Environment

Locust Attack Spreads To Eight States, 50,000 Hectares of Crop Destroyed

Locust attack has now become a big problem for people already facing the coronavirus pandemic. After unleashing havoc in Rajasthan, Gujarat, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh and…

Assam Floods: 1 Dead, Nearly 3 Lakh Affected As Brahmaputra Breaches Its Banks

One person died and about 3 lakh people have been affected as the rising water level of the Brahmaputra river led to the flooding of…

Heatwave To Roast Many States For Next 2 Days, Red Alert Issued

It is proving to be a scorcher of a summer in several cities of Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat and in the national…

Poaching Spikes Amid Lockdown In South Asia

By Adeel Saeed; Neha Sinha; A R Joshi; Nazmun Naher Shishir/thethirdpole.net As countries in South Asia went into lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, criminals…

After Cyclone Amphan, Broken Houses And Rotting Fish

By Joydeep Gupta/thethirdpole.net “What is the point in rebuilding our house,” asks Santanu Haldar, “when we know it will be torn down in the next…

Super Cyclone Amphan: Timely Response And Lessons To Be Learned

The Bay of Bengal has long been known as a ‘Storm Breeder’. Henry Piddington was a British Meteorologist, who coined the word ‘Cyclone ‘in 1840.…

Our Solutions Are In Nature: International Day For Biological Diversity 22 May

"As we encroach on nature and deplete vital habitats, increasing numbers of species are at risk. That includes humanity and the future we want" - UN…

Cyclone Amphan: 72 Dead In W. Bengal, Mamata Urges PM Modi To Visit State

So far 72 deaths have been confirmed in West Bengal due to the devastation caused by cyclone Amphan. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that she…

Cyclone Amphan Makes Landfall In West Bengal With Superstorm Winds

Cyclone Amphan has hit West Bengal and Odisha, making landfall with wind speeds which could cross 110 kmph by the time the storm reaches the…

Cyclone Amphan: Evacuees And COVID-19 Quarantined Crammed Inside Same Buildings

By Joydeep Gupta, Zobaidur Rahman/thethirdpole.net The West Bengal government evacuated over 200,000 residents of coastal villages as the extremely severe Cyclone Amphan moved north by northeast…