IPCC report says global coordination on climate action needed, but the list of climate villains, real and perceived, isn’t small The latest IPCC climate assessment report continues a recent tradition of each such report flagging more ominous portents than its immediate predecessor—of course, all of it is based on strong science, and therefore has stoked … Read more
According to JICA, the project has been awarded to a joint venture between Indian company Enviro Control and Japanese company Toshiba Water Solutions. The procurement package awarded was for 11 sewerage treatment plants (STPs) with 396 million litres per day (MLD) treatment capacity, intermediate pump stations and sewers. The Mula-Mutha pollution abatement project in Pune … Read more
On Saturday, the maximum temperature in the national capital settled at 27.2 degrees Celsius. Delhi on Sunday recorded a maximum temperature of 28.2 degrees Celsius, a notch below the season’s average, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. The city residents woke up to a pleasant Sunday morning with the minimum temperature settling at 13.8 degrees … Read more
The minimum temperature was recorded at 13.5 degrees Celsius, two notches below the season’s average, it added. Delhi recorded a maximum temperature of 27.2 degrees Celsius on Saturday, normal during the season, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.The minimum temperature was recorded at 13.5 degrees Celsius, two notches below the season’s average, it added. The … Read more
Marine heat waves are leading to a decline in phytoplankton populations, and affecting the ocean fisheries. Maharashtra, Odisha and Madhya Pradesh suffered the most from extreme weather events last year, India Meteorological Department (IMD) chief Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said on Wednesday. He also said that heavy rainfall and flood-related incidents last year had claimed over 750 … Read more
Poor air quality was the fourth leading risk factor for early death worldwide in 2019, surpassed only by high blood pressure, tobacco use and poor diet. Deaths attributable to PM2.5 pollution in India have increased by 2.5 times over the last two decades, according to a new report by the Centre for Science and Environment. … Read more
The National Council for Science and Technology Communication approached the Centre in 1986 to designate February 28 as National Science Day. India will celebrate National Science Day on Monday, February 28 — the day scientist CV Raman invented his game-changing Raman Effect in 1928. Raman won the Nobel Prize in physics for the historic discovery … Read more
These satellites will be mainly used for commercial remote sensing services, marine environment monitoring, forest fire prevention and disaster mitigation. China’s new Long March-8 rocket placed 22 satellites in space on Sunday, setting a domestic record for the most spacecraft launched by a single rocket. The rocket blasted off at 11:06 a.m. (Beijing Time) at … Read more
The weather office predicted partly cloudy sky for Sunday. Overnight rain and hailstorm in parts of Delhi brought down the mercury on Saturday, the India Meteorological Department said. The national capital recorded 10 mm rainfall in the 24 hours till Saturday morning along with hailstorm in several parts. The maximum temperature was recorded at 23.8 … Read more
NASA, however, shrugged off Rogozin’s comments that US sanctions on Moscow over Ukraine could “destroy” the two countries’ teamwork on the ISS. Amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the chief of Moscow’s space programme has warned that sanctions imposed on the country could lead to the International Space Station (ISS) losing orbit and crashing. Roscosmos Director-General … Read more