In recent years, India has been experiencing severe heat waves, characterized by extremely high temperatures, often surpassing 40 degrees Celsius. These heat waves typically occur between March and July, significantly impacting the lives and livelihoods of millions.

Tighter environmental regulations can boost industry profits and drive up costs for consumers, finds research from Aalto University School of Business.

Providing company car drivers with personalized digital feedback on their driving behavior can make them safer on the road, finds new research from Vlerick Business School. It also fosters more eco-friendly driving, significantly reducing the carbon emitted from their journeys.

Three decades after the Supreme Court verdict on the pollution threat to the iconic Taj Mahal, the pathetic plight of river Yamuna that sustains the Taj, shows no signs of healthy change.

A new study led by Indian Council of Agricultural Research scientists says high-yield varieties of food grains show a drastic decline in the concentration of essential micronutrients like zinc and iron.

At a time when Indian cities are struggling to control their air pollution levels, a new report by the Centre for Science and Environment has found that most of them lack institutional preparedness to carry out systematic and scientific management of construction and demolition waste, one of the key sources of pollution in urban areas.

A new report by the Centre for Science and Environment says that the ongoing air pollution in Delhi-NCR is being worsened by the intransigence of thermal power plants, most of which are not complying with emission control norms.

India has witnessed an extreme weather disaster almost every day of the first nine months of this year – from heat and cold waves, cyclones, and lightning to heavy rain, floods, and landslides. Between January 1 and September 30 this year, such events hit the country with tenacious and frightening regularity and impacted 86 percent of the days.

High rainfall helped the survival of equatorial rainforests at a time when Earth was globally warm and atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration was a whopping more than 1000 ppmv, around 50 million years ago.

Estimation of cloud speed and wind pattern over Kolhapur in Maharashtra, during the months of March to May, from the year 2016 to 2020 have revealed a change in pre-monsoon cloud fraction and direction of its propagation indicating a large shift in monsoon rainfall pattern.