chief Minister K. Pawan Kalyan flags off Jayanth and Abhimanyu to the Guchchimi Elephant Camp, saying they will help forest personnel drive wild elephant herds back into forests and protect lives and crops
Yadgir district, which had registered a deficit rainfall, has got some hopes back for a good yield after experiencing scattered rains a couple of days back
Cyberabad Municipal Corporation (CMC) Standing Committee approves box drains, road projects in various parts, and development of PJR Stadium
Engineer-in-Chief K. Narasimha Murthy said storage in Srisailam and Nagarjuna Sagar had fallen to critically low levels, and that Pattiseema pumping may last only 60 to 70 days this season against 100 to 120 days earlier; farmers have been advised to switch to dry crops
For fisherwomen, rising temperatures are only one part of a larger crisis. Pollution, ecological degradation, and changing seas are making livelihoods increasingly precarious
From massive typhoons and severe floods to scorching heat, China is being hit by a barrage of extreme weather events. Behind this surge in volatility lies a brewing “super” El Nino, according to researchers. Scientists warn that we are only seeing the prelude, and with the current event already rivalling historic climate disasters, it signals a potentially perilous future for the nation and the globe. Jiang Hua, chief El Nino forecaster at the National Marine Environmental Forecasting Centre,...
The Affected Citizens of Teesta group seeks a fresh Environmental Impact Assessment and Social Impact Assessment for all hydropower projects, including NHPC’s Stage-VI, where 22 workers died in a tunnel on July 20
Delayed rains, falling groundwater levels and the looming impact of El Niño have left thousands of farmers across Telangana anxiously watching the skies. While the State has rolled out a contingency plan urging a shift to less water-intensive crops, many cultivators have stayed with their traditional choices, hoping the monsoon will revive. As reservoirs run low and crop stress mounts, they remain caught between official advisories and age-old cropping patterns, report K. Shiva Shanker and P. Laxma Reddy
Mr. Bhatnagar of Jai Kisan Sangathan had been on a hunger strike for 18 days and was leading the protest, where several people from Chhatarpur and Panna districts had been demonstrating since July 4 against the ₹44,000-crore project of the Union Government by tying nooses around their necks and lying on makeshift pyres in the river in a symbolic protest
A Bench comprising CJI Surya Kant stated that every proposal should be scrutinised by experts nominated by the Central Empowered Committee and the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute
All the districts in Andhra Pradesh, except for SPSR Nellore, have reported deficient rainfall as of July 23; West Godavari reports the sharpest rainfall gap at 76.8%
Renovation work on the suspension bridge across the Chaliyar, connecting the two parts of the Canolly Plot, to be expedited
The initiative aims to improve the living conditions of tribal communities in forest areas while drawing on their traditional knowledge for forest conservation and mitigating human-wildlife conflict
Addressing a review meeting, Collector directs officials to immediately start field-level verification of mango cultivation across the district and submit a report to ensure that subsidies reach only genuine beneficiaries
Interior districts in the State to stay sweltering
Inspecting the fields, Shyam Prasad directs officials to widely propagate the adoption of Pre-Monsoon Dry Sowing across the district as a sustainable agricultural practice
A stolon-based harvesting method developed by researchers is helping conserve the IUCN-listed medicinal herb while creating a new source of income for farmers in Himachal Pradesh
Boy was waiting for an autorickshaw to take him to school when a wild gaur suddenly emerged and attacked him
Herders and experts tell the BBC how Africa's camels are suffering because of extreme heat.
Discussion held on the book 50 Years of Chipko – the Movement and its Afterlives that has been edited by him
CWMA referred to the IMD forecast that indicates tough time ahead with deficit monsoon
Hazardous chemicals, including DDT and endosulfan, were detected at higher levels in all sediment samples collected from the creek and its sub-drains in the wake of the mass fish kill along the Eloor-Edayar industrial stretch of the Periyar in May 2024, says activist
Tigers have been regularly preying on cattle across both forest ranges
The team’s mandate includes finding the causes of the tragedy, evaluating the environmental approvals granted for the tunnel road project, and checking whether the construction company had followed all the guidelines
Silage and total mixed ration manufacturing being encouraged by extending industrial incentives at the district level, says Animal Husbandry Director
Inspecting feeder channels, Nishanth Kumar lays out a strategy comprising water conservation modules, climate-resilient agriculture methods, micro-irrigation, drinking water security and livestock protection
The Deputy Chief Minister also directs the officials to complete the ₹2,500-crore water grid works undertaken in Prakasam and Palnadu districts under the JJM and Amarajeevi Jaladhara schemes as per the specified timelines
The landfill is located at a higher elevation than the lake, and the leachate flows through a natural waterway before entering drain lines created for a nearby private layout, which then joins a natural drain, ultimately ending at the lake inlet
Killai has transformed a climate-vulnerable coastal settlement into a working model of how ecosystem restoration, renewable energy, and community-led action can jointly address cyclones, sea-level rise, saline intrusion, coastal erosion, and biodiversity loss
Japanese cities are experiencing “cruelly hot days”, a new meteorological term devised this year to warn people of intense heat above 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit), with emergency officials describing the soaring temperatures on Wednesday as “a disaster”. Heatstroke alerts were issued across almost the whole country and emergency officials said at least 14 people had died from heat-related causes in the past week. Three central cities logged scorching temperatures on Tuesday above the new...
Critical information on heavy rain, heatwaves, lightning and other weather events to reach villages faster
The term was introduced in April by the weather agency to describe days when temperatures reach 40C.