Paris accord threshold could be breached in 4 years as warming accelerates: AnalysisEarth's climate is warming rapidly due to human actions. Global temperatures reached 1.37 degrees Celsius last year. Scientists warn the 1....
11 Jun, 2026, 03.14 PM IST
El Nino sets in as Pacific crosses critical 0.5°C threshold: What it could mean for India's monsoon this yearEl Nino: A major global weather signal, El Niño, has officially begun and the sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific have crossed...
05 Jun, 2026, 03.45 PM IST
Heat from data centres can raise temperatures in downwind localities by 2.2 degrees Celsius: StudyA recent investigation conducted in Phoenix uncovers that data centers are contributing to increased local temperatures. The excess heat em...
19 May, 2026, 02.51 PM IST
In 2003, archaeologists investigating storm damage near a Mexican pyramid found a hidden tunnel that reframed Teotihuacan’s sacred worldHeavy rains in 2003 unexpectedly revealed a hidden tunnel at Teotihuacan. This ancient site near Mexico City yielded thousands of ritual ar...
15 May, 2026, 04.04 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
ISRO, Roscosmos discuss delivery of semi-cryogenic engines in Moscow; draft contract under approvalISRO held technical discussions with Russia's Roscosmos in Moscow for semi-cryogenic engines, crucial for India's heavy-lift launch vehicle...
02 May, 2026, 01.18 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
WHO says air pollution kills 7 million a year, toughens guidelinesUrgent action is needed to reduce exposure to air pollution, said the UN body, ranking its burden of disease on a par with smoking and unhe...
22 Sep, 2021, 11.45 PM IST
Disturbance from North Atlantic capable of derailing Indian monsoon: StudyThe findings suggest that modelling efforts ought to focus on including the influence of mid-latitudes, in addition to the Pacific and Indi...
17 Dec, 2020, 02.15 PM IST
Humanoid, IoT labs among highlights at science fest next weekHundreds of interactive science models along with a humanoid, mobile planetarium, 3D printer, scaled models of satellites from ISRO and man...
12 Dec, 2019, 07.46 PM IST
Delhi doesn't come close to meeting US pollution standards on most daysThe discussions found that while Global Burden of Disease Study led to several initiatives but epidemiological studies had not driven the a...
17 Jul, 2017, 11.42 AM IST
India takes R&D route to find alternatives to climate-damaging refrigerants HFCs16 Sep, 2016, 06.37 AM IST
Underwater robots in Bay of Bengal to better predict monsoonMinistry of Earth Sciences Secretary M Rajeevan said the Indian Research Vessel Sindhu Sadhana carrying scientists will sail from Chennai o...
14 Jun, 2016, 09.51 PM IST
- Shillong gets state of the art research centre to generate model for earthquake predictions
The government has set up a state of the art institution — Shillong Geophysical Research Centre (SGRC) — to study seismic processes and gen...
19 Jan, 2016, 05.55 PM IST
Ganga-Bramhaputra Basin mapped in first of its kind studyScientists from India, the UK, France and Bangladesh undertook mapping of the two rivers during 2003 to 2007 from the basins with the help ...
26 May, 2015, 05.36 PM IST
Microprobes bearing sensors to head for JupiterTransmitting 20 megabits of data over fifteen minutes would be sufficient to allow scientists to get a picture of a large part of the atmos...
27 Jan, 2015, 01.22 PM IST
16-year trend of poor monsoon in Punjab, HaryanaExperts are divided over why rains have been consistently failing in the region but the trend has dire implications for agriculture, which ...
22 Sep, 2014, 11.19 AM IST