[ad_1] Kyrgyzstan has opened a criminal probe into the destruction of glacial ice by a private company, a rare move pointing to concerns over water shortages in the Central Asian country.Glaciers are thick masses of ice that form on land from centuries of compressed snow.They provide a vital source of freshwater in Kyrgyzstan, a landlocked […]

[ad_1] PUERTO MADRYN: In the icy seas off Argentina‘s southern Patagonian coast, an important breeding ground for whales, scientists are studying the huge marine mammals to better understand how they mate, feed and look after their young.They have learned some surprising facts. Southern right whales in the Valdes Peninsula unexpectedly dive to the ocean floor […]

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: Hurricane Helene‘s torrential rain and powerful winds were made about 10 percent more intense due to climate change, according to a study published Wednesday by the World Weather Attribution (WWA) group.Although a 10 percent increase “might seem relatively small… that small change in the hazard really leads to big change in impacts and […]

[ad_1] The UN COP29 conference, which is scheduled to be held, from 11 November to 22 November in Baku, might pressurize rich countries to increase their contribution to ‘climate finance’ for poor countries by hundreds of billions of dollars.Climate finance is likely to be the top agenda at the conference amid disagreements on how much […]

[ad_1] Representative AI image (Pic credit: Lexica) Global warming. Disappearing plant and animal species. Fertile land turning to desert. Plastic in the oceans, on land, and the air we breathe.These urgent environmental challenges will be in the spotlight over the next few months as the United Nations hosts four major sessions to address key threats […]

[ad_1] Representative AI image (Pic credit: Lexica) NEW DELHI: Extinction of bird species caused by humans over the last 1,30,000 years have substantially reduced functional diversity of birds in the environment, a new study has found. The extinction also resulted in a loss of three billion years of unique evolutionary history, it found. At least […]

[ad_1] Biltmore Estate (Picture Credit: X) Hurricane Helene has caused significant damage to Asheville’s famous attraction Biltmore Estate.The 8,000-acre estate that hosts 1.4 million visitors a year suffered significant damage in some buildings after the hurricane ripped through Western California, as reported by CNN.“We are still assessing impacts to the estate from Tropical Storm Helene […]

[ad_1] Rain generated by Typhoon Krathon in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan (Picture Credit: AP) TAIPEI: Two people who went missing amid the destructive wind and torrential rains of Typhoon Krathon were found dead Saturday in Taiwan, doubling the death toll for the storm that lashed the island this week.Across the island, around 20,000 homes were still […]

[ad_1] SAO PAULO: Environment ministers of the Group of 20 nations agreed Thursday to support the creation of funding sources for ecosystem services, acknowledging Brazil‘s proposal to establish a trust fund for forest conservation.The Brazilian initiative, known as the Tropical Forests Forever Facility, would reward tropical forest countries for protecting critical biomes.Unlike the Amazon Fund, […]

[ad_1] Southern Taiwan on Friday repaired the damages caused by floods and high winds after Typhoon Krathon struck the island, impacting major metropolitan areas. Meanwhile, financial markets resumed operations as the rest of Taiwan returned to work.Krathon, which made landfall in the southwestern port city of Kaohsiung, has now been downgraded to a tropical depression, […]