Environment
Nights are no longer very dark – and scientists are worried
24 Nov 2017
Humans are impacted by artificial light because there are certain physiological processes in our bodies that happen during the day and certain ones that happen in the darkness of night — and they often work against each other
Water cooling for the Earth's crust
22 Nov 2017
As Delhi chokes, almost Rs787 cr of ‘green fund’ remains unused
16 Nov 2017
While the Delhi National Capital Region continues to battle smog, a Right to Information query has revealed that the Delhi government used only Rs93 lakh out of the Rs787 crore it had collected as environment cess
COP23: Developed world agrees to act on pre-2020 obligations
16 Nov 2017
In a compromise deal, developed countries participating in the UN Climate Change conference in Bonn, Germany, have agreed to revisit the pre-2020 climate action obligations, including reduction of emissions technology transfer and financial commitments
BS-VI norms to kick in 2 years early in Delhi, NCR
15 Nov 2017
Stringent Bharat Stage-VI norms will now be enforced with effect from 1 April 2018 in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR), two years ahead of the national roll-out in 2020
15,000 scientists in 184 countries warn about negative global environmental trends
14 Nov 2017
Human well-being will be severely jeopardised by negative trends in some types of environmental harm, such as a changing climate, deforestation, loss of access to fresh water, species extinctions and human population growth
Quake in Iran-Iraq border leaves over 200 dead, thousands injured
13 Nov 2017
The quake hit 30 kilometres southwest of Halabja in Iraqi Kurdistan at around 9.20 pm, when many people would have been at home, making it deadlier
NGT to study odd-even scheme as Delhi breathes just a little easier
10 Nov 2017
Delhi’s air quality remained “severe” for the fourth consecutive day this morning, although visibility as well as particulate matter levels seemed to show some improvementas the minimum visibility stood at 400 metres, better than Thursday’s 200 metres
Delhi caught in a bind with no improvement in air quality
09 Nov 2017
The National Human Rights Commission today said it was alarmed at the life-threatening level pollution in Delhi-NCR, while issuing notices to the centre and governments of Punjab and Haryana "on their action plan to tackle it"