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Record rainfall in the south, drought in the north: What's causing Europe's unusual spring weather?

New Delhi, May 30 -- 2025's rainy spring has brought a swift end to the droughts plaguing several Spanish regions, restoring ecosystems to parched fields, reviving withered trees and shrubs and bringi... Read More


Swiss glacier collapse: Lonza valley stares at flood risk as debris blocks river flow

New Delhi, May 30 -- The Alpine village of Blatten in Lotschental valley in southern Switzerland was buried under large volumes of ice and rock debris May 28, 2025 as a massive chunk of the Birch glac... Read More


Just 24% of glacier ice will survive at current warming trajectory, warns study

New Delhi, May 30 -- Glaciers around the world are melting faster and more extensively than previously feared, according to a study published in the journal Science. The findings, released just as glo... Read More


A common parasite can decapitate human sperm - with implications for male fertility

New Delhi, May 30 -- Male fertility rates have been plummeting over the past half-century. An analysis from 1992 noted a steady decrease in sperm counts and quality since the 1940s. A more recent stud... Read More


From soil to slugs to songbirds - how plastic is moving through ecosystems

New Delhi, May 29 -- For many people, "plastic pollution" calls to mind pictures of turtles and other marine life drowning in single-use plastic bottles and discarded fishing nets. My own research loo... Read More


Critical minerals don't belong in landfills - microwave tech offers a cleaner way to reclaim them from e-waste

New Delhi, May 29 -- When the computer or phone you're using right now blinks its last blink and you drop it off for recycling, do you know what happens? At the recycling center, powerful magnets wil... Read More


What a 120-year-old research station is telling us about the warming of the sea around the UK

New Delhi, May 29 -- A marine heatwave has been building in the ocean surrounding the UK during an exceptionally warm and dry spring. In other words, the sea surface temperature has been within the to... Read More


Vizhinjam was a mistake waiting to happen

New Delhi, May 29 -- On an overcast May morning, the Arabian Sea did what warnings, protests and reports could not - it sent back to shore a few dozen battered shipping containers from among the hundr... Read More


Downplaying sulphates, ignoring transboundary pollution - A flawed shift in India's FGD strategy

New Delhi, May 29 -- A high-level meeting was recently held under the leadership of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India to discuss the way forward on the installation of Flue G... Read More


Daily Court Digest Major environment orders (May 27, 2025)

New Delhi, May 29 -- MSC ELSA 3 sinking The sinking of the Liberian-flagged container ship, MSC ELSA 3, off the Kochi coast in Kerala indicates violation of the Biodiversity Act, 2002; Water (Preventi... Read More