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Venice is experiencing its most severe flooding in 50 years. Here are 15 photos of the city's extreme flooding
High-water season is back in Venice, Italy, where tourists and Venetians donned rubber boots and wa…
Indians are aware about climate change but find it difficult to help because of pricey and ineffective alternatives
The absence of affordable, eco-friendly alternatives is stopping Indians from taking environmenta…
Climate events have cost the US economy more than $500 billion over the last 5 years, Fed official says
In addition to causing severe damage to natural resource and infrastructure damage, global warming …
Gina Heeb
What if all the world's supervolcanoes erupted at once
And keep in mind that ash travels. When Toba erupted 74,000 years ago, winds blew ash all the way t…
Andrea Schmitz,Shira Polan
A virus from the measles family is spreading because of melting ice. It kills seals and otters by the thousands.
Other seal species are less affected by the virus; some can carry PDV without getting sick, and pas…
Aylin Woodward
Top Indians companies like ITC, Mahindra, Bharti Infratel and others have been setting sustainability goals and meeting them
Air pollution in Delhi crossed “hazardous levels” last week, forcing the government to declare a cl…
More than 11,000 scientists have declared a 'climate emergency.' One of the best things we can do, they say, is have fewer children.
But planting new trees and preserving forests aren't a panacea for climate change; realistically, t…
Aylin Woodward
These 8 houseplants can save you from plummeting air quality levels
The national capital region is choking under a thick blanket of smog with pollution levels as high …
It’s not easy for India to curb its coal ‘addiction’ like the UN wants it to
“There is an addiction to coal that we need to overcome because it remains a major threat in…
Over 1,500 California fires in the last 6 years - including the deadliest ever - were caused by one company: PG&E. Here's what it could have done, but didn't.
"We should not have to be here - years and years of greed, years and years of mismanagement, partic…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
Kejriwal clears the air on pollution in defense of Delhi citizens
Arvind Kejriwal, the Chief Minister of Delhi, held a press conference today evening to address the …
A different kind of emergency engulfs Delhi as air quality drops again
A Central Pollution Control Board official said the AQI entered the "severe plus" or "emergency"…
PTI
Sorry, Elon Musk and Jack Dorsey: There's so much CO2 in the atmosphere that planting trees won't save us
The 2017 PNAS study listed Indonesia, China, Russia, India, and Brazil as the top five countries wh…
Aylin Woodward
Arabian Sea racked by two cyclones at once for the first time — one rages on as the other simmers
Even then, it was the Bay of Bengal that witnessed one cyclone heading towards the coast of …
More than two-thirds of Asia’s population is at risk of coastline flooding by 2050 — and India’s on the front line
No matter how fast the world manages to curb its carbon emissions in the coming years, sea-levels a…
Coca Cola, Nestlé and PepsiCo are the top global polluters in plastic waste
According to an annual audit conducted by environmental group Break Free From Plastic, of the to…
Here's how much plastic people end up eating everyday
According to WWF, an average person eats 100,000 microplastics in a year. ‘We are drinking…
466 more trees will fall in Aarey as SC gives a go ahead to Metro project
The Supreme Court on Monday gave its nod for Mumbai Metro to build a metro car shed in Mumbai’s A…
Delhi air quality which is very poor is likely to shop further this weekend
The city's overall air quality index (AQI) stood at 306 on Friday.It was 276 on Thursday.
PTI
These are the 10 most congested cities in Asia
Traffic jams across the world are rising in number and intensity. It is costing countries time as…
Don't cut Aarey trees for now, Supreme Court tells Mumbai Metro — but it may be too late
The Supreme Court on Monday stalled authorities from cutting trees in Mumbai’s Aarey colony in the …
Don't cut Aarey trees for now, Supreme Court tells Mumbai Metro
The Supreme Court on Monday restrained authorities from cutting anymore trees in Mumbai's Aarey to …
PTI
India is the world’s biggest polluter with Africa next in line to take its spot
India dethroned China to become the world’s biggest polluter. Africa is next in line to take the du…
Here are all the things you won't be able to use after India bans single-use plastics
The government will reportedly provide six months time for people to adapt to alternatives, befo…