Global climate record: August this year joint-warmest month with July ’23 | India News
NEW DELHI: Aug 2026 was the joint-warmest month ever recorded globally across all calendar months, on a par with July…
After losing about 140.5 billion tons of ice a year for two decades, Antarctica temporarily reversed course, gaining a record 695 billion tons in 2021-23 as tropical warmth drove heavy snowfall
Representative Image (AI-generated) Antarctica has been losing mass for years as glaciers shed ice into the ocean, contributing to rising…
From Tokyo to London, heatwaves send men to work in shorts
Major retailers said linen shorts and suits were flying off the shelves in Britain WARSAW/LONDON: Scorching summer temperatures have done…
Italy, France, Germany battle extreme heat as Europe faces record temperatures
Mist fans at Rome’s Colosseum as Italy issues highest heat alert Italy placed all its major cities under the highest…
In 1974, a German fisherman released thousands of baby catfish into a Spanish river; 50 years later they are threatening native wildlife as an ‘ecological time bomb’
German biologist and recreational fisherman Roland Lorkowsky released thousands of juvenile Wels catfish into Spain’s Ebro River in 1974. His…
Boreal forests shade northern permafrost so effectively that summer thaw stays about one metre shallower; researchers estimate their canopies keep 59 billion tonnes of carbon frozen
Spruce and birch trees are seen tilting along the edge Stevens Pond on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus on…
Europe death toll tops 10,000 during late-June heatwave; scientists blame human-caused climate change
More than 10,000 excess deaths were recorded across Europe during the record-breaking heatwave that swept through western parts of the…
After the Great Wall of China, Africa is building an 8,000-km ‘Wall of Trees’ to fight climate change, restore land and feed millions
Stretching from the Atlantic coast of Senegal to the shores of Djibouti on the Red Sea, Africa is undertaking one…
PM Modi creates history with twin firsts
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi Sunday became the first Indian PM to address Seychelles’ National Assembly and was honoured with…