Traffic congestion and rising nighttime temperatures together cost city residents nearly 200 hours every year Traffic violation on city roads. Hyderabad: Traffic congestion and rising nighttime temperatures are together costing city residents nearly 200 hours every year, according to two recent studies. While clogged roads eat into Hyderabadis’ time, rising nighttime temperatures are increasingly robbing…
CM Hemant Soren plants a sapling at Khelgaon Sports Complex on Friday Ranchi: Expressing concern over rapid climate change and recurring climate-related calamities, chief minister Hemant Soren on Friday said balancing development with environmental conservation is the only path to a sustainable future.Soren, who attended the 77th state-level Van Mahotsav at Harivansh Tana Bhagat Indoor…
Alsek on July 5, 1984. Image Credit: NASA Earth Observatory images by Michala Garrison, using Landsat data from the US Geological Survey. The coastal plain of southeastern Alaska is currently witnessing a rapid transformation where water is replacing ice at an unprecedented rate. Glaciers in this region are melting, which leads to the formation of…
Chennai: Kattaikkuttu, a traditional form of theatre, relies on stories from epics such as the Mahabharata and the Puranas. Thilagavathi Palani, a folk artist who upended the status quo of this male-dominated storytelling format, is using the stage to spread the word about climate change. She is the founder of the troupe Sri Thilagam Kattaikkuttu…
Mist fans at Rome’s Colosseum as Italy issues highest heat alert Italy placed all its major cities under the highest heat alert Thursday as an intense heatwave swept across Europe, setting national temperature records in Austria and Slovakia, fuelling wildfires in France, and disrupting power generation, transport and tourism across the continent.Temperatures climbed above 40°C…
Protest is a way of dialogue, says RSS chief on Gen Z stir MUMBAI: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat‘s interaction and comments over the recent student agitation, at the 15th anniversary of India’s International Movement to Unite Nations (IIMUN), a youth body, was seen as the first of Sangh’s outreach programmes aimed at Gen Z. “Protest…
Photo: MonaHansen1/ TikTok (Enhanced for clarity using AI) A livestream from Greenland’s UNESCO-listed Ilulissat Icefjord caught one of nature’s most dramatic tricks: a mammoth iceberg slowly rolling over and exposing the blue underside that had been hidden below the waterline. The moment, filmed off the coast of Ilulissat on July 25, quickly spread online because…
As sea levels continue to rise at an alarming rate, coastal wetlands are facing unprecedented inundation. A staggering eighty-four percent of these essential ecosystems are currently experiencing loss on a national scale. The Gulf Coast wetlands are bearing the brunt of this crisis, largely due to human impact. Still, there’s hope—many wetlands could shift inland…
Forests with more tree species appear to be improving faster over time, according to a new global study published in Nature Climate Change. doi.org/10.1038/s41558-026-02698-7By tracking forest photosynthesis across two decades, researchers found that biodiversity does more than support healthy ecosystems in the present: it also helps forests strengthen their ability to absorb carbon as the…
Dignitaries attend the 103rd foundation day celebration of Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University at Gurunanak Bhavan on Ambazari Road, Nagpur. Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University Vice-Chancellor Dr Nitin Patil is seen addressing the gathering. Nagpur: Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University (MAFSU) vice-chancellor Dr Niteen Patil on Tuesday said Nagpur University (NU) has played…
