Wayanad monsoon crisis: rainfall deficit hits 37% amid El Niño impact
The Hinduby The Hindu Bureau·2 Sept 2026
Global climate change and the lingering effects of the El Niño phenomenon have left the Wayanad district facing a severe rainfall deficit as the Southwest Monsoon completes three months.
Almost half of world’s farmers poisoned by pesticides every year, experts find
World news | The Guardianby Pippa Neill Environment reporter·2 Sept 2026
Almost half of the world’s farmers are poisoned by pesticides every single year, a study has found.
Hippo 'thrashed' wife around 'like a toy' as husband forced to watch helplessly
Irish Mirrorby news@irishmirror.ie (Maria Leticia Gomes)·2 Sept 2026
Hippo 'thrashed' wife around 'like a toy' as husband forced to watch helplessly A Florida woman was attacked and dragged underwater by a hippo while on a "dream trip," while her husband watched...
Light to moderate rain likely in Delhi today, temperatures remain above normal
Hindustan Timesby Saloni Bhatia·2 Sept 2026
Light to moderate rain likely in Delhi today, temperatures remain above normal Despite rain in parts of the city, temperatures remained above normal at several stations, according to observations...
Some missing tourists make contact as Nepal flood death toll tops 1,100
The Independentby Shristi Kafle·2 Sept 2026
Some tourists previously reported missing in Nepal have made contact with authorities, officials said Wednesday, as search efforts continued following catastrophic floods that killed at least 1,118...
Highway between Nepal and China reopens after deadly floods as 119 people rescued
The Independentby Stuti Mishra·2 Sept 2026
The road leading to the Gyirong border crossing between China and Nepal fully reopened more than a week after the catastrophic floods, as Nepalese rescuers pulled 119 more people to safety with the...
Releasing mosquitoes to fight dengue: How Singapore took Project Wolbachia from lab to heartlands
Channel News Asiaby Claudia Lim·2 Sept 2026
Releasing mosquitoes to fight dengue: How Singapore took Project Wolbachia from lab to heartlands Project Wolbachia, which started in 2016, uses specially bred male mosquitoes to suppress the Aedes...
Auckland's Dairy Flat is plagued by seagulls
RNZ Nationalby RNZ; Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa·2 Sept 2026
Hundreds of seagulls are plaguing a northern Auckland district, leaving business owners at their wit's end.
Will revisit Karnataka law allowing 5% park land for public projects, says DK Shivakumar
The News Minuteby TNM Staff·2 Sept 2026
Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar has said his government will reconsider the controversial amendment allowing up to 5% of park land to be used for public utility projects.
Delhi Government Announces Zero-Cost Solar Panel Scheme Targeting 2.3 Lakh Homes By March 2027
Swarajyaby Arjun Brij·2 Sept 2026
Delhi's government approved an ambitious solar energy scheme that will provide free rooftop solar panels to approximately 2.3 lakh households consuming up to 400 units of electricity monthly.
Heavy rain, swollen rivers disrupt life across UP; 2 dead, 2 girls missing
National Heraldby NH Digital·2 Sept 2026
Heavy rain, swollen rivers disrupt life across UP; 2 dead, 2 girls missing Situation remains particularly serious in Ballia, where the swelling Ganga has affected around 20,000 people Heavy rain...
Nairobi’s expansion is swallowing up rural land: new book reveals the impacts on families
Down To Earthby Peter Lockwood·2 Sept 2026
Nairobi’s transformation into a “world-class city” is both anticipated and celebrated in Kenya’s media.
Biomimetic concept camper nudges green mobile living into the future
New Atlasby C.C. Weiss·2 Sept 2026
Building upon the foundation it laid with last year's E.Home Eco, Dethleffs is showing an even more innovative, envelope-pushing green RV concept at this year's Düsseldorf Caravan Salon.
‘It smelled like dead people’: the plan to tackle England’s illegal waste problem
The Guardianby Pippa Neill Environment reporter·2 Sept 2026
“There were parents dropping their children off and then heaving from the smell,” says Liz Thompson, 45, who runs Blessings Nursery in Bradford, West Yorkshire.
Southeast Asia’s oak trees highly threatened as report warns of lack of protection
Mongabay Globalby Naina Rao·2 Sept 2026
Many of Southeast Asia’s native oak species are under high stress from human pressures and lack protection, according to a recent report, reports contributor Sean Mowbray for Mongabay.
BC Has an Extinction Problem. Scientists Say There’s a Fix | The Tyee
The Tyeeby Sarah Cox·2 Sept 2026
Canada’s last wild spotted owl was known as Skalula. In Nlaka’pamux, the Interior Salishan language spoken around B.C.’s Fraser Canyon, where the female owl lived, skelúleɁ is the word for owl.
Despite losing everything, communities along the Nepal-Tibet border are helping each other rebuild
The Conversation Australiaby Nader Naderpajouh, Associate Professor/Head of School of Project Management, University of Sydney·2 Sept 2026
Hearts across the globe are aching for communities along the Nepal-Tibet border. Last Wednesday, a catastrophic flash flood ripped apart whole villages and swept away dozens of vital bridges and...
Global warming will inevitably overshoot 1.5°C Paris Agreement target - UN report
RNZ Nationalby RNZ; Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa·2 Sept 2026
Global warming beyond 1.5°C is now inevitable and the world must limit the 'overshoot' as much as possibly before reversing it, a new report says.
'Bloody dangerous': world to exceed 1.5-degree warming
PerthNowby Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson·2 Sept 2026
'Bloody dangerous': world to exceed 1.5-degree warming The world will exceed 1.5 degrees of warming within years, a United Nations report has found, exposing communities to more extreme heatwaves...
A landmark UN report says the world will overshoot the 1.5°C climate target. What happens now?
The Conversation Australiaby Wesley Morgan, Research Associate, Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW·2 Sept 2026
For over a decade, the world has been trying to limit global warming to 1.5°C. That’s no longer possible, according to a new United Nations report. We will likely pass 1.5°C in 2030.
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