The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in association with State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs) / Pollution Control Committees(PPCs) is monitoring the quality of water...
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed a proposal by the United Nation's International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) on the binding limits on carbon dioxide...
The Environment Ministry has reconstituted the Central Zoo Authority (CZA). The CZA is a statutory body chaired by the Environment Minister and tasked with...
The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) has warned that wildfires could become more frequent and more destructive as global temperatures rise...
Scientists have discovered undersea landslide in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.
The remains of the slip, known as the Gloria Knolls Slide, were discovered 75 kilometres...
An earthquake measuring 6.9 at the Richter Scale hit Pakistani capital Islamabad and parts of eastern Punjab and northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces.
The quake's focal...
The Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered prayers at the temple at Narmada Udgam Sthal - the origin of the River Narmada.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
Current Affairs: An historic agreement to combat climate change and unleash actions and investment towards a low carbon, resilient and sustainable future was agreed...
Science Express Climate Action Special (SECAS II) was flagged off from Safdarjung Railway station in Delhi.
The SECAS II will run from February 17 to...
Cornell atmospheric scientists have developed the first-of-its-kind, high-resolution Caribbean drought atlas, with data going back to 1950.
Concurrently, the researchers confirmed the region’s 2013-16 drought...
According to Supreme Court appointed Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA), the car rationing "odd-even" scheme, which has reduced the traffic volume, has managed to...
24 countries and the European Union agreed to create the world's largest marine park in the Antarctic Ocean.
The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic...
The United Nations weather agency World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has kicked off of a two-year international effort to close gaps in polar forecasting capacity...
India launched an International Solar Alliance (ISA) at the CoP21 Climate Conference at Paris, with an announcement by Prime Minister Modi that the revolution...
An international team of researchers has concluded that the Antarctic Ice Sheet actually plays a major role in regional and global climate change -- a...
Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Dr. Harsh Vardhan will lead a month-long drive to plant saplings to mark Van Mahotsav starting...
The 195-nation U.N. climate summit concluded with delegates adopting the Paris Agreement, the first-ever global climate deal of this sweep and ambition.
Here key points...
Hurricane Newton thrashed Mexico's northwestern resort of Los Cabos.
It uprooted trees and blow away tin roofs as thousands of tourists and locals hunkered down.
The...
Researchers have found two new endemic genera and a new species of songbird in Western Ghats of India.
Researchers has designated two new genera, the...
Beijing's environmental regulatory authority levied fines totalling about 183 million yuan ($27.76 million) for violations of pollution laws in the Chinese capital last year.
The...
In the first-ever release of endangered species of vultures eight vultures from the Jatayu Conservation Breeding Centre in Panchkula, Haryana was released into the...
Global Land Outlook (GLO) report by the secretariat of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) was launched in Ordos, China.
This United Nations report warns...
The steps taken by the Union Government to mitigate air pollution in cities in the country include the following:-
(i) Notification of National Ambient Air...
Scientists have discovered a new bird species in the Canadian Arctic from fossils dating back to about 90 million years.
Researchers from the University of...
Current Affairs: Authorities in Phillipines shut schools and suspended fishing and ferry services as a Category 3 typhoon strikes the nation with heavy rains...
According to NASA, August 2016 is the warmest month in 136 years.
According to a monthly analysis of global temperatures by scientists at NASA's Goddard...
Following is the list agreements that are legally binding for countries that have formally ratified them. These bilateral or sometimes trilateral agreements are only...
In an unusual phenomenon, 45 dead, short-finned pilot whales were washed ashore between Kallamozhi and Manapad in Thoothukudi district. Of these, 37 were adults...
Bio Medical Waste Problem
Government of India (GoI) has notified the Bio medical Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 1998 under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986...
India has the largest participation of people living in the forests towards conservation efforts. National Wildlife Action Plan has been made landscape-based, rather than...
A typhoon Nock Ten hit the central Philippines, bringing strong winds and heavy rains.
Typhoon Nock-ten was packing maximum sustained winds of 185 kph (115...
Earthquake - prone areas of the country have been identified on the basis of scientific inputs relating to seismicity, earthquakes occurred in the past...
Current Affairs: Climate change is rapidly warming lakes around the world, threatening freshwater supplies and ecosystems, according to a new NASA study.
Using more than...
US President Barack Obama designated the country's first marine national monument in the Atlantic Ocean that aims to protect fragile deep-sea ecosystems off the...
The United Nations Marrakech climate conference adopted a proclamation calling for the highest political commitment and solidarity in the fight against climate change.
The Marrakech...
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued its first ever summer forecast which predicts a slightly higher temperature during April-June across the country in...
The Indian Rivers Inter-link is a proposed large-scale civil engineering project that aims to link Indian rivers by a network of reservoirs and canals...
The Environment Ministry today approved three projects for climate change adaptation in three states.
The National Steering Committee on Climate Change (NSCCC), under the Chairmanship...
The population of Great Indian Bustard, a critically endangered species, is estimated to be less than 300 now and its numbers are declining.
Reasons for...
A government panel has approved that all non-cultivable hill land, rocky and sandy areas in the ecologically sensitive Aravalis in the entire National Capital...
Around 50 countries and territories of the Americas at a United Nations-supported conference in Montreal, Canada, agreed a Regional Action Plan to better protect their...
Recently, Mount Sinabung on the Indonesian island of Sumatra blasted volcanic ash as high as 4.2 kilometers (2.6 miles).
Hot ash tumbled down the mountain's...
The Government signed a loan agreement with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for pollution abatement of River Mula-Mutha in Pune under National River Conservation...
Geologists have discovered the biggest exposed fault on the earth at the Banda Detachment fault in eastern Indonesia and worked out how it formed.
The...
Union Minister of Environment chaired the meeting on the issue of tackling air pollution in Delhi-NCR region.
The meeting noted that the air quality in...
The National Green Tribunal ordered that no activities like paragliding and snow scooters would be permitted at Rohtang Pass in Himachal Pradesh as the...
Chinese capital city Beijing have created a new environmental police squad to root out illegal burning in the city.
The force would target open-air barbecues, garbage...
France’s minister of the environment Nicolas Hulot has unveiled a detailed a plan that includes ending the sale of fossil fuel-powered cars by 2040.
The...
Air pollution has forced Iranian authorities to close kindergartens and all other schools in Tehran province for two days.
Decision for the school closure for...
Apple Inc. has joined a global renewable energy initiative RE100, a collaborative, global initiative of influential businesses committed to 100 per cent renewable electricity.
Launched...
The Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change has notified the revised standards for Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs) operating at various industrial clusters...
The Government of India through the National Tiger Conservation Authority has taken a number of milestone initiatives to protect and conserve tiger and other...
Severe Cyclonic Storm Mora is a currently active, but weakening tropical cyclone threatening Bangladesh.
Under the influence of a persistent area of convection, a low...
Wildfires in the forests of southern California are driven by Santa Ana winds. It has displaced the thousands of people from this area.
About 200,000...
The world has just witnessed the hottest year on record, surpassing the exceptionally high temperatures of 2015, the United Nations weather agency World Meteorological...
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, vide their notification GSR 889E dated 16.09.2016, has mandated mass emission standard for BS-VI throughout the country with...
Genetically modified crops (GMCs, GM crops, or biotech crops) are plants used in agriculture, the DNA of which has been modified using genetic engineering...
Accroding to U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), global emissions of mercury from man-made sources fell 30 percent from 1990 to 2010, in part from decreasing...
According to latest reports, mass bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef this year killed more corals than ever before.
The 2,300-kilometre long reef —...
Tropical Storm Kai-Tak has hit the eastern Philippines. Kai-Tak hit the country's third-largest island Samar which was devastated by Super Typhoon Haiyan four years...
India and the UK have joined hands to start an observational campaign from June 8 till end-July to better understand small-scale processes that drive...
The World Economic Forum and the the Marine Science Institute of University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), have announced a partnership to improve the...
Current Affairs: The Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) has issued a directive to ban the registration of diesel-powered public transport vehicles in the National...
The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) urged world leaders to take note of the profound implications of record-high carbon dioxide readings...
A Grant Agreement from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) of the World Bank of USD 24.64 million for “Ecosystem Service Improvement Project” was signed...
The Ministry of Shipping has started ‘Project Green Ports’ which will help in making the Major Ports across India cleaner and greener.
‘Project Green Ports’...
India Met Department (IMD) has declared the formation of cyclone ‘Nada’ over South-West and adjoining South-East Bay of Bengal.
The cyclone will continue to move...
Drought monitoring is important for characterizing the timing, extent, and severity of drought for effective mitigation and water management.
Researchers at the University of California...
