Environment/Science

Schools from Punjab, Haryana and Karnataka bag 'greenest' school awards

New Delhi, Feb 15 (IBNS): A school in Punjab’s Moga, a Kendriya Vidyalaya from Hebbal in Karnataka, and a sports school from Sonipat, Haryana claimed the top honours as 2016 ‘greenest’ schools in India more

Septage management needed to fulfil Clean Ganga Mission, building toilets not the answer

Luciknow, Feb 14 (IBNS): Simly building toilets will not improve sanitation in the Ganga basin pointed out experts from Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) at a recent media briefing or ...

Urgent scale-up in funding needed to stave off famine in Somalia, UN warns

New York, Feb 3 (Just Earth News): A senior United Nations humanitarian official in Somalia on Thursday warned that without a massive and urgent scale up of humanitarian assistance in the co ...

Role of terrestrial biosphere in counteracting climate change may have been underestimated: Research

Birmingham, Feb 1 (IBNS): New research has suggested that the capacity of the terrestrial biosphere to absorb carbon dioxide (CO2) may have been underestimated in past calculations due to ce ...

Oil slick continues to plague Tamil Nadu coast, two ships collided at Ennore on Saturday

Chennai, Jan 31 (IBNS): The oil spill along the Tamil Nadu coast near Chennai continues to pollute beaches, including the Marina Beach, according to media reports on Tuesday.

As new drought hits Ethiopia, UN urges support for Government's 'remarkable' efforts

New York, Jan 28 (Just Earth News): Commending the Ethiopian Government and humanitarian partners on the response to last year's El Niño drought that left 10.2 million people needing food a ...

NASA, NOAA Data show 2016 warmest year on record globally

Washington, Jan 19 (Just Earth News): Earth’s 2016 surface temperatures were the warmest since modern recordkeeping began in 1880, according to independent analyses by NASA and the Natio ...

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 ripp ...

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 ...