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Italy planted Norway spruce across the Alps in the 1930s, a deliberate-but-naive reforestation drive, but 90 years on, plant diversity is 50% lower than in native forests- Paris accord threshold could be breached in 4 years as warming accelerates: Analysis
- A giant lake vanished for 130 years, then returned and flooded 120,000 acres overnight
- A 2022 volcano eruption in Pacific may have vented a new weapon to fight climate changeA 2022 volcanic eruption unexpectedly revealed a powerful methane destruction mechanism in the stratosphere. Researchers observed high form...31 May, 2026, 06.51 AM IST
- Longest Total Solar Eclipse of the 21st century will last more than six minutes: Why the August 2027 celestial event is so rareThe rare total solar eclipse on August 2, 2027, is expected to become the longest total solar eclipse visible from land during the 21st cen...29 May, 2026, 05.45 AM IST
- Climate change threatens global plant species as habitats shrinkMany familiar plants may disappear by 2100. Climate change is shrinking their habitats, putting species at high risk of extinction. Researc...23 May, 2026, 03.48 PM IST
- Mexico city’s century-old sinking problem is accelerating under modern strainMexico City is sinking at an alarming rate, with some areas dropping nearly half an inch monthly, revealed by NASA's NISAR satellite. This ...08 May, 2026, 12.04 PM IST
- Record-setting Artemis II mission ends in high-stakes Pacific splashdownArtemis II astronauts returned safely after a historic lunar mission. They achieved new distance records from Earth and captured unpreceden...11 Apr, 2026, 08.53 PM IST
- Artemis II is a triumph, but NASA’s ‘most ambitious’ mission carrying possible evidences of life may never returnNASA's ambitious Mars Sample Return mission plans to bring Martian rocks and soil to Earth. This project seeks to understand if Mars was, i...11 Apr, 2026, 10.28 AM IST
- NASA’s Artemis II astronauts back home with ‘picture perfect’ re-entry to Earth, but the moon mission is not over yet; here’s whyNASA's Artemis II mission concluded successfully with the Orion spacecraft and its four astronauts splashing down in the Pacific Ocean. Thi...11 Apr, 2026, 07.35 AM IST
- Splashdown of Artemis II astronauts concludes 10-day moon missionThe Artemis II mission has successfully concluded. Its capsule and four astronauts returned safely to Earth after a nearly 10-day journey. ...11 Apr, 2026, 06.08 AM IST
- What time is splashdown for Artemis II? Here's when NASA astronauts will return to Earth - All about the most dangerous 13 minutes of the mission during fiery Earth reentryArtemis 2 Live Return: NASA Moon Mission Splashdown Update: NASA Artemis 2 astronauts are returning after historic lunar flyby around the M...10 Apr, 2026, 06.56 PM IST
- Artemis II astronauts hurtle home from moon toward splashdownThe four Artemis II astronauts are returning to Earth aboard the Orion spacecraft after a historic 10-day mission, marking the first crewed...10 Apr, 2026, 11.32 AM IST
- What is Blood Rain? How does it form, why red-coloured rain occurs in war zones, and is it dangerous?Blood rain meaning: "Blood rain," a phenomenon where rain appears red, is often misunderstood during wartime. This natural occurrence is ca...25 Mar, 2026, 02.49 PM IST
- Union Minister Jitendra Singh launches country's first climate change station in J-K's UdhampurUnion Minister Jitendra Singh inaugurated India's first climate change station in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district. Located at the Cen...08 Apr, 2025, 09.03 PM IST
- China begins observation experiment on land-atmosphere interactions in Mt Everest regionChina has launched an observational experiment on land-atmosphere interactions in the Mount Everest region of Tibet to study how land surfa...03 Aug, 2024, 11.04 AM IST
- NISAR: NASA-ISRO radar mission to provide dynamic view of forests, wetlandsThe joint radar mission between NASA and ISRO, NISAR, will offer detailed insights into two types of ecosystems - forests and wetlands - vi...28 Oct, 2023, 11.04 AM IST
- China successfully launches new Earth observation satelliteThe Earth observation satellite, Gaofen-5 02, was launched aboard a Long March-4C rocket on Tuesday from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centr...08 Sep, 2021, 01.36 PM IST
- NASA's new airborne mission to map Earth's atmosphere"The oceans are where a lot of chemical reactions take place, and some of the least well understood parts are hard to get to because they a...08 Jul, 2016, 01.01 PM IST
- Indian-origin scientist gets prestigious meteorology awardA distinguished Indian-origin scientist has been awarded the prestigious International Meteorological Organization prize for his research o...01 Apr, 2008, 02.03 PM IST
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