Gurugram rain chaos: School buses stranded for hours with kids, ambulances stuck; WFH, online classes advised
Hindustan Timesby Anagha Deshpande·24 Aug 2026
Gurugram rain chaos: School buses stranded for hours with kids, ambulances stuck; WFH, online classes advised Gurugram experienced significant disruption from rain-induced waterlogging, affecting...
A forecast is not a decision: Design engineering for drought preparedness
Phys.orgby Mitul Iyengar; Luke Fiorante·24 Aug 2026
A forecast is not a decision: Design engineering for drought preparedness More than 80 countries face chronic drought, yet only a third have systems in place to act before a drought arrives rather...
Prince Harry steps down from African Parks charity board
BBC Newsby Olivia Ireland·24 Aug 2026
- Published The Duke of Sussex has stepped down from the board of an African wildlife charity whose rangers had been found to have committed human rights abuses against indigenous people.
Climate scientists solve monsoon puzzle and warn of risks to fisheries
Phys.orgby Vicky Welstead·24 Aug 2026
Climate scientists solve monsoon puzzle and warn of risks to fisheries A new study has reconciled a long-standing paradox in the South Asian summer monsoon cycle.
World's oceans hit highest temperature on record as El Niño grows
BBC Newsby Mark Poynting·24 Aug 2026
- Published The world's oceans are hotter than ever recorded, new data suggests, as they suffer from human-caused climate change and the growing El Niño weather phenomenon.
Our climate is changing rapidly – and our politicians sound increasingly surreal | Zoe Williams
Environment | The Guardianby Zoe Williams·24 Aug 2026
As it is August, and everyone with stronger opinions is currently on holiday, last week I went on Any Questions?, the BBC Radio 4 panel show.
3 ways to improve Canada’s wildfire advisory capacity
The Conversation Canadaby Ranjan Datta, Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair, Department of Humanities, Mount Royal University·24 Aug 2026
In mid-July, parts of Ontario woke up under a yellow sky. Nearly 200 forest fires were burning, most of them in the northwest, and Toronto briefly had the worst air quality of any major city in the...
Everybody is sitting in luxury: Delhi HC pans authorities over inaction in Yamuna cleaning issue
Bar and Benchby Bhavini Srivastava·24 Aug 2026
The Delhi High Court on Monday directed the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), the Delhi government and Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure...
Firefighters are trying to stop a fast-moving Nevada wildfire from spreading to homes in Reno
The Independentby Haven Daly and John Seewer·24 Aug 2026
A wildfire that mushroomed over the weekend in the Sierra Nevada foothills spread perilously close to neighborhoods in Reno, Nevada, forcing authorities to urge more than 90,000 residents to leave...
Australia has just 12,000 sea lions left – and ‘carnage’ may await them as bird flu takes hold, scientists warn
Wildlife | The Guardianby Lisa Cox Environment and climate correspondent·24 Aug 2026
Scientists have warned deadly H5 bird flu could cause “carnage” for Australia’s seal and sea lion populations after detection of the virus in long-nosed fur seals in South Australia.
Daniel Janzen and the long work of bringing back a forest
Mongabay Globalby Rhett Butler·24 Aug 2026
- Daniel Janzen’s scientific work helped reshape ecologists’ understanding of tropical forests, especially the relationships among plants, insects, pathogens, predators, and seeds.
Borneo forest fires spike again: Why El Niño isn't the sole culprit
Phys.orgby Frisa Irawan Ginting; Dian Fiantis·24 Aug 2026
Borneo forest fires spike again: Why El Niño isn't the sole culprit Forest and land fires across Indonesia have spiked once again.
Antarctic krill fishery closes months early amid increasing fishing pressure
Mongabay Globalby Autumn Spanne·24 Aug 2026
- The krill fishery in the Southern Ocean has closed more than three months early after reaching its annual catch limit of 620,000 metric tons — a precautionary quota established to prevent...
A deadly cross over: In South Africa, rabies moves from land animals to seals
Mongabay Globalby Andy Lehren·24 Aug 2026
- Cape Town, South Africa, has recorded 135 incidents of aggressive seal behavior toward humans since September 2021, including injuries that led to hospitalizations.
A study on African Bermuda-grass highlights gaps in bioinvasion policy
Mongabay Indiaby Renuka Kulkarni·24 Aug 2026
- A survey documents the naturalisation of African Bermuda-grass, native to Central and East Africa, in two Indian biodiversity hotspots, the Himalayas and the Western Ghats.
In Chhattisgarh's Sukma, 'Niva Duwad Te' campaign by police rebuilds trust, security in remote villages
New Indian Expressby Ejaz Kaiser·24 Aug 2026
RAIPUR: For decades, the dense forests of Sukma district in south Chhattisgarh echoed only with the unyielding diktats of Left-Wing Extremism.
South Africa produces enough food, yet millions face hunger. Better cold storage could help change that
The Conversation Africaby Frederic Isingizwe, Research Scientist - eResearch Office, University of the Western Cape·24 Aug 2026
South Africa can produce enough food for its population, according to official statistics. But millions face hunger, partly because food is lost and wasted in the value chain.
India advocates for sustainable and innovative financing mechanisms for land restoration at UNCCD
New Indian Expressby Jitendra Choubey·24 Aug 2026
NEW DELHI: At the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) CoP 17 held in Mongolia, India highlighted the necessity for diversified, adequate, predictable, and sustained international...
I asked estate agents what will sell a home in 2027 – they all agreed this is the garden feature everyone is looking for in a property following this summer
Latest from Ideal Home in Newsby Kezia Reynolds·24 Aug 2026
This hot, dry summer (and the promise of more extreme weather in the years to come) has had me thinking constantly about the importance of shade over the past few months.
Empty North Sea oil fields could store enough green hydrogen to power the country for seven years
The Conversation UKby Chris Groves, Professor, Director of Education in the Department of Engineering, Durham University·24 Aug 2026
Every time Britain has a still, grey week in winter, something invisible happens behind our plug sockets: gas power stations fire up to keep the lights on.
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