The “Lights on Energy” campaign pushes message that dependence on oil & natural gas is a matter of survival for Americans and people worldwide
Indo-US satellite NISAR to study Earth’s cryospheric changes, will help in natural resource, hazard management
Hanging in balance: 64% of West African coast highly or very highly vulnerable, shows study
Over 77 countries saw highest average temperature in 2023 in close to 5 decades: Report
PTSD reduces cerebellum volume: New study offers targeted treatment approach
Reductions pronounced for particular subregions of cerebellum; more research needed to understand how genetic predisposition, environment leads to PTSD, ...
ILO projects hike in global unemployment rate: 2 million more may seek jobs in 2024
Low labour force participation, rising geopolitical tensions, high interest rates in advanced economies may raise unemployment rate to 5.2%
Extreme weather events most severe global risks over next 10 years: WEF
Through 2026, extreme weather events in top 3 risks in 13 countries; climate tipping points expected to change weather ...
In 2023, for the first time ever, each day was at least 1°C warmer. Why this is worrying
Close to 50% of the days in 2023 were 1.5°C warmer than 1850-1900, compared to just over 20% in ...
UN projects food inflation to go up in 2024 due to El Nino, rising geopolitical tensions
May impact food insecurity, poverty; scaling up climate financing critical to help developing countries cope with climate impact
Brightest, most distant radio signal detected till now has a rare source — a group of merging galaxies
A fast radio burst that occurred when the universe was just 5 billion years old was detected in 2022
Global economy’s weakest half-decade performance in 30 years likely by end of 2024, warns World Bank
Calls for $2.4 trillion increase in investment by developing countries for course correction
Study finds forest bats avoid wind turbines — and noise may be the cause
Acoustic activity of bats who forage in narrow spaces decreased by 77% with increasing speed of operational wind turbines
US study finds hundreds of thousands of nanoplastic particles in bottled drinking water
Each litre contained 110,000 to 370,000 particles, 90% of them smaller than microplastics
Scientists characterise a natural pathogenic fungi to help save eucalyptus forests from devastating pest
Eucalyptus snout beetle can cause great damage, but fungi could be used to develop a bio-pesticide for sustainable forestry
Ocean surface waves — and their hazards — due to tropical cyclones are growing bigger, warns study
Maximum height of tropical cyclone waves, area of its footprint has increased significantly over 40 years
Bird species in northeastern India shifting to higher elevations, face threat of extinction
Researchers say certain bird species shifting to degraded forest systems for climate change adaptation may go extinct
African raptor population declines 88% in 40 years, many crossing IUCN threshold: Report
Evidence indicates two-thirds of 42 examined species to be globally threatened
Saved by sponge
As oceans warm up, women in Zanzibar switch from seaweed to climate-resilient sponge farming to stay afloat
2023 warmest on record, temperatures 1.48°C above preindustrial level
Current El Nino event may rank in the top five on record; expected to end by April-June
Scrambling in the dark: Study shows animals forced to be more active from dusk to dawn to escape human disturbance
Most species studied exhibited reduced activity in conservancies during daytime, with increased activity at dusk, night, dawn
Loss & damage: 85% of costliest climate-linked disasters in 2023 were floods & storms; mostly affected poor
Recovery cost of Cyclone Freddy in Malawi was around 5.2% of its economy, highest among 20 most expensive global disasters in ...
Alvaro, first cyclone of 2024, hits Madagascar
Over 16,000 affected; 8,400 people have been displaced and 5 killed
New class of antibiotics that can kill drug-resistant bacteria finally on the horizon?
Zosurabalpin was found to have potent, selective activity against Acinetobacter strains, including drug-resistant strains of Carbapenem-resistant A baumannii
Upgrade Horn of Africa cheetah status to ‘endangered’, experts appeal to IUCN
Cheetah subspecies facing decline in genetic diversity due to illegal trade in cubs to Arab countries
In a first, a polar bear has died of avian flu in the Arctic, confirms Alaska
The animal likely contracted the disease after feeding on infected bird carcass