Environment/Science

Three months after Hurricane Matthew, 1.5 million Haitians face hunger – UN agencies report

New York, Jan 19 (Just Earth News): While the number of Haitians facing hunger in areas hardest hit by Hurricane Matthew has declined steadily in the three months since the deadly storm ripped through the tiny island nation, more than 1.5 million people nevertheless remain food insecure, the United Nations said on Wednesday. more

2016 was the hottest year ever recorded – UN weather agency

New York, Jan 19 (Just Earth News): The world has just witnessed the hottest year on record, surpassing the exceptionally high temperatures of 2015, the United Nations weather agency reporte ...

Not just Delhi, Air in most Indian cities hazardous; Greenpeace report

New Delhi| Jan 11 (IBNS): Damning information obtained by Greenpeace India through online reports and Right to Information applications from State Pollution Control Boards across India, show ...

Safe water now available for hundreds of thousands affected by Hurricane Matthew – UNICEF

New York, Jan 6 (Just Earth News): Responding to the humanitarian needs in Haiti, which witnessed massive destruction by Hurricane Matthew in early October last year, the United Nations Chil ...

CEA validates Greenpeace; confirms no new coal power required for India's growth

New Delhi, Dec 15 (Just Earth News/IBNS) The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has released for public input the draft National Electricity Plan 2015 with the Greenpeace India welcoming th ...

More than 5 per cent of world’s oceans now protected – UN Environment

New York, Dec 15: Since April, an unprecedented 3.6 million square kilometres of ocean – an area larger than India – have been designated as marine protected areas (MPAs), meaning for t ...

UN agency urges investing in agriculture science and technology to achieve 2030 ‘zero hunger’ target

New York, Dec 14 (Just Earth News): The United Nations announced on Tuesday at a meeting of the world’s top agricultural scientists, that in order to achieve world’s Sustainable Devel ...

Mars rock-ingredient stew seen as plus for habitability

Washington, Dec 14 (JEN): NASA's Curiosity rover is climbing a layered Martian mountain and finding evidence of how ancient lakes and wet underground environments changed, billions of years ...

Varanasi and Allahabad had 'zero' good air quality days last year: CEED Report

New Delhi, Dec 12 (JEN): A new report launched at an air quality workshop, ‘Lifting the Smog’, has revealed that Varanasi and Allahabad, both had ‘zero’ good air quality days last y ...

Varanasi and Allahabad had 'zero' good air quality days last year: CEED Report

New Delhi, Dec 12 (JEN): A new report launched at an air quality workshop, ‘Lifting the Smog’, has revealed that Varanasi and Allahabad, both had ‘zero’ good air quality days last y ...