New Delhi, May 29 -- The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on May 27, 2025, directed the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) to frame requisite guidelines for plywood indust... Read More
New Delhi, May 22 -- Driven largely by massive fires, the tropics lost 6.7 million hectares of primary rainforest in 2024. This record-breaking tropical forest loss seen in 2024 is more than any other... Read More
New Delhi, May 14 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced on May 8, 2025, that it will cease tracking the financial impact of weather events linked to climate change, i... Read More
New Delhi, May 9 -- Four men in Kenya face a year in prison or $7,700 fine for trying to smuggle thousands of live giant African harvester queen ants (Messor cephalotes) out of the country. The cour... Read More
New Delhi, April 24 -- A court in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, has drawn international attention as it presides over a case involving the illegal trafficking of live ants. On April 15, 2025, two Be... Read More
New Delhi, April 23 -- A new study published in Science on April 17, 2025, has revealed that soil pollution from toxic heavy metals and metalloids is significantly reducing crop yields and contaminati... Read More
New Delhi, April 17 -- Warmer temperatures and higher carbon dioxide levels could increase arsenic concentrations in rice, according to a new study published in Lancet Planetary Health on April 16, 20... Read More
New Delhi, March 25 -- A study published in Nature Water estimated that 23 large 'dam failures' could occur worldwide by 2035. With 4.4 per cent of large dams facing a failure probability above 1/10,0... Read More
India, March 21 -- A major global study has revealed that targeted conservation efforts have helped hundreds of animal species avoid extinction-though far more are still in decline. Researchers revie... Read More
India, March 18 -- Peruvian farmer and mountain guide Saul Luciano Lliuya reached the Higher Regional Court in Hamm, North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany) for his climate lawsuit hearing against energy com... Read More