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  • Living in clouds: Meet the bird that eats, sleeps and lives almost entirely in the sky for 10 months

    A remarkable bird spends up to 10 months airborne, eating, sleeping, and even resting mid-flight, pushing biological limits and raising new questions about how life can thrive almost entirely in the sky.

  • What Lies Below Antarctica’s ice sheet? A new map exposes a dramatic landscape long hidden from human view

    Scientists have uncovered Antarctica’s hidden landscape beneath ice, revealing thousands of unseen hills and valleys, a discovery reshaping how researchers predict ice movement, melting, and future sea level rise.

  • OPINION | The conflict between the carbon offset mechanism and green credit programme

    Overlapping registration of forestry projects under India’s carbon and green credit schemes enables double-counting of environmental benefits, threatening market integrity, credibility, and investor trust in the country’s emerging climate frameworks

  • US exits India-backed International Solar Alliance; govt says body remains focused on mandate

    The United States joined the India-led International Solar Alliance as its 101st member in November 2021, with the announcement made by then US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry at the COP26 climate summit.

  • Nasa astronaut captures eerie purple lightning buzzing across Earth from space; watch video

    From the ISS, NASA astronaut Don Pettit captured rare purple lightning and mysterious upper-atmosphere flashes above massive storms, revealing a hidden electrical world few ever witness from Earth.

  • How quiet cracking is pushing Antarctica’s doomsday glacier towards collapse

    Scientists tracking Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier found its ice shelf weakening followed an ordered pattern, driven by hidden cracks and a failing seabed anchor, raising questions about future sea level rise.

  • Govt looks to bring nuclear power into clean-energy framework after SHANTI Bill

    Government weighs changes to power purchase rules and Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) norms to mainstream nuclear as clean energy.

  • Dinosaur highways, first fires and planet parades: Science’s biggest moments of 2025

    From ancient fire-making and dinosaur footprints to planet parades and chimp medicine, 2025 science revealed wonder, surprise and warning, hinting at how much remains unseen, buried, or still unfolding.

  • Climate action: Why India must shift from targets to outcomes

    Grid bottlenecks, coal dependence, and funding gaps show why India’s climate fight now hinges on delivery

  • From 24 hours to 25-hour days? Earth’s rotation is slowing and here’s what it means for future time

    Earth’s rotation is slowly slowing, scientists say, meaning days are getting longer, though the change takes millions of years, raising intriguing questions about how time, life and the planet quietly evolve.

  • Human expansion is making encounters with one of India’s deadliest snakes more frequent— Here’s how

    From village rooftops to forest releases, rescuers in India’s Western Ghats race to safely handle king cobras, revealing how growing human presence is reshaping encounters with one of nature’s most powerful snakes.

  • Lion vs Tiger: Power, danger and which big cat wins the ultimate showdown?

    Lions and tigers both rule the wild, but their strength, size, teamwork, and hunting styles differ sharply, revealing why each dominates its own world and why comparing them remains endlessly fascinating.

  • NASA strengthens Landsat Mission with new scientists to monitor Earth's climate

    NASA has announced a new Landsat Science Team to ensure accurate, long-term Earth monitoring, strengthening how satellites track climate change, land use, water systems and environmental transformations worldwide.

  • Watch: Female polar bear adopts cub, showing remarkable maternal care

    A female polar bear in western Hudson Bay has adopted an orphaned cub, a rare event highlighting unexpected social behaviour and offering new insights into survival in the harsh Arctic environment.

  • What went right for Earth: Seven under-the-radar climate and nature wins in 2025

    Amid worsening climate pressures, 2025 delivered quiet wins from surging renewables to returning wildlife, landmark legal shifts and indigenous gains, showing unexpected progress that often escaped headlines worldwide this year.

  • A timing shift in stubble burning could be worsening North India’s air, NASA says

    Satellite data show stubble fires across northern India shifting later daily, complicating pollution tracking, worsening smog risks and raising new questions about farmer behaviour, monitoring gaps, and Delhi’s air crisis.

  • Scientists spot ocean ‘storms’ rapidly melting Antarctica’s doomsday glacier — What’s driving it?

    Antarctica’s key glaciers are melting faster as underwater storms churn warm water upward. New research reveals surprising short-term forces driving the loss, raising fresh questions about how quickly global seas could rise.

  • Shanghai, Dhaka and Karachi risk a ‘watery grave’ by 2100: How 'polder effect' threatens world’s largest coastal cities

    Researchers describe this potential disaster as the “polder effect.” Unlike regular floods, where water eventually drains away, sinking delta cities behave like deep bowls.

  • First detailed tsunami seen from space by NASA, CNES — Here’s why it matters

    Scientists used satellite data to study a rare tsunami. They examined the event with improved clarity today. The SWOT satellite provided this detailed information recently.

  • World’s most expensive satellite Nisar sends first sharp look at India as science phase begins

    Nisar’s S-Band radar captured the Godavari River Delta with striking detail, showing mangroves, fields, arecanut crops and aquaculture ponds.

  • Ozone layer on track to heal as 2025 Antarctic hole becomes fifth smallest since 1992, says NASA

    NASA and NOAA teams reported an annual maximum of 8.83 million square miles on September 9. They said this made it the fifth smallest hole since 1992.

  • Nevada cave tells a deeper story as scientists uncover 580,000 years of climate shifts

    Scientists analysed oxygen isotopes locked inside the minerals. These isotopes shift according to climate at formation.

  • H5N1 bird flu reaches Antarctica as climate change shifts wildlife

    H5N1 bird flu in Antarctic wildlife showing how climate change shifts animal ranges and highlights urgent need for monitoring and early-warning systems.

  • Rich nations must hit net zero and pay up on climate, says India

    India, the world’s third-largest polluter, has long argued that industrialized nations should carry a greater decarbonization burden

  • Scientists warn Australia’s rainforests are releasing more CO₂ than they absorb

    Australia's tropical rainforests now release more carbon than they absorb. Scientists warn climate stress and tree loss could worsen global warming significantly.

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