With the advancement in reusable space technology, there’s been a rise in affordable space transportation. It’s more significant due to spaceflight commercial companies, such as Virgin Galactic and SpaceX. However, a recent study finds the adverse impact of rocket launch emissions. The study states that
Amid global warming and exacerbating water shortages, the world’s poor will be facing the most risk. The UK-based charity, Christian Aid has reported that big cities around the world including London, Beijing, and New Delhi will have to face escalating drought risk amid climate change.
With the mercury levels rising at record highs, Delhi’s temperature has touched a brutal 49°C. The India Meteorological Department recorded the highest temperature in Delhi on 15 May 2022. Hence, the weather agency urges people in Delhi to avoid going out of their homes unless
The heatwave continues to trouble people even in the hills. On Sunday, the ‘Queen of Hills’ Shimla set new temperature records with its hottest day of the season so far, at 30 degrees Celsius. It’s not usual to see such high temperatures even in summer
Most American states are bearing the brunt of global warming as long drought spells have hit both coasts of the country, igniting several major forest fires. While most areas of the U.S., majorly Southwest, were already dealing with drought and surging tornado activities, early fire
Renowned education reformist and engineer Sonam Wangchuk along with a team of 25 young climate activists bicycled and hiked across Khardung La, one of the world’s tallest mountain passes, and further headed to Dharamshala. During this expedition, they carried small artificial glaciers called Ice Stupas for
French long-distance swimmer Benoit Lecomte planned one of his most ambitious expeditions in the summer of 2018, to swim through the Great Pacific Garbage Patch to raise awareness about a man-made problem of plastic pollution that is causing massive issues for marine life. While he
The beautiful emperor penguins reside in Antarctica’s freezing icy and tundra seas. But sadly we won’t see this tallest penguin species in the region after the next 30 to 40 years. The reason for this is the increasingly changing climatic conditions that are rapidly melting
While most people are worried and cribbing about the current environmental crisis, there are only a few who turn challenges into opportunities. One such example comes from the wondrous land of Spiti, where an eight-year-old Tenzin Chortan is repurposing plastic waste to make poly-bricks. Residing
Announced in July 2014, Jal Marg Vikas Project (JMVP) for National Waterway 1 lies on the Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly river systems. The completion of this project is scheduled for December 2023. However, the Ganga waterway and river systems are not included in the list of projects that