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A massive winter storm disrupted air travel across the United States on Sunday, triggering widespread flight cancellations and delays at some of the country’s busiest airports and setting up what airlines warned would be a brutal travel day.The National Weather Service said late Saturday that widespread snow, sleet and freezing rain threatened nearly 180 million…
For generations, they have lived quietly at the edge of ponds, paddy fields, and village lore—small, croaking creatures whose voices rise just before the skies open. To meteorologists, frogs are bioindicators. To farmers staring at cracked earth and empty canals, they are something more.In villages across India, when the monsoon fails and prayers go unanswered,…
Chile wildfires (Picture credit: PTI) SANTIAGO: Wildfires burning out of control in southern Chile have killed at least 15 people and forced more than 50,000 to evacuate, the government said Sunday.Security minister Luis Cordero gave the tolls for 14 blazes burning for two days now in the Nuble and Biobio regions about 500 kilometers (300…
Noida: National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday took suo motu cognisance of alleged water contamination in three states, including Uttar Pradesh, and sought replies from them as well as their pollution boards.The principal bench, comprising chairperson justice Prakash Shrivastava and expert member Dr A Senthil Vel, issued notices to the authorities concerned in UP, Rajasthan…
Wood Buffalo National Park, in Canada, which spans northern Alberta and parts of the Northwest Territories, contains the largest beaver dam ever recorded. The structure lies deep within the park, far from roads, towns, or marked trails, making it largely inaccessible by foot. Its size is so vast that it is visible in satellite images…
LONDON: UK police said a falling tree killed a man in England after record winds brought by Storm Goretti, and nearly 40,000 homes in France were still without power Saturday.Some 15 people have died in weather-related accidents this week across Europe as gale-force winds and storms caused travel mayhem, shut schools, and cut power to…
India-led International Solar Alliance (ISA) will continue working with its 125 member and signatory countries to advance solar energy deployment and climate objectives, official sources said, after the United States withdrew from the initiative, PTI reported.The Gurugram-headquartered ISA, a joint initiative of India and France, was launched on the sidelines of the COP21 climate summit…
NEW DELHI: Microplastics could be impacting the oceans’ ability to absorb carbon dioxide (CO2) which is critical for regulating Earth’s temperature, according to a research. ‘Biological carbon pumping’ is a natural process by which an ocean transfers carbon from the atmosphere into the deep sea layers. “Microplastics (MPs) interfere with this process by reducing phytoplankton…
Gurgaon: Citizens campaigning for the protection of Aravali hills on Sunday urged Centre to push for Unesco Biosphere Reserve status for it to “ensure long-term protection”.Aravalli Bachao Citizens Movement (ABCM) also called for a comprehensive plan to restore the entire 76,000 sq km landscape, instead of what they described as fragmented “definition-led” approaches tied to…
NEW DELHI: Delhi government will use nature-based solutions (NbS) to treat polluted water in different drains before it enters the Yamuna. NbS is an eco-friendly initiative for pollution abatement that treats raw sewage on-site. Under the initiative, approved by the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) last week, government will use rock filters, stone masonry…
