A concrete facelift

Fish reel from flame retardant

Turbines churn weather

Wind farms could harm crops

Size matters

Bigger aerosols trigger rain

America bans endosulfan

India continues to use it  

Kills more than the pain

Researchers report hearing loss associated with aspirin use  

Bicycles pave the way

Automobiles were not the harbingers of good roads—at least not in USA

Climate has its say

Land formation does not get to decide biodiversity alone  

UNEA-6 to consider 12 draft resolutions on its final day

While the resolutions are a critical part of UNEA-6, they are not legally binding

Inger Andersen urges inclusion of ‘super pollutants’ such as methane and black carbon in NDCs

By addressing short-lived climate pollutants, the world can deliver climate action, improve air quality and human health, said Andersen at the …

International light pollution guidelines for migratory species prepared

Guidelines entail specific protocol for marine turtles, seabirds and bats  

CMS COP14 ends in Samarkand; proposals listing 14 migratory species adopted

Countries join hands to protect migratory species in range states, assist migration and maintain populations  

One month in, how Biden has changed disaster management and the US COVID-19 response

In direct contrast to his predecessor, US President Joe Biden is treating this as a national-scale crisis requiring a comprehensive national …

New York grapples with climate-driven deluge: Historic rainfall and flash floods are the new normal

September floods unfolded less than three months after a devastating storm in July that unleashed catastrophic flooding across New York’…

Astana Declaration: Not just health, but affordable health for all

UN’s 192 member countries agree to strengthen primary healthcare on the 40th anniversary of Alma Ata Declaration

No way of knowing progress of 74% gender-related SDGs

Data is available on only 26 per cent of 85 gender indicators, says the first review of the status of women and girls in the Asia Pacific

Climate change to make pests hungrier, cause more crop loss

Warmer climate will increase the metabolic rate of insects making them devour more crops

Increase in disasters leads to spike in intentional homicides of women: UN Report

The correlation between the number of people affected by disaster and the number of female victims of intentional homicide was found to be the …

WHO begins monitoring two new variants of COVID-19 named BA.4 and BA.5

The move comes in the footsteps of the global health body declaring two more variants in circulation named XE and XD

Convention on Biological Diversity: Draft recommendation to focus on One Health approach, COVID-19

The draft also addressed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health, well-being and biodiversity

Mercury pollution: Parties to Minamata Convention discuss non-binding declaration but can it help

United Nations, Indonesia call for support from parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury

DNA sequencing of brown trout to improve conservation: Scientists

The salmonid species' superpowers made them one of the first to recolonise previously frozen freshwater areas from the sea at the end of the last …

Did Death Valley just hit the highest temperature recorded ever

The all-time highest temeparature ever was recorded more than a century ago, but that reading has been challenged 

Renewable energy in India: Capacity addition halved in 2020

The sector may get a boost following proposed reforms worth 40 billion dollars to improve health of discoms  

The environmental costs of Trump's wall

All that concrete will generate millions of tonnes of CO2 emissions and the wall will ravage a unique desert habitat that straddles two countries