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
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
Due to the current global warming trends, the Tibetan Plateau is melting more rapidly than the global average. Scientists are worried that the flow of Asia’s major rivers will eventually reduce if global warming continues at the same pace. Martin Mills of the Scottish Centre
Wildlife seems to be having the hardest time amid human-induced global warming, what with wildfires, droughts, and relentless deforestation. The recent blow came when millions of bees died after Delta Air Lines shipping mishap due to human irresponsibility and hot weather. Reportedly, Alaska beekeeper Sarah
Rapidly changing climatic conditions and rising temperatures have created a long spell of drought in the hill state of Himachal Pradesh in India. Rainfall shift and dry conditions have affected the supply of water and crop yields across the state, threatening the livelihood of its
The rising heatwave has already damaged the harvests across large parts of the Indian subcontinent. The intense heat waves are also making people suffer from heatstroke. And, the flickering lights in several cities are exacerbating the condition as the peak summer months approach. In March,