By - Soumya Sarkar/thethirdpole.net
In parts of northern India, including Delhi, life expectancy shrivels by over nine years from breathing filthy air, a situation that can…
By Jayanta Basu/thethirdpole.net
Cyclone Amphan made landfall on May 20, 2020, at latitude 21.65 degrees north, longitude 88.3 degrees east.
Cyclone Bulbul made landfall on…
Assam, India’s most flood and erosion-prone state, has witnessed 129 lives lost (including 26 from landslides) as of Tuesday afternoon and at least scores of…
“Exceptional and prolonged” temperatures in Siberia, have left parts of the Arctic warmer than sub-tropical Florida, and fuelled “devastating” wildfires for a second consecutive year,…
According to the India Meteorological Department, this year’s monsoon broke the record of the last 12 years as it rained heavily in June.
According to IMD,…
Although some 178 million hectares of forest has been lost worldwide over the past three decades, the rate of loss has declined substantially during this…
By Ramesh Bhushal/thethirdpole.net
The countries of the Hindu Kush Himalayan region were experiencing a spurt of decent growth over the last few years – until the Covid-19…
A fresh spell of heavy rainfall lashed parts of the national capital on Tuesday, resulting in low-lying areas to get waterlogged and long traffic snarls…
A wholesale switch to efficient, “climate-friendly” appliances could make a huge dent in environmentally harmful emissions, says a new UN report
Access to cooling is…
By Neeta Lal/thethirdpole.net
During the virtual celebration of World Environment Day on June 5, Prakash Javadekar, India’s minister for environment, forests and climate change, launched the Nagar…
Prolonged Siberian heat almost impossible without climate change - attribution study
The recent prolonged Siberia heat from January to June 2020 would have been almost…
By - Mohd Imran Khan/thethirdpole.net
As rivers rise in the Indian state, complications with upstream Nepal, the effects of the pandemic and lockdown combine to worsen…