Indian researchers have explored how pollen and non-pollen palynomorphs (NPPs) of Kaziranga National Park (KNP) can help in the interpretation of climate in the region.
The KNP in Assam, a corridor for the immigration of members of the Indo-Malayan fauna into the Indian sub-region, is a critical reserve for tropical species, having served as a gene reservoir for these taxa during glacial periods.
Perhaps a bit gimmicky but CoP28 will offer what it calls “the first 1.5° C-aligned menu” as part of its objective of making the conference carbon-neutral.
CoP28 or the Conference of Parties is the supreme decision-making body of the United Nations as the world work towards limiting the global temperature rise caused by human-made climate change to 1.5 degrees Celsius above the preindustrial levels.
By Sonia Dhami- DENALI NATIONAL PARK Leaving Fairbanks, we are on the road to Denali National Park early, mounting anticipation of sighting the Big Five of Denali – Bear, Moose, Dall Sheep, Caribou and Wolves. During the 5-hour ride to Denali, we make a stop at the town of Nenana, well-timed with Alaska Railroad […]
Human habits, industrialization, climate change, and pollution are some of the key factors that have caused the earth’s resources to deplete at an alarming pace and if not acted upon now, our earth’s resources are sure to decline, causing the extermination of a sizeable number of the living organisms.
COP28 UAE President-Designate Sultan Al Jaber has highlighted the need for unity and solidarity in tackling the energy ‘trilemma’ and fighting climate change.
If six galaxies discovered by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) are any indication, either the universe is much older than it has been described to be or galaxies form much quicker than what the current scientific wisdom says.
A bromance seems to be budding between Assam Chief Minister Himanta Sarma and Oscar-winning American actor a vocal environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio. Sarma extended an invitation to DiCaprio on Twitter after the latter praised rhino conservation in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park. In response to the American actor’s post, Himanta also wrote, “Preserving wildlife is integral to our cultural identity.”
India called upon G20 nations to fight unitedly against global warming and, climate change at the first G20 Energy Transitions Working Group Meet held in Bengaluru on Sunday, February 5. On the sidelines of the event an international seminar on ‘Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS)’ was organized. The seminar highlighted the importance of carbon capture, utilization, and storage, considered vital for achieving net-zero targets.
An Indian American doctoral student of the University of Michigan, Harsh Patel, has been chosen for the fellowship for Membrane Technology to investigate reducing the cost, energy usage, and environmental impacts of water treatment and desalination.
The Climate Summit held earlier this year in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt posed more questions than answers to the calls for a viable approach towards reducing global warming, among others. Even as rhetoric ruled the roost, time-tried and tired echo chambers resonated with similar panels, same evocations, misplaced media moments, and righteous indignation from the elite to the exploited.
Humanity now has its first-ever sample depot on another planet, namely Mars where NASA’s Perseverance rover has just begun depositing titanium tubes containing rock samples.
Ritu Jha- He may have won two Grammys, but Ricky Kej doesn’t even own a car. The environmentally conscious singer also shrinks his carbon footprint, which he gets audited every quarter, by avoiding jeans, because they call for a lot of water in production. And he consistently appeals to people to donate money to the […]
An impressive, star-studded gathering at the inauguration of the 28th Kolkata International Film Festival here on Thursday evening was taken by a bit of surprise, when Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, usually known for dodging political issues, suddenly referred to issues like “civil liberties” and “freedom of expression”.
It is a measure of the extent of disagreement over funding by the developed world of poor countries to deal with the impacts the climate crisis that the 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change or COP27 had to be extended beyond today.
Mayank Chhaya- As the 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change or COP27 enters its final stretch, the much-talked-about goal of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius by the end of the century seems unattainable. A new report from UN Climate Change shows that while countries […]
As the world prepares for its 8 billionth baby any day now, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who has been a particularly fierce campaigner about the global climate disaster with a flair for the theatrical, has said the world is on its way to “a highway to climate hell with our foot still on the accelerator.”
Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav, who is leading the Indian delegation to the 27th Session of the Conference of Parties of the UNFCCC (COP 27) from November 6 to 18, arrived in Egypt’s Sharm El-Sheikh on Saturday.
George Jacob CEO BayEcotarium unveiled the climate museum masterplan on World UN Day.
