COP29: What is the latest science on climate change?Scientists warn that the world may have already surpassed the critical 1.5°C warming threshold, pushing past a point of irreversible climat...
12 Nov, 2024, 11.44 AM IST
The world's carbon sinks are on fireForests can pull carbon from the air and store it in roots and leaves, locking it out of the atmosphere. Through complex markets, nations c...
21 Oct, 2024, 09.57 AM IST
- NY eco activists turn up heat on Citi over polluting investments
Environmental activists in New York have launched a campaign against Citi, accusing the bank of funding fossil fuel projects and contributi...
11 Aug, 2024, 03.43 PM IST
March marks yet another record in global heatThe European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service reported that March 2024 was the warmest March on record globally, marking the 10th ...
09 Apr, 2024, 10.42 AM IST
Poverty is killing Amazon rainforest, treating soil and farmers better can help save what's leftThe poverty in the Amazon needs to be addressed in order to protect the rainforest, according to experts. The combination of poverty and li...
17 Nov, 2023, 03.38 PM IST
What is a satellite city? Here’s all you need to know about the Maui County Council resident’s viral speech, her allegations against Jeff Bezos and OprahIn a widely circulated video clip, a resident of Maui County Council expressed concerns about the lack of water available to extinguish a f...
31 Aug, 2023, 10.52 PM IST
How climate change turned lush Hawaii into a tinderboxHawaii's landscape is changing in other ways, beyond becoming drier. As wildfires become more common, some native vegetation, which is poor...
11 Aug, 2023, 07.30 AM IST
How 4 children, including 1-year-old, survived 40 days in Amazon jungle after their plane crashedThe children were traveling with their mother from the Amazonian village of Araracuara to San Jose del Guaviare when the plane went down. T...
12 Jun, 2023, 07.32 PM IST
Amazon fires surge anew in Brazil as cleared forest burnsFires ramped up in the Brazilian rainforest in August, according to government data released this week, with fires for the month well above...
03 Sep, 2021, 09.50 PM IST
Desperate race against fires in world's biggest tropical wetlandsThere have been a record-shattering 14,764 fires in the Brazilian Pantanal this year, according to satellite data from Brazil's National Sp...
15 Sep, 2020, 09.46 AM IST
Brazilian President criticises Leonardo DiCaprio, says actor paid money to set Amazon on fireJair Bolsonaro said the actor had funded nonprofit groups that were partly responsible for Amazon fires.
30 Nov, 2019, 12.52 PM IST
At G-7: India suggests pool of trained volunteers for natural disasters globallyIn his meeting with the UN Secretary General here on Sunday, Modi, as part of his commitment against climatic patterns, suggested a pool of...
27 Aug, 2019, 08.31 AM IST
Leonardo DiCaprio wants to preserve Amazon rainforest; actor's environmental organisation to donate $5 mnAmazon rainforest has recorded the highest number of fire outbreaks this year.
26 Aug, 2019, 04.10 PM IST
G7 set to end without a joint communiqueThe other point of contention is Russia’s entry into the grouping which will turn the grouping’s format to G-8.
26 Aug, 2019, 09.55 AM IST
French President seeks to build consensus over trade wars & Amazon fireTrump said that at times they "go at each other a little bit" but had a "special relationship".
25 Aug, 2019, 10.58 AM IST
Stop war against nature: Greta Thunberg shares concerns on Amazon rainforest; NASA's pic shocks Alia, Marico bossLeonardo Dicaprio, Akshay Kumar, and others celebs took to social media to raise awareness.
23 Aug, 2019, 08.56 AM IST
Inside Amazon’s spheres, where workers chill in a rainforestThe online retailer is scheduled to unveil the spheres Monday morning following seven years of planning and construction.
27 Jan, 2018, 07.17 PM IST