Tag: environment

Supreme Court hears suo motu case on Aravalli Hills definition amid mining concerns. Explore 100m elevation criteria, activist fears, and hopes for stronger safeguards across Delhi-Gujarat range.

FAO reports global forest products trade up 1.4% to $486B in 2024, surpassing pre-2021 levels. Wood panels, pulp production surge amid recovery—key facts, trends, and future outlook for sustainability.

Union Environment Ministry assures no threat to Aravalli ecology under new 100m definition. Mining limited to 0.19%, but exclusion concerns rise in India

New research predicts 2,000-4,000 glaciers lost annually by 2050s. At 1.5°C warming, half survive by 2100; at 4°C, only 9% remain. Urgent climate action needed.

WMO's first State of the Climate in Arab Region report uncovers 2024's record heat, droughts, floods amid urbanization and conflict. Urgent resilience strategies revealed

New Northwestern University study shows airplane and hospital air mainly contain harmless human skin bacteria, easing concerns on airborne pathogens.

New research reveals how rapid warming 56 million years ago affected global vegetation and carbon sequestration, offering lessons for today's climate crisis.

OECD's new Environmental Outlook reveals interconnected climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution risks, urging coordinated policies to harness synergies by 2050.

Mountains worldwide are warming faster than surrounding lowlands, a phenomenon called elevation-dependent climate change (EDCC). This intensifies environmental shifts at higher altitudes,...

Experts warn that climate change and conflicts act synergistically, leading to worsened and more complex health crises, including millions of child deaths...