ENVIRONMENT

NEW DELHI: Total annual groundwater recharge in the country marginally increased in 2025 compared to last year and so did the water availability for different uses, but nearly one-fourth of the assessment units collectively continued to be in semi-critical, critical and over-exploited categories due to notable decline in recharge in Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam,…

On a sandy riverbank, a modest school crowned with a solar-paneled roof tells a different story – one of resilience, ingenuity, and hope for the next generation. A school built for the future For three years, the Maria Naura Gouvêa Municipal School has been living out one of COP30’s central themes: adaptation. Its flood- and…

Hyderabad: A quiet cliff edge at a stone quarry in Yenakathala, Vikarabad, turned into an unexpected sanctuary after a birder’s alert about a Rock Eagle Owl nest prompted the Telangana forest department to halt quarrying operations for over a month.Birder Manoj Kumar Vittapu, joint secretary of the Telangana Photographic Society, visited the quarry on Sunday…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Archaeologists excavating a Pompeii site uncovered the secret behind the longevity of ancient Roman structures: a unique concrete mixture that could chemically repair itself over time. A recent study, which was published in the journal Nature Communications earlier in December, centered around a construction site that was…

Amid reports of deadlocks on fossil fuels, climate finance and other key issues, both leaders urged negotiators to act decisively on phasing out fossil fuels and boosting adaptation finance, insisting that fairness and ambition must guide the final hours of COP30. Guterres: 1.5°C is the ‘non-negotiable red line’ Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Mr. Guterres…

Screen grab (Source: X/@birdd111) 👉 Visit the Official SleepLean Website In a counter-intuitive but urgent conservation push, drones and helicopters are releasing thousands of mosquitoes over Hawaii’s forests in an effort to rescue some of the islands’ most threatened birds. The operation is part of a large-scale bid to suppress invasive mosquito populations that are…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Paleontologists may have uncovered the traces of a dinosaur that may have been limping, thanks to fossilized footprints preserved in stone for over 150 million years. In a Nov. 25 press release from the University of Queensland (UQ), Australian officials announced that the discovery was made at…

In practical terms, the debates at COP30 revolve around three big questions: 1. How can countries ramp up climate action? With the planet heating at record speed and climate disasters intensifying, cutting emissions and adapting to impacts dominate the agenda. Delegates are looking at key tools: • Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs): National climate plans updated…

NEW DELHI: India’s green economy could attract $4.1 trillion (Rs 360 lakh crore) in cumulative investments and create 48 million (4.8 crore) ‘full-time equivalent’ (FTE) jobs by 2047, an independent study released by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) said.The analysis also projects that India could unlock a $1.1 trillion (Rs 97.7 lakh…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Visiting an 18th-century fountain in Rome will start costing you more than the coin you toss in the water. Beginning in the New Year — on Feb. 1, 2026, to be exact — foreign visitors will have to pay about $2.35 (€2) to visit the Trevi Fountain….