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India's most polluted cities in 2023
Air pollution is a growing concern in India, affecting the health and well-being of millions of cit…
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CVoter Survey: Rural Indians more worried about air pollution
Nearly 39.6 per cent rural respondents believed that air quality has 'deteriorated a lot', compa…
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Satellites are the new climate police for oil and gas polluters
Michael Bloomberg pledged $40 million to a new climate initiative that will use satellites to ensur…
Catherine Boudreau,Erin Snodg…
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Lahore is one of the most polluted cities in the world even as govt imposes 'smog emergency'
The government's decision came in light of the Lahore High Court's order to immediately impose …
PTI
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Switching to plant-based diets could help clean up the air, save over 2 lakh people worldwide: study
World Health Organisation estimates showed that one-fifth of premature deaths, amounting to nearly …
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Here's an idea: a worldwide universal basic income paid for by a carbon tax. A study found that it could boost the global GDP by 130%.
A global universal basic income funded by carbon taxes could grow the global GDP by 130% while prom…
Katie Balevic
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The United Arab Emirates pursued nearly $100 billion worth of oil and gas deals the same year it led the global climate summit, analysis finds
The UAE closed more than a dozen deals to expand its oil and gas footprint at home and overseas, an…
Catherine Boudreau
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Increasing global warming and light pollution levels could severely affect ground telescope observations
The new Thirty-Metre-Telescope will be an international collaboration between India and four of the…
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Ocean warming rates to quadruple by 2090 if climate change not mitigated: study
A new comprehensive review of global ocean temperature data has allowed researchers to paint a clea…
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Pollution cost nine million lives across the globe in 2019, India tops the list: Lancet
Of the nearly 2.4 million deaths in 2019, air pollution accounted for 16.7 lakh deaths - the highes…
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Richer nations are unfairly eating away at the carbon budget, not leaving room for developing countries like India: study
Developed countries are projected to collectively emit approximately 3.7 gigatonnes of extra carbon…
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Air pollution amplifying negative effects of climate change: Indian-origin researcher
The researchers, led by The University of Texas at Austin and the University of California San Dieg…
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Marine litter is mostly plastic and is all set to triple by 2040
Did you know that 9-14 million tonnes of plastic ended up in oceans by 2016, forming 60-90 per cent…
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Increasing space exploration missions are posing a silent threat to Earth by dispersing toxic metals in the stratosphere
Advancements in technology and growing private interest have resulted in a surge in space missions,…
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Meeting in the hottest year ever recorded, COP28 has a loaded agenda
With the two-week COP28 Climate Summit negotiations in Dubai starting this week, Power Shift Africa…
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Only Iceland, Finland, and 5 other countries had clean enough air to meet a global safety standard: data
According to the 2023 World Air Quality Report, only a small handful of countries including have ac…
Mikhaila Friel
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Rising air pollution in China suggests its economy is growing faster and oil prices will climb
Rising air pollution in China is showing signs of a "synchronized economic expansion" across the co…
Matthew Fox
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Climate change will soon begin to alter the very structure of our brains, study warns
Previous research has already shown that adverse environmental factors can have serious effects on …
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India should use calibrated retaliation mechanism to deal with EU's carbon tax, says report
India should positively consider imposing retaliatory customs duties in a calibrated manner on cert…
PTI
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6 ways humans are transforming Antarctica from a pristine preserve to a polluted wasteland
Antarctica is one of the most pristine places on Earth, yet it's changing rapidly due to human encr…