Pune: A powerful El Niño developing over Pacific and expected to intensify further could significantly influence India’s weather in the coming months, affecting the northeast monsoon, winter conditions and the Oct-Dec cyclone season, scientists warned on Wednesday.According to them, the impacts are unlikely to follow the traditional El Niño playbook of drought alone, with a…
On Sunday, Delhi reported its poorest air quality this season with an AQI of 187, indicating a movement towards unhealthy conditions NEW DELHI: Delhi recorded its worst air quality of the season at 187 Sunday, slipping to the higher end of the ‘moderate’ category. However, at least 19 monitoring stations recorded a poor AQI during…
NEW DELHI: There was a stark 73% decline in the “average size of monitored wildlife populations” globally over a 52-year period (1970-2022), whereas India became one of the most important countries that were successfully involved in wildlife recovery by turning around the populations of certain animals, including tigers, one-horned rhino and Ganga river dolphins, according…
Centre steps up anti-stubble burning drive ahead of peak crop residue season (representative image) NEW DELHI: The Centre on Tuesday asked Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana and Delhi-NCR authorities to work in “mission mode” to prevent stubble burning ahead of the peak crop residue burning season, flagging a sharp rise in farm fires in Madhya…
File photo: A fish swims through a coral reef in the Dutch Cays of Guna Yala on Panama’s Caribbean coast (Picture credit: AP) A potentially record-breaking super El Niño could push the world’s fragile coral reefs closer to extinction as ocean temperatures soar to unprecedented levels, David Obura, chair of the UN’s expert scientific panel…
