Turkey-Syria quake: The Anatolian Plate is one of the most seismically active; here is why
The Anatolian Plate sits between three major tectonic plates: African, Arabian and Eurasian
Eastern Mediterranean, West Asia warming 2 times faster than global average: Report
Temperatures projected to rise by up to 5°C by 2100
Iraq’s orange sky is a red flag. Here’s why
Experts link the frequent, intense dust storms in Iraq with climate change
Climate disasters are becoming more frequent in west, central Asia than other regions: IMF
West and central Asia are hotspots for climate change due to their geographical setting, says new paper
Every fifth child faces water scarcity globally: Unicef report
More than 155 million children in South Asia live in areas with high or even extremely high water vulnerability, Unicef says
Lumpy skin disease: The deadly pandemic that has taken root among India’s bovines
This will have a devastating impact on the country, where most dairy farmers are either landless or marginal landholders and milk is among the …
Millions of displaced people face dual hardship of COVID-19: Report
Wars, conflict and natural disasters displaced 14.6 million people in 127 countries from January-June 2020
Iranian officials squabble over toll as COVID-19 sweeps West Asia
Meanwhile, Chinese federal government to increase funds to local governments even as world races to develop a vaccine
India world’s 13th most water-stressed country: WRI
The World Resources Institute also notes that 12 of the world's most water-stressed countries are in the Middle East and North Africa
‘The govt’s version of history is less dependent on science, more on divine sayings’
Journalist Tony Joseph debunks the myth of India being the homeland of the Aryans and offers a scientific chronicle in his latest book. Here, he …
More toxic sludge than fresh water produced from desalination
That is the conclusion reached by the first global assessment of the desalination sector’s industrial waste
Double burden of indoor and outdoor air pollution in developing world: Report
A quarter of global deaths due to particulate air pollution occur in India. Globally air pollution is the 4th largest killer
`Indian cuisine is rediscovering itself'
Ethnic Indian food is reinventing itself, says Colleen Taylor Sen, considered to be one of the leading historians on Indian and South Asian food. …
Water shortage deepens in West Asia and North Africa
Around 1.2 billion people, almost one-fifth of the world's population, live in areas of physical scarcity of water, says UN
Why control of Mosul dam in Iraq means life or death for nearly two million people
The dam had reportedly been seized by Islamic State militants on August 7
Wild relatives of crops at risk in conflict-ridden West Asia
Violence and strife have affected their conservation, threatening global food security.
Towards food security: perspectives from three continents
The Food Insecurity Report 2014, released by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) last week, has revealed that one …
Wildlife trade is thriving on Internet, finds study
Survey finds wild animals and wildlife products worth US $11 million for sale online in 16 countries
For West Asia, it could soon be a battle for water
Along with scarcity induced by population pressure, use of water as a weapon of war is also draining the resources in the region
More than 12 GW of solar PV projects in the pipeline in West Asia, Africa
Reason for the surge is varied. It ranges from improving lives of the energy poor, to reducing dependency on fossil fuels
Earth has lost half of its ecosystem
Two-thirds of land-based ecosystems must be sustained to support life on the planet, says study