Report by Court Commissioner in OA No 481 of 2024 News item titled "Major fire erupts at Delhi's Ghazipur landfill site smoke engulfs region" appearing in the Hindustan Times, April 21, 2024. The report was dated March 29, 2025. The report was in compliance of NGT order, March 7, 2025. …
GUDJON HELGASON t and PAISLEY DODDS REYKJAVIK, ICELAND A volcano in southern Iceland has erupted for the first time in almost 200 years, raising concerns that it could trigger a larger and potentially more dangerous eruption at a volatile volcano nearby. The eruption at the Eyjafjallajokull (AYA-feeyaplayurkul) volcano, located near …
REYKJAVIK (Iceland): Authorities evacuated hundreds of people after a volcano erupted beside a glacier in southern Iceland, Iceland's civil protection agency said on Sunday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The eruption occurred around 11:30 p.m. on Saturday (7:30 p.m. EDT) beside the Eyjafjallajokull glacier, the …
ITANAGAR, Jan 29: In a bizarre geological disturbance, volcano like eruptions and large scale forest fire has been reported since last three days at Dehu Mountain, north of Chambang administrative headquarter at Kurung Kumey district. Further, forest fire has also broken out at nearby Langa Tata Mountain situated in between …
The Mayon volcano, which has blown its top nearly 40 times in 400 years, menaced nearby residents with small eruptions of ash and lava on Wednesday as Philippine authorities moved more than 30,000 people to shelters in case of a larger eruption. Lava rolled down the 2,460-metre mountain towering over …
Quakes, volcanic eruptions, giant landslides and tsunamis may become more frequent as global warming changes the earth's crust, scientists said on Wednesday. Climate-linked geological changes may also trigger "methane burps," the release of a potent greenhouse gas, currently stored in solid form under melting permafrost and the seabed, in quantities …
Spewing Tons Of Sulphur-Based Particles Into Upper Atmosphere Could Help Curb Warming The Royal Society is backing research into simulated volcanic eruptions, spraying millions of tons of dust into the air, in an attempt to stave off climate change. The society will this week call for a global programme of …
Africa's Lake Kivu contains vast quantities of gas, which makes it both dangerous and valuable. Anjali Nayar asks whether it is possible to tap the gas without causing a disaster.
Volcanic eruptions drove dinosaurs to extinction HOW did the dinosaurs disappear from the face of this earth? One school of thought blames it on volcanic eruptions from the Deccan Traps of India. Another insists on an asteroid that hit the earth aeons ago. One of the longest running debates in …
This 2009 edition of the World Disasters Report focuses on disaster risk reduction. It argues that early warning without early action is not enough and calls for cost-effective prevention measures, rather than the expensive response operations. World Disasters Report 2009 focuses on two key aspects of disaster risk reduction: early …
Washington: A huge volcanic eruption in China some 260 million years ago led to the sudden extermination of marine life clear around the world, British paleontologists announced, in a report being published in the journal Science. The researchers were able to pinpoint the exact timing of the massive eruption thanks …
A volcanic eruption over the weekend has taken a toll on the wildlife of the ecologically-fragile Galapagos Islands, causing the deaths of numerous fish and various sea lions, officials said on Thursday. Dead wildlife was spotted in the Pacific Ocean waters off the famed island chain not long after the …
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said on Friday the U.S. government will spend $15.2 million to modernize equipment for monitoring U.S. volcanoes and improve warning systems. The United States and its territories have 169 active volcanoes, and 54 of them need improved monitoring so scientists can warn the public about explosive …
Chile's Llaima volcano, one of South America's most active, belched ash 7 kms (4 miles) into the sky that was blown towards neighbouring Argentina in an intensifying eruption that prompted more evacuations. Llaima, which is in Chile's picturesque lake region about 700 km (435 miles) south of the capital Santiago, …
technology Mediaeval books dated by DNA testing Timothy Stinson from the North Carolina State University is using modern dna testing to trace the evolution of the book industry during the Middle Ages. Thousands of volumes, handwritten during the mediaeval period on parchments made of animal skin, still exist today. Scholars …
Slumbering in Indonesia is the world's biggest geothermal energy potential. Improved promotion policy and high fuel prices might help it to make a breakthrough.
Volcanic eruptions have periodically cooled the tropics over at least the last 450 years by spewing out particles that girdle the world at high altitude and reflect sunlight, according to a study released Sunday. The research adds a chunk of regional evidence to earlier work that found major eruptions -- …
