Heat stress puts India's agriculture among high-risk in Asia-Pacific, warns UN ESCAP report

India, Nov. 27 -- India is among five Asia-Pacific countries where agriculture faces consistently high heat stress, according to a new UN ESCAP report. Rising temperatures threaten crop yields, lives... Read More

Cyclone Ditwah may rapidly intensify, bring heavy rainfall to eastern coast of India

India, Nov. 27 -- Cyclone Ditwah formed on November 27 over the southwest Bay of Bengal near Sri Lanka. It is expected to travel towards Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and southern Andhra Pradesh by November... Read More

Sikkim ramps up disaster preparedness as Eastern Himalayas warm

India, Nov. 27 -- Sikkim has intensified disaster preparedness with early warning systems, high-altitude rescues, and regular drills. Following the 2023 GLOF, the state launched a risk reduction stra... Read More

Amphibians see steep global decline: Study finds 788 species in decline over four decades

India, Nov. 27 -- A global study has found that 788 amphibian species have declined in conservation status in the last 40 years, compared with just 121 that improved. Habitat loss, agriculture, clima... Read More

As US hunger rises, Trump administration's 'efficiency' goals cause massive food waste

India, Nov. 27 -- During Trump's second term, policies aimed at 'efficiency' have worsened U.S. food waste, with immigration raids, tariff disputes, aid cuts, and program cancellations leaving crops r... Read More

Listening, learning, co-creating: New lens on community participation in climate action

India, Nov. 27 -- In India's climate-vulnerable regions, community-led approaches are proving vital to resilience. By listening to lived experiences, integrating local knowledge and co-creating solut... Read More

Northeast India yields 13 newly described bush frog species

India, Nov. 26 -- Thirteen new bush frog species have been identified in northeast India, in what researchers say is the region's biggest amphibian discovery in over ten years. Researchers from the W... Read More

We ourselves: In one corner of Odisha, Adivasis have drawn up a powerful template of self-dependence

India, Nov. 26 -- Bina Pani Sahoo, a 60-year-old resident of Koi village in Kankadahad gram panchayat of Odisha's Dhenkanal district, intimately knows the forests in her panchayat. She, along with oth... Read More

Fit solar into electricity

India, Nov. 26 -- Think of roof, and you see solar panels. Think of solar, and you see the energy generated during the day, powering appliances and even feeding into the grid, from which it can be bou... Read More

Sea level doesn't rise at the same rate everywhere - we mapped where Antarctica's ice melt would have the biggest impact

India, Nov. 26 -- A new study maps how Antarctic ice melt will unevenly raise sea levels worldwide. It reveals that regions far from the continent, such as the Indian, Pacific and western Atlantic ba... Read More

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