Following a horrific 2020 fire season, the 2021 wildfire season has been one of the most devastating in history. Ominous signs had popped up early this year as worsening droughts and unprecedented early heatwaves started to affect various regions of the world. Increased extreme weather
Odisha’s Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched the “Sujal: Drink from Tap Mission” in Puri. With the launch of this initiative, Odisha’s Puri became the first city in India to provide high-quality drinking water, on a 24-hour basis from the tap. Clean drinking water is now
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has developed a steam collector that captures pure water for reuse in power plants. The amount of cooling required by any steam-cycle power plant is determined by its thermal efficiency. However, in the nuclear and fossil fuel power plants the cooling
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) recycling is quite famous and can be used in fiber applications. Recently, Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) announced that it is doubling its PET recycling capacity by setting up a recycled Polyester Staple Fiber (PSF) facility. At present RIL recycles PET bottles at
The wild cat, which has longer legs and a flatter head slightly different than its domestic cousin, has made its return to the Netherlands after ages. Owing to hunting and deforestation, wild cats disappeared from modern-day Dutch territories about a few centuries ago. According to
Nigeria seized a record for illegal wildlife trafficking of pangolin scales and elephant tusks. Comptroller General of Customs, Colonel Hamid Ali mentioned that the capture was worth $54 million and provided 17,137 kg of pangolin scales, 44 kg of elephant tusks and 60 kg in
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
A 5-year-old girl was killed by a leopard on the prowl in Kanlog area of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The animal pounced on the girl and ran towards the forest, where her clothes and body parts were recovered by the search parties. The shocking incident happened
The problem of plastic pollution has risen to such a magnitude that every corner of the planet is contaminated by its stark presence. Oceans are choking with plastic waste and much of it is scattered across the world’s beaches where cleaning smaller debris is a
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