18+ min ago   (634+ words) Geneva: El Nino is forecast to be the strongest since comparable records began four decades ago, the United Nations' climate agency warned Thursday, with the UN chief saying the world was in the "danger zone of extreme weather". The weather…...

1+ hour, 25+ min ago   (230+ words) Kathmandu: Two men have been rescued alive from a tunnel at the Trishuli 3A hydropower project 10 days after the Bhotekohi flash floods disaster. They have been identified as Kabir Maharjan, 45, and Sanjay Sah, 30. Maharjan was working as a mechanical supervisor on…...

9+ hour, 22+ min ago   (375+ words) Raipur: Chhattisgarh has ranked first in the country in the third phase of the Ministry of Jal Shakti’s ‘Jal Sanchay Jan Bhagidari’ (JSJB) (water conservation with community participation) campaign, emerging as a national model for community-driven rain water harvesting and…...

10+ hour, 43+ min ago   (397+ words) As the list of survivors of the recent Himalayan tragedy crawls up with painful slowness, and the heavy rain-filled clouds move reluctantly away, people are beginning to ask if there will never be any respite from the tyranny of climate…...

1+ day, 28+ min ago   (244+ words) Chennai: India’s small-scale fishing communities are facing increasingly unpredictable climate risks, including rising temperatures, stronger storms, shifting monsoon patterns and changes in fish availability, according to a diagnostic report prepared as part of the proposed National Plan of Action for…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (297+ words) Nepal is demanding climate compensation from the world’s biggest emitters of greenhouse gases after deadly floods in the country killed more than a thousand people and left even more missing. China, the US and India have made “extremely large” contributions…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (316+ words) The early arrival has drawn the attention of birdwatchers, nature enthusiasts and residents, who have observed several species gathering around the water bodies Thoothukudi: A large number of waterbirds have arrived at the wetlands and water bodies of Perungulam village…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (952+ words) Washington: In a strategic retreat in the fight against climate change, the United Nations has acknowledged that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst of global warming's harms. So now the world must figure out how…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (431+ words) Chennai: The India Meteorological Department’s (IMD’s) forecast of below-normal rainfall in September may appear to offer some relief as Chennai prepares for the northeast monsoon. But the prediction of a relatively dry month should not be mistaken for an assurance…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (502+ words) While there is no official number on just how many glaciers are ‘hanging’ in the Himalayan mountains and valleys in India, estimates based on some surveys put this number at around 900. Some of these have been mapped, as was the…...