World Environment Day, occurs on 5 June every year, and is the United Nation's principal vehicle for encouraging worldwide awareness and action for the protection of our environment. World Environment Day is run by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
First held in 1974, it has been a flagship campaign for raising awareness on emerging environmental issues from marine pollution,...
New study by three scientists from NASA finds yet another cause of glacier meltdown. The finding suggests that the ice in Rink Glacier, Greenland, didn't just melt faster than usual, it slid through the glacier's interior in a gigantic wave. This is similar to a warmed freezer pop sliding out of its plastic casing.
The study's initial aim, to precisely track a glacier's loss of...
Summers are notoriously getting hotter and it is time we get cautious about our skin. Thanks to the unhealthy lifestyle we lead, we tend to forget the most basic activity of shielding our skin from the harsh UV rays. Most of us neglect applying a sunscreen but apply moisturiser instead and let our skin get exposed to the harsh...
Earth Day is an annual event marked across the world to show support for environmental protection.The event takes place around the world and it is described as the biggest secular holiday on the planet.
More than a billion people are expected to celebrate the day including environmental campaigners Leonardo di Caprio and Emma Watson.
Forty-seven years ago, on 22 April 1970,...
President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an order to undo Obama-era regulations to curb climate change, keeping a campaign promise to support the coal industry while calling into question US support for an international deal to fight global warming. A move meant to bolster domestic energy production and create jobs, but environmentalists say the order is dangerous and vow...
‘Heat stress’,the effect on the human body,rises at a faster rate than temperature, partly because warmer air can hold more moisture. Humid air absorbs more liquid at a slower rate so human’s main method of cooling down, sweating, is less effective.
Global megacities like Kolkata could face annual deadly heat waves like the one that claimed over 2,000 lives in...
Scientists in Juelich, Germany have switched on the world’s largest “artificial Sun” for the first time, called "Synlight", which could be used to create useful hydrogen (environment-friendly fuels) in the future.
Located in Jülich, a town located 30 kilometers (19 miles) west of Cologne, Germany, and developed by scientists from the German Aerospace Center (DLR), the “Synlight” system that consists...
Global warming is a serious threat. Several incidents in 2017 make it evident that the rising global temperature has serious affects on the environment.
NASA has recently reported that the sea ice in both the poles have decreased. In the north pole, the Arctic sea ice appears to have reached a record low wintertime maximum extent. And in the south...
The World Meteorological Organization(WMO), on Tuesday, reported that the year, 2016 has broken several records, as of climate is concerned. It has made history, not only with a record global temperature, but also, exceptionally low sea ice and unabated sea level rise. Not to mention the record ocean heat.
WMO issued its annual statement ahead of the World Meteorological Day on...
Aviation has a large impact on the environment. Emission of heat, particulates and polluting gases are some of the major problems it causes. These, in turn affect the global temperature.
A recent study has concluded that the usage of biofuels help power jet engines reduce particle emissions. Biofuels reduce the emissions as much as 50 to 70 percent. Biofuels are...
