Monsoon ends with 12.6% rainfall deficit, driest season in a decade
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff9d ago
The southwest monsoon ended on Wednesday with a 12.6% deficit in rainfall, said the India Meteorological Department.
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top 11%Endangered dolphins survive in a Bangladesh river so polluted it’s ‘not livable’ for fish
Mongabay Globalby Naina Rao9d ago
At least 20 endangered Ganges river dolphins still survive in Bangladesh’s extremely polluted Buriganga River, a 12-month study found, reports contributor Md Jahidul Islam for Mongabay.
A cleaner sea, but at what cost? Keralam plans fishing-boat fuel switch, fishermen raise concerns
The South Firstby Dileep V Kumar9d ago
Synopsis: Keralam is planning to move traditional fishing boats away from kerosene by promoting petrol and LPG engines, with the Fisheries Department proposing subsidies for engine conversion.
Union cabinet approves Rs 8,398 crore Vizhinjam ORR; EC clearance granted
New Indian Expressby Samir Bandubhau Bhalchakra9d ago
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Union cabinet has granted environmental clearance for the proposed Rs 8,398 crore Greenfield Outer Ring Road connecting Vizhinjam and Navaikulam on Wednesday putting an end...
‘A Couple of Pots and a Sunny Corner Is Enough to Get Started’: Gardener Shares How to Grow Water Lilies at Home
The Better Indiaby Raajwrita Dutta9d ago
You might have admired water lilies blooming in ponds and assumed they need a large water body to grow.
UK weather maps turn icy blue as -0C freeze hits on Friday - 10 coldest areas
Daily Express :by Alycia McNamara9d ago
Latest weather maps from WXCHARTS show that after a long and hot summer, temperatures are set to plummet.
Assess safety of booster station supplying water to Sabarimala: Kerala HC to govt
ThePrintby PTI9d ago
Kochi, Oct 1 (PTI) The Kerala High Court has directed the state government to carry out an urgent assessment of the structural condition and safety of the booster stations providing water to the...
The Indigenous-Led Waste Facility That’s Helping the Earth | The Tyee
The Tyeeby Josh Kozelj9d ago
Joshua Gottfriedsen was sitting on the shore of the Fraser River when his dad pulled a fish out of a net.
Will new EU methane rules really push up gas prices in Europe?
Euronewsby Ruth Wright9d ago
“Methane is the quickest brake we have on warming this decade. Before ministers agree to ease off it, I'd ask them to look very carefully at what it actually costs.” The EU has proposed to delay...
Amid protests, Odisha government halts forest land diversion for Ib irrigation dam project
New Indian Expressby Express News Service9d ago
ROURKELA: The state government has halted the process of diversion of forest land for the proposed irrigation dam on Ib river at Katingidihi in Sundargarh district amid protests by villagers.
Indonesia’s new peatland agency faces questions over what it will do differently
Mongabay Globalby Hans Nicholas Jong9d ago
- Indonesia plans to create a new agency to restore and manage peatlands prone to burning, in a repeat of a measure it took in response to the severe fire season of 2015.
‘They raped our country’: documentary follows Kenyans’ fight for restitution over stolen land
The Guardianby Carlos Mureithi in Nairobi9d ago
For British colonialists, the fertile and cool uplands of central Kenya were the “White Highlands”, to be reserved exclusively for European settlers.
‘Explosion of melt rates’: 20% of Swiss glaciers lost in five years
The Guardianby Ajit Niranjan9d ago
Switzerland has lost almost one-fifth of its ice in just five years, research has found, in a dramatic reshaping of the Alpine country whose big white glaciers have been reduced to moonlike rock...
Even high-altitude forests in Switzerland are now weakened by frequent droughts, making natural hazards more dangerous
Phys.orgby Frontiers9d ago
Even high-altitude forests in Switzerland are now weakened by frequent droughts, making natural hazards more dangerous Due to global warming, Swiss forests are now at a tipping point where summer...
An Agricultural “Island” in the Saskatchewan River Delta - NASA Science
NASAby Michala Garrison; NASA Earth Observatory9d ago
Much of the Saskatchewan River Delta, a large inland delta that straddles the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba, is too wet for extensive farming.
Farmers complain of dry spell induced crop loss in excluded talukas from drought GR
The Hinduby Snehal Mutha9d ago
Official rainfall data from Automatic Weather Stations show 94% of normal rainfall, leading Mudkhed and Mukhed talukas in Nanded district of the Marathwada region to be excluded from the...
Nearly $4 million announced towards collecting forestry waste to be turned into biofuel
RNZ Nationalby RNZ; Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa9d ago
Nearly $4 million in funding will go towards setting up collection points for forestry waste that can be turned into biofuel.
The green light for the largest coalmine in NSW history is shocking proof that our governance systems are betraying Australians | Georgina Woods
Environment | The Guardianby Georgina Woods9d ago
The Independent Planning Commission’s published reasons for approving the largest coalmine in New South Wales history in the context of mounting death, disaster and despair brought on by global...
‘The toll is huge’: El Niño-driven wildfires overwhelm Indonesia’s orangutan population
The Guardianby Rebecca Ratcliffe9d ago
The mother’s hands were peeling from walking on the torched ground. Her eight-month-old baby, which clung to her side, was dehydrated and thin.
Solar Cooker in India: Types, Price & How It Works 2026
Prakati Indiaby Prakati India9d ago
A solar cooker is one of the simplest clean-energy devices a household can own. It uses sunlight as its only fuel, so it has no running cost, no smoke and no cylinder to refill.