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Darjeeling Deluge: Queen Of Hills Devastated By Relentless Rain, Landslide; Rescue Ops Amid Bridge Collapse

James Paul — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 10:18:54 +0000

13 dead and dozens missing in Mirik

Hotmail Co-founder Compares Anant Ambani's Vantara Zoo To Joe Exotic's Private Zoo; Internet Dubs It PR Exercise

James Paul — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 12:11:15 +0000

Surmounted by several controversies Vantara was inaugurated by the PM himself

Richa Chadha Slams The Telangana Govt As Cops Drag Students Protesting Against Bulldozers At 400 Acres Forest

James Paul — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 10:47:57 +0000

‘Have Some Mohabbat For Nature Also’ - Richa Chadha

IIT Professor’s Message Who Worn Torn Socks At 5 Star Hotel Inspires The Internet: ‘I Can Afford But Nature Cannot’

James Paul — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 15:03:26 +0000

“I need to replace them, I will and sure, I can afford to BUT nature cannot.”

India’s Annual Microplastic Waste Can Fill 65 Taj Mahals; Check Top 10 Plastic Polluters In The World

Mashable India — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 14:17:59 +0000

Google’s Greenhouse Emission Surged 48% In Five Years Due To AI Integration: Report

James Paul — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 13:42:29 +0000

Sins of carbon emissions

2023 'Smashed' Records To Become Hottest Year In History, WMO's Climate Report Reveals

Harsh Vardhan — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 11:23:34 +0000

2023 broke records in greenhouse gas levels, surface temperatures and glacier retreat. WMO's report says that the global average near-surface temperature was 1.45°C (give or take 0.12°C) above the pre-industrial level.

Spider-Man, Superman And Other Superheroes Fight The Monster Of Climate Change In Their AI Trash Avatar

Mashable India — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 16:51:15 +0000

From Deep Rising To The Recycling Myth, Best Movies On Nature To Watch At India's Environmental Film Festival

Mashable India — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 12:24:38 +0000

‘Play For A Cause!’ India’s Iconic Independence Rock Festival Features Legendary Desi Rock Bands With A Message

Mashable Brand X — Sat, 05 Nov 2022 04:41:23 +0000

The OG's of desi Rock are back with a message This November 5 and 6, veteran Indian rock bands, Indus Creed, Parikrama, and Zero will pick up their axes to rock the iconic ‘Mahindra Independence Rock 2022’ for planet Earth.

Patagonia Founder Gives Away $3 Billion Company To Save The Planet; Internet Lauds His Commitment

James Paul — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 06:18:33 +0000

Bravo Yvon! Selling the company or going public was not an option, so we created our own, Yvon writes.

Taylor Swift Receives Backlash As She Becomes 'CO2e Polluter Of The Year'; Her Team Calls It 'Blatantly Incorrect'

Princia Hendriques — Mon, 01 Aug 2022 06:15:49 +0000

Don't let this discourage you from using paper straws. Taylor Swift has been crowned the top 'CO2e polluter of the year' and received heavy criticism from fans for the same. Here's how her team responded to the trolling.

An NFT-Based Metaverse To Protect Earth’s Endangered Species; BIOS World Creates MetaZoo

James Paul — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 06:05:22 +0000

Blockchain based biome BIOS WORLD has launched an NFT based Metaverse. BIOS seeks to foster biodiversity by transforming economic standards and bringing forth projects that enable sustainable and green environments.

Some Of The Biggest Emitters In The World Are Also The Wealthiest

Dese Gowda — Fri, 12 Nov 2021 12:49:17 +0000

Poor countries most affected by climate change have argued that it was the unabated consumption and greed that led to the crisis in the first place.

Australia is the biggest emitter of greenhouse gases in the world on a per capita basis, according to a new analysis by the climate and energy thinktank Ember.

Although Australia emitted only a fraction of what the United States, China or India emitted in …

Indian Photographers Sweep The 2021 Environmental Photographer Of The Year Competition

Dese Gowda — Thu, 11 Nov 2021 08:57:24 +0000

The competition aims to show humanity’s impact on the planet and stir up action to for conserving the natural world.

Spanish photographer Antonio Aragón Renuncio took the mantle of the environment photographer of the year 2021 with the picture “The Rising Tide Sons” clicked in Togo, West Africa in 2019.

The winning picture is a haunting capture of a child sleeping on the floor …

The Poorest Nations Around The World Will Face The Worst Of Climate Change

Dese Gowda — Mon, 08 Nov 2021 12:29:48 +0000

At the current rate of emissions, ten of the worst affected nations are on track to lose more than 70 percent of their current GDP by 2100.

The poorest nations around the world will be facing the brunt of climate change starting in the next few decades, according to researchers from the University of Berlin.

The study predicts a 20 percent drop in GDP of over 65 of the poorest …

Jackie Shroff Joins All Living Things Environmental Film Festival As Ambassador; Here Are Films To Look Out For

Mashable News Staff — Wed, 06 Oct 2021 08:16:56 +0000

All Living Things Environmental Film Festival, ALT EFF is all set to take place this year virtually from October 9-17. The festival promises stories about issues that surround the climate justice movement with as many as 44 films from 31 countries.

Why The Heat Wave Hitting The Western U.S. Is So Intense

Mark Kaufman — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 17:40:00 +0000

Records will break.

A mid-June heat wave, lasting through the week's end, is baking much of the Western U.S. A hot weather pattern amplified by a sustained drying trend, exacerbated by climate change, has fueled the intense heat, with temperatures reaching 20 degrees Fahrenheit above average in …

The Giant Heads Of 'Mount Recyclemore' Highlight The World's E-Waste Problem

Amanda Yeo — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 06:50:00 +0000

These may be some of the biggest tech heads around.

British artists Joe Rush and Alex Wreckage have created a Mount Rushmore-inspired sculpture of the seven G7 world leaders, constructed entirely from electronic waste. Unveiled on the eve of the G7 summit in Cornwall, Mount Recyclemore aims to draw …

Scientists Just Revealed The Wild History Of Earth’s CO2 Since The Dinosaurs Died!

Mark Kaufman — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 10:40:00 +0000

Climate 101 is a Mashable series that answers provoking and salient questions about Earth’s warming climate.

Big snakes, alligators, giant tortoises, and flying lemurs thrived in a balmy Arctic some 50 million years ago. It was a time when the potent greenhouse gas …

Utah Drought Is So Bad, The Governor Appeals For 'Divine Intervention'

Mark Kaufman — Mon, 07 Jun 2021 05:40:00 +0000

The megadrought is real.

Amid the worst Southwestern drought in at least 400 years — and easily one of the worst sustained droughts in over a millennium — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox has asked the denizens of Utah to pray for rain:

"By praying together and collectively …

Thousands Of Ancient National Park Treasures Killed By Extreme Fires

Mark Kaufman — Fri, 04 Jun 2021 16:00:00 +0000

It's not easy to kill a giant sequoia — the largest trees on Earth.

Yet newly revealed National Park Service estimates found the September 2020 Castle Fire killed a whopping 10 to 14 percent of all large sequoias, meaning the blaze killed …

Storm Experts Will Now Send Tough Robots Directly Into Hurricanes

Mark Kaufman — Thu, 03 Jun 2021 10:50:00 +0000

A seafaring drone can sail where people can't: straight into a hurricane.

During the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season (it's predicted to be busy), that's exactly what scientists will do: send marine robots into the heart of churning cyclones. The unprecedented mission aims to improve researchers' understanding of how …

3 Signs The Climate Op-Ed You're Reading Is Full Of It

Mark Kaufman — Fri, 21 May 2021 06:30:00 +0000

Climate 101 is a Mashable series that answers provoking and salient questions about Earth’s warming climate.

Shoddy climate opinion articles are like zombies.

They're continually resurrected in various forms. Once risen, they mostly belabor similarly inattentive and easily refuted presentations of "facts." They're published …

Why The First Big U.S. Ocean Wind Farm Is A Big Deal

Mark Kaufman — Tue, 18 May 2021 05:20:00 +0000

Climate 101 is a Mashable series that answers provoking and salient questions about Earth’s warming climate.

The U.S. is getting its first major offshore wind farm. And it's a big deal.

The Biden administration recently gave the green light for the company,

See The Grim Climate Graphs Censored By Trump

Mark Kaufman — Mon, 17 May 2021 05:20:00 +0000

They're back.

After a four-year hiatus during the Trump administration, the EPA announced this week the return of its Climate Change Indicators website. (The Trump administration deleted many of the EPA's climate pages.) The public now has …

How ExxonMobil Cleverly Blames YOU For Climate Change

Mark Kaufman — Mon, 17 May 2021 02:40:00 +0000

Climate 101 is a Mashable series that answers provoking and salient questions about Earth’s warming climate.

The oil giant BP popularized the devious term "carbon footprint" in the aughts to quietly shift blame for the warming planet onto individuals, like you. Yet BP wasn't …

How A Smoking Giant Sequoia Has Burned Since 2020

Mark Kaufman — Tue, 11 May 2021 04:20:00 +0000

On a long, recent trudge through forest burned in California's 2020 Castle Fire, a six-person survey crew peered at a curiosity in the distance.

"We saw a little tiny smudge of white and wondered if it was snow on a …

9 Stunning Images Of Deep-Sea Life Captured By An Aquatic Robot

Mark Kaufman — Thu, 06 May 2021 10:20:00 +0000

Deep-dwelling ocean life is stunning. And biologists keep finding more.

During a recently completed 18-day expedition in the protected Ashmore Reef Marine Park (off of Australia), scientists aboard a Schmidt Ocean Institute exploration vessel dropped an underwater robot into deep, low-light depths. At some 165 to 500 feet …

How Scientists Uncovered A Massive Underwater Waste Dump Off Los Angeles

Mark Kaufman — Mon, 03 May 2021 03:10:00 +0000

A sprawling dumpsite off the Los Angeles coast, littered with barrels of waste, had been mostly hidden from the public eye for over half a century. Now, marine scientists revealed the field of submerged waste, some of it likely toxic.

They detected around 27,000 barrels.

Over two weeks …

These Robots Aren't Crappy. But They Do Handle Your Crap.

Rachel Kraus — Fri, 30 Apr 2021 04:40:00 +0000

As I look out over the Port of Los Angeles with its shipping cranes and waterways, I think about the 800,000 gallons of water similar in quality to drinking water lying in tanks under my feet. Less than 24 hours earlier, it had been raw sewage entering the

How Climate Change Moved Earth's Axis

Mark Kaufman — Thu, 29 Apr 2021 10:50:00 +0000

Climate 101 is a Mashable series that answers provoking and salient questions about Earth’s warming climate.

Greenland is purging ice into the ocean.

And Earth noticed.

A strange impact of the continuously warming climate is that colossal amounts of ice melting into …

Why The Intense U.S. Drought Is Now A Megadrought

Mark Kaufman — Thu, 22 Apr 2021 10:50:00 +0000

Climate 101 is a Mashable series that answers provoking and salient questions about Earth’s warming climate.

The water keeps going down.

The entire Southwest and most of the West is mired in various levels of drought as of April 21, 2021, resulting in falling …

What Earth Was Like Last Time CO2 Levels Were This High

Mark Kaufman — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 10:50:00 +0000

Climate 101 is a Mashable series that answers provoking and salient questions about Earth’s warming climate.

The last time CO2 levels were as high as today, ocean waters drowned the lands where metropolises like Houston, Miami, and New York City now exist.

It’s a …

Why This Spectacular Glacier Is Surging In Alaska

Mark Kaufman — Mon, 19 Apr 2021 04:40:00 +0000

Alaska's mighty Muldrow Glacier is moving 50 to 100 times faster than normal.

It's a major surge. Large parts of the 39-mile-long "river of ice" are progressing some 30 to 60 feet per day, as opposed to just a few inches.

On a warming globe where …

Why An Intense Fire Season May Be Shaping Up In 2021

Mark Kaufman — Thu, 08 Apr 2021 10:50:00 +0000

Wildfire isn't inherently bad. It can be really good.

But the extreme way the Western U.S. often experiences fires today — infernos, blazes that can burn well over 200,000 acres in 24 hours, and flames surging through neighborhoods — has

Lava Photos From The Newest Iceland Eruption Show A Wild, Oozing Flow!

Mark Kaufman — Tue, 06 Apr 2021 05:10:00 +0000

The lava is flowin'.

Molten rock likely from miles underground is flowing out of a newly opened fissure in the ground on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula. It's the latest activity in an already captivating volcanic episode: An eruption of gooey, fountaining lava started in the region on March …

The Cost Of Everyday Fertilizer: Toxic Flood Threatens Florida

Kellen Beck — Mon, 05 Apr 2021 06:00:00 +0000

Officials in Florida ordered residents of Manatee County to evacuate a few square miles around an abandoned phosphate plant after a leak was discovered in a massive pond containing toxic wastewater.

The pond, known as a phosphogypsum stack, is owned by HRK Holdings collects wastewater accrued in the …

Why Iceland's Eruption Is So Gooey And Thrilling!

Mark Kaufman — Thu, 01 Apr 2021 10:50:00 +0000

Icelanders recently played volleyball as lava poured from the ground behind them.

Why so carefree? The new Icelandic eruption is relatively small and non-threatening for a volcanic eruption. And thanks to a well-placed webcam, it's a fascinating natural event you can freely stream …

Why The Sun Isn't Causing Today's Climate Change

Mark Kaufman — Thu, 01 Apr 2021 06:10:00 +0000

Climate 101 is a Mashable series that answers provoking and salient questions about Earth’s warming climate.

Yes, the sun is a profoundly important factor in Earth's climate. It always will be.

But scientists, like those at NASA, know the sun isn't causing the current, rapid rise …