With the human population bloating all over the planet, the need to grow more food has risen rapidly and with that the need to expand our agricultural lands has gone up simultaneously. According to recent research agricultural expansion to meet the global food demand will
While the Paris Agreement goals expected to eliminate carbon emissions to hold the surface temperature rise to 1.5 degree Celsius or 2 degree Celsius, the emission-induced temperatures of the past five years have inched the planet even closer to 1.5 degree than previously anticipated. New
Himalayan ecosystem supports many countries around it – especially India, as it provides freshwater to the half of the subcontinent. However, climate change has also started to impact this mountainous region. To preserve the Himalayan ecosystem from warming up of the planet, the 13th Climate
Mountains are among the most fascinating landscapes of this planet – they are home to 15 percent of the world’s population and host about half of the world’s biodiversity hotspots. They provide freshwater for everyday life to half of the planet. The snow-capped peaks of
This year has been one with extreme natural calamities including devastating hurricanes, wildfires, and heatwaves. As the year nears its end, the head of the United Nations urged the global communities to make 2021 the year that human race ends its “war on nature” and
According to a study, researchers counted over 1.8 billion trees and shrubs in the 1.3 million square kilometer (501,933 square miles) area, which covers the western-most of the Sahara Desert, the Sahel, and the sub-humid zones of West Africa. Through AI tree mapping, researchers have
While no nation is anywhere near fulfilling the targets set in Paris Agreement, India is the only G20 nation to work on its goal, according to the 2020 Climate Transparency Report. Made up of the 20 largest economies in the world, G20 nations committed to
While the current coronavirus pandemic has disrupted human lives to an unsettling amount, it still doesn’t level up to the dangers posed by global warming and rapidly changing climate. Recently a Red Cross report stated that climate change needs much urgent attention than COVID-19 as
The decaying fish carcasses that lived in water bodies – contaminated with toxic mercury pollutants – have found their way into the remote oceanic regions, polluting the deepest sea trenches as well! The rotting fish bodies from near-surface waters deliver this mercury pollution to the
Owing to the increasing global temperatures, icebergs are breaking off and drifting away into the seas. The world’s largest iceberg is en route to the South Atlantic island oasis, posing a potential threat to the rich ecosystem of wildlife including penguins, seals and krill. The “A68a”