Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Containers from sunken ship likely to drift towards Alappuzha, Kollam Coasts in 48 hours: INCOIS" appearing in The Hindu dated 25.05.2025 dated 27/05/2025. The original application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled …
The scorching heat continued in the state for the second consecutive day on Wednesday. The conditions further aggravated which affected normal life and vehicular traffic. In western Rajasthan, maximum temperature hovered above 44 degrees celsius. Phalodi in Jodhpur remained hottest in the state recording a maximum temperature of 47 degrees …
Industrialized nations' greenhouse gas emissions fell by 1.3 percent in 2012, led by a U.S. decline to the lowest in almost two decades with a shift to natural gas from dirtier coal, official statistics show. Emissions from more than 40 nations were 10 percent below 1990 levels in 2012, according …
Heat waves aggravated in Rajasthan on Tuesday when majority of the places in the state recorded maximum temperature on or above 41 degree Celsius. Barmer remained the hottest in the state with a maximum temperature of 46.8 degree Celsius which affected normal life and vehicular traffic, the Met reports said. …
In a changing climate, increasing temperatures are anticipated to have profound health impacts. These impacts could be mitigated if individuals and communities adapt to changing exposures; however, little is known about the extent to which the population may be adapting. The objective of the study was to investigate the hypothesis …
With Norwestor giving a ditch to the State so far this season, there seems to be no respite from the blistering sun yet. If the weather office sources are to be believed, any possibility of relief from the prevailing climate is remote till May 6 since there is no sign …
Temperature in 13 towns in the state shot beyond 40 degree on Thursday due to intense heat wave The prevailing heat wave in the state that has seen temperature hovering around 40 degrees in many places is likely to persist till May 5, a Met forecast suggested even as the …
Industrialized nations’ greenhouse gas emissions fell by 1.3 percent in 2012, led by a US decline to the lowest in almost two decades with a shift to natural gas from dirtier coal, official statistics show. Emissions from more than 40 nations were 10 percent below 1990 levels in 2012, according …
Heat wave and scanty rainfall have badly affected tea production in Assam, India’s largest tea producing state, with planters fearing crop loss of nearly 10% this year. Pest attacks in some areas have worsened the situation, and it is feared that production of second flush will take a knock. The …
Bhubaneswar: Nearly 17 people have died in Odisha due to a heat wave. The state government has confirmed two such deaths and the causes of the rest of the deaths are under verification. In most parts of the state, the temperature is above 40 degree Celsius and in several places, …
China could set a new pace for slow-moving international climate talks by bringing its domestic commitment to fight global warming on to the world stage, the EU's top climate change official said on Wednesday. EU Climate Change Commissioner Connie Hedegaard is visiting China this week for two-way talks ahead of …
The mercury in the state will witness a gradual rise and touch 43 degree Celsius or more at some places including Bhubaneswar by April 29, a forecast by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Tuesday. The forecast for further rise in day temperatures came with at least 14 places …
Diarrhoea outbreak has taken a serious turn as a huge number of people are being affected by the waterborne disease due to ongoing extreme hot weather, reports BSS. The number of diarrhea patients has gone sharply at the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B) during the past few …
Heat wave intensified in Odisha on Tuesday with the mercury soaring above 41 degree Celsius at around a dozen places in western region with Sonepur recording the hottest at 42.6 degree C. Titlagarh sizzled at 42.5 degree Celsius while the mercury shot up to 42.3 degree Celsius at Angul and …
Government officials and top climate scientists will meet in Berlin from April 7-12 to review the 29-page draft that also estimates the needed shift to low-carbon energies would cost between two and six percent of world output by 2050. It says nations will have to impose drastic curbs on their …
The climate change-related risks from extreme events such as floods and heat waves will rise further with global warming, aggravating food and water insecurity, especially for some of the poorest communities, says the second installment of the latest UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report. The report of the …
The world will need far tougher curbs on greenhouse gases, by both developed nations and emerging economies, to keep global warming from exceeding a promised ceiling, a draft U.N. report shows. Rich nations led by the United States would have to halve their emissions by 2030 from 2010 levels to …
A little-known technology that may be able to take the equivalent of China's greenhouse gas emissions out of the carbon cycle could be the radical policy shift needed to slow climate change this century, a draft UN report shows. Using the technology, power plants would burn biomass - wood, wood …
There has been no reverse in the trend of global warming and there is still consistent evidence for man-made climate change, the head of the U.N. World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said on Monday. A slow-down in the average pace of warming at the planet's surface this century has been cited …
Affluent south-east appears least resilient to warming, according to analysis of temperature records and mortality figures Communities in the south-east of England are especially vulnerable to deaths in heatwaves, new research has revealed. In deprived districts of London such Tower Hamlets, the risk of dying more than doubles on very …
Global warming will disrupt food supplies, slow world economic growth and may already be causing irreversible damage to nature, according to a UN report due this week that will put pressure on governments to act. A 29-page draft by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change will also outline many ways …
