Environment

Noida: Smog continued to smother the city, and Noida’s AQI saw little change on Thursday at 408 (severe), against 409 the day prior. Greater Noida, meanwhile, saw some relief as AQI dropped to 380 (very poor) from Wednesday’s 420. However, in neighbouring Ghaziabad pollution levels rose slightly as AQI slipped to 430 from 422 the…

Experts sound red alert as Delhi air turns ‘life-threatening’ NEW DELHI: As capital wakes up each morning to skies the colour of ash and an AQI brushing the ‘severe’ zone, scientists, doctors, parents and protest groups warn that Delhi’s pollution crisis has now crossed into a life-threatening public health emergency. Despite stubble-burning contributing only a…

Delhi schools halt outdoor sports as SC and CAQM issue warnings over severe AQI levels NEW DELHI: The Directorate of Education (DoE) of the Delhi government has suspended all outdoor sports activities in schools as air quality continues to deteriorate. The order was issued after pollution levels rose sharply across the city, prompting health concerns…

Representative image (AI) India’s average temperature rose by nearly 0.9 degrees Celsius in the last decade (2015-2024) with the number of warm days increasing across most of the country, a new study says, highlighting the urgent need for adaptation strategies.The hottest day of the year also registered a temperature rise of 1.5-2 degrees Celsius in…

Pune: India had been undergoing faster and more uneven climate shifts than earlier estimated and the country had warmed by 0.89°C (2015–2024) compared to the early 1900s (1901-1930), revealed a new peer reviewed study.The hottest day of the year had been warming by 1.5-2°C in western and northeast India since the 1950s, the assessment published…

NEW DELHI: The 30th session of the UN climate conference (COP30) concluded in Belem, Brazil with a compromised deal as countries agreed to triple adaptation finance (funds to assist developing countries to tackle impacts of climate change) as part of the summit agreement – called global ‘Mutirao’ decision – but could not reach consensus on…

NEW DELHI: Total annual groundwater recharge in the country marginally increased in 2025 compared to last year and so did the water availability for different uses, but nearly one-fourth of the assessment units collectively continued to be in semi-critical, critical and over-exploited categories due to notable decline in recharge in Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam,…

Hyderabad: A quiet cliff edge at a stone quarry in Yenakathala, Vikarabad, turned into an unexpected sanctuary after a birder’s alert about a Rock Eagle Owl nest prompted the Telangana forest department to halt quarrying operations for over a month.Birder Manoj Kumar Vittapu, joint secretary of the Telangana Photographic Society, visited the quarry on Sunday…

Screen grab (Source: X/@birdd111) In a counter-intuitive but urgent conservation push, drones and helicopters are releasing thousands of mosquitoes over Hawaii’s forests in an effort to rescue some of the islands’ most threatened birds. The operation is part of a large-scale bid to suppress invasive mosquito populations that are driving native Hawaiian honeycreepers towards extinction.In…

NEW DELHI: India’s green economy could attract $4.1 trillion (Rs 360 lakh crore) in cumulative investments and create 48 million (4.8 crore) ‘full-time equivalent’ (FTE) jobs by 2047, an independent study released by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) said.The analysis also projects that India could unlock a $1.1 trillion (Rs 97.7 lakh…