Blankets are usually used in winters in order to keep its user warm, it basically traps the heat, which is otherwise lost through convection. However, a ski resort in the Swiss Alps in Switzerland is using blankets to cover the glaciers to protect them from
Madagascar, also earlier known as the Malagasy Republic is an island country in the Indian Ocean. According to the United Nations, the island country is facing a severe shortage of food owing to four consecutive rainless years. The country is already witnessing the harsh realities
Blue whales are now returning to Spain after an absence of over 40 years, following the local extinction of the species by whaling industry in 1970s. Reportedly, one of world’s largest mammals was spotted off the coast of Galicia in northwest Spain in 2017 by
The rapidly changing climate and rising temperatures have surely threatened all the living beings on the planet. According to a recent research, marine life is under severe threat as up to 95 percent of earth’s ocean surface climates may disappear by 2100 unless humankind eliminates
Despite the ongoing efforts, biodiversity is deteriorating rapidly across the world and is expected to degrade even further in the coming years. The UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15), which convokes the global community to work together to save the planet, has been delayed for the third
The Kigali Amendment to Montreal Protocol is an international agreement made to protect the ozone layer by minimizing the consumption and production of hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HFCs) and other Ozone-Depleting Substances (ODS). Given the cruciality of this layer, India has vowed to ratify the Kigali Amendment in
Countries with a high risk of the climate crisis are impacting around half of the world’s 2.2 billion children, says a report from United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). Around 33 countries including four South Asian countries were classified as extremely high-risk countries for the approximately
Greenland has experienced rainfall on the top of its highest point on the ice sheet for the first time in recorded history. This is a tell-tale indication of the exponentially growing threat of climate crisis all around the globe. Scientists at the US National Science
Over the years, rising global temperatures and atmospheric pollution have damaged the ozone layer that protects the earth from the ultraviolet radiation of the sun. However, from depletion to gradual repair, it is now on track to recovery. Recovering the ozone layer reduces the amount
Melting ice within permafrost on the Siberian Arctic is uncovering many prehistoric secrets buried beneath thousand years old ice, including parts of mammoth tusk, woolly rhinoceros bone and perfectly preserved lion cub. Record-breaking heatwaves have increased the melting of Siberian permafrost, releasing methane and uncovering