A Rainforest Once Covered West Antarctica: Sediment Cores Reveal How It VanishedAstonishingly, dense temperate rainforests once flourished near the South Pole 90 million years ago. Fossil evidence from seabed cores reve...
01 Mar, 2026, 11.09 PM IST
UNDP survey reveals rise in CO2 level in certain places in Patna much above global averageThe Bihar State Pollution Control Board reports alarming CO2 levels in Patna, exceeding global averages, with some areas recording up to 95...
04 Feb, 2025, 02.23 PM IST
Carbon cuts 'miles short' of 2030 goal: UNGreenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere reached new record highs in 2023, the UN warned on Monday, with countries falling "miles sh...
28 Oct, 2024, 04.02 PM IST
'No end in sight' to rising greenhouse gases, says UN weather agencyThe World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reported that greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere reached a record high in 2022, wi...
15 Nov, 2023, 04.25 PM IST
Greenhouse gases in Earth’s atmosphere hit record high in 2021: WMO"The increase in carbon dioxide levels from 2020 to 2021 was larger than the average annual growth rate over the last decade. Measurements ...
26 Oct, 2022, 11.13 PM IST
EKI, Shell float JV for nature based solutionsTo ensure environmental sustainability, Amrut Nature Solutions Pvt Ltd will work towards conservation, restoration, and enhancement of natu...
24 Mar, 2022, 05.24 PM IST
Greenhouse gas levels reach new record high: UNGreenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere reached new record levels last year, the United Nations said Monday in a stark warning ahea...
25 Oct, 2021, 03.27 PM IST
UN: Covid-19 lockdowns slashed pollutants, not CO2 levels25 Nov, 2020, 05.51 PM IST
- Climate change may double greenhouse gas emissions from freshwater lakes: Study19 Nov, 2019, 01.36 PM IST
Greenland may lose 4.5 per cent ice by end of century: StudyGreenland may lose 4.5 per cent of its ice by the end of this century - contributing up to 13 inches of sea level rise - if worldwide green...
23 Jun, 2019, 04.24 PM IST
- Global average concentration of carbon dioxide in atmosphere exceeded its threshold limit for the first time in March
As there is no let up in climate-damaging human activities including burning of fossil fuels across the world, the monthly global average c...
07 May, 2015, 09.38 PM IST
China builds world's largest coal mine gas unit to make powerLu'an Group said it would soon start operating the generator with a capacity of 30 megawatts, capable of utilising 99% of methane gas disch...
02 Jan, 2015, 01.05 PM IST
Climate-damaging greenhouse gases reached new record high in 2013The shocking disclosure is part of the WMO's annual Greenhouse Gas Bulletin, released in Geneva.
09 Sep, 2014, 07.22 PM IST
- Carbon emissions surged at a record pace last year: World Meteorological Organization
CO2 levels increased more between 2012 and 2013 than during any other year since 1984 according to WMO's Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) netw...
09 Sep, 2014, 06.04 PM IST
CO2 surge drove greenhouse gas levels to new high in 2013: WMOAtmospheric volumes of greenhouse hit a record in 2013 as CO2 concentrations grew at the fastest rate, the WMO said on Tuesday.
09 Sep, 2014, 01.05 PM IST
- Greenhouse gas concentrations reach a record high: World Meteorological Organisation
World Meteorological Organisation, in a statement released on Tuesday revealed that the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reache...
20 Nov, 2012, 08.39 PM IST
- Japan to launch first Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite
In 2008 Japan would be sending into space the world’s first Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite which would not only specify the quantum o...
24 Dec, 2007, 01.20 PM IST