By Jaison Wilson New Delhi, March 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Taking note of a plea stating serious environmental degradation due to decade-old dumping of waste and sewage in Ashtamudi Wetland, the gateway to Kerala’s backwaters, the National…
Canberra, March 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Australia is facing more catastrophic weather events as a result of global warming, which will cause death, injury, financial and emotional stress globally, a report has warned. The Intergovernmental Panel on…
United Nations, March 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for a faster transition to renewable energy. “Instead of slowing down the decarbonisation of the global economy, now is the time to accelerate the…
Sydney, March 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) As devastating floods continue to swamp much of eastern Australia, an environmental scientist warned of the threat to the drinking water supply for millions of people. Writing in the online current…
Srinagar, March 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Weather remained cloudy in J&K and Ladakh on Tuesday as the Meteorological (MeT) department forecast light rain and snow during the next 24 hours. “Light rain/snow is likely to occur at…
New Delhi, Feb 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s report on Monday said that globally, high temperatures and extreme weather events, such as droughts, extreme rainfall events, heatwaves and floods, are damaging…
New Delhi, Feb 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) India’s GDP per capita is already 16 per cent lower than it would have been without human-caused warming since 1991, according to a new report by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate…
BY VISHAL GULATI Nairobi, Feb 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) Nearly half of the global population is now highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. That includes everything from rising sea levels, drought and more frequent and…
New Delhi, Feb 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) That there will be sea level rise due to rising global temperatures has been known for long. But now, a new UN report released on Monday has given a better…
New Delhi, Feb 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) A UN report on Monday has predicted a major fall in crop production that can lead to price rise, food insecurity, threat to water security, and overall higher economic implication…
New Delhi, Feb 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) India’s Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Minister Dr Jitendra Singh on Monday launched the International Monsoons Project Office (IMPO) virtually on the occasion of National Science Day 2022. The…
BY VISHAL GULATI Nairobi, Feb 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) With the new IPCC report’s grim predictions of mass starvation, extinctions and man-made disasters, UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Executive Director Inger Andersen on Monday warned the report comes…
New Delhi, Feb 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) At the current emission cuts promised, many parts of northern and coastal India would reach extremely dangerous wet-bulb temperatures – a measure combining both health and humidity – of over…
New Delhi, Feb 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) Globally human-induced heat and humidity will create conditions beyond human tolerance if emissions are not rapidly eliminated. India is among the places that will experience these intolerable conditions, the Intergovernmental…
New Delhi, Feb 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) It is now unequivocal that “climate change is a threat to the human well-being and planetary health” and “any further delay in concerted anticipatory global action on adaptation and mitigation…
Beijing, Feb 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has signed a State Council decree to promulgate the revised regulations on the protection of underwater cultural relics. The regulations will take effect on April 1 and…
Amaravati, Feb 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) Two leopard cubs have died in two separate accidents in Andhra Pradesh’s Kurnool district in two days. Both the accidents occurred in Nallamalla forests. While one cub was found dead on…
Sydney, Feb 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) The death toll from the rising floodwaters in Australia climbed to eight as a severe weather system continues to batter the country’s east coast, causing evacuations and school closures. Police of…
Srinagar, Feb 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) Weather remained generally cloudy in Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh on Monday as the MeT department forecast partly cloudy weather during the next 24 hours. “Weather is likely to remain partly…
Srinagar, Feb 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway has been closed for vehicular traffic due to landslides near Samroli in Udhampur, officials said on Monday. “Jammu-Srinagar NHW blocked at Dewal near Samroli, Udhampur due to…