Most climate models have claimed that monsoon months will cause extreme rainfall events that will gradually increase. During a press conference, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) director professor Ravi Shankar Nanjundiah claimed that increased and intense rainfall occurrences during monsoon will be seen. The
In our battle against climate change safeguarding the Amazon is of global significance. In 2021, more than 267 major fires have been detected razing almost 105,000 hectares of the Amazon Rainforest. It is a matter of great concern since the current scenario is worse than
Scientists have long feared the release of a potentially catastrophic amount of methane from thawing wetlands in Siberia’s permafrost. However, a recent study has discovered that the recent heatwave in Siberia has contributed to a surge in methane release “potentially in much higher amounts” from
After devastating floods in Western Europe, ravaging wildfires have spread across parts of southern Europe, tearing through the Spanish and Greek countryside. After Southern Turkey, wildfires are raging in Spain, Greece and Italy where thousands of people are fleeing from their homes amid a rise
Chemical pollution has turned two lakes fluorescent pink in a far-flung coastal region of Patagonia, in Argentina, causing a major stink in the area. Local environmentalists are still uncertain of the exact cause, but they fear that this change of color in the lakes could
Whether you believe it or not, climate change is here and it is burning our planet to ashes. It comes as no surprise as over 14,000 scientists declare a worldwide climate emergency, calling for urgent climate action and warning that several tipping points are now
With the rising global temperatures, the frozen lands are melting at a faster pace than ever before. A study has indicated that the Greenland Ice Sheet is losing ice mass at an alarming rate amid heat and rain. Moreover, enough ice has melted toward the
This wildfire season has been a severe one for many parts of the world. From Pacific Northwest to Siberia, wildfires have ravaged forests and human settlements in their path. A recent outbreak of wildfires across parts of Southern Turkey over the past couple of days
In the early 1800s, the orchid fever spread across Europe and rich nobles would pursue to collect different species of these rare flowering plants. However, today several orchid species are now on the verge of extinction with the last ones surviving in only a few
A heatwave in one of the world’s coldest regions has sparked forest fires and threatened the Siberian city of Yakutsk with a thick blanket of toxic smoke. Siberia has always had a wildfire season, but the past two years have been especially severe. In Siberia,