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    • A 650-foot mega-tsunami shook the Arctic — Satellites captured waves that made the Earth tremble for 9 days

      A mysterious seismic pulse shook Earth for 9 days in 2023, traced to a colossal Greenland landslide and 650-foot mega tsunami. How did one fjord send vibrations across the planet?

    • It’s soon going to rain in Antarctica, bringing melting glaciers, struggling penguins and shifting seas

      Rain is no longer rare on the Antarctic Peninsula, and scientists warn that rising temperatures, melting ice and struggling penguins could signal a dramatic shift for Earth’s coldest continent.

    • Why climate change is quietly pushing up your home insurance bill

      Insurance companies are no longer planning for rare disasters. They are planning for damage that shows up again and again.

    • Scientists discover 300 hidden canyons beneath Antarctica – And they could accelerate ice melt

      Scientists have mapped over 300 hidden submarine canyons beneath Antarctica, revealing ocean pathways that may speed up ice melt and alter climate forecasts. This research could reshape predictions of future sea-level rise.

    • Scientists map best- and worst-Case futures for a rapidly warming Antarctica

      Scientists have mapped Antarctica’s possible climate futures, revealing how rising emissions could shrink sea ice, threaten penguins and raise sea levels — yet they say the worst may still be avoided.

    • UN warns Earth has entered ‘water bankruptcy’ as rivers and aquifers run dry

      A new UN report warns the world is spending its water “savings” faster than nature can replace them, raising fears of shortages, unrest and collapsing rivers unless urgent action follows.

    • The Southern Indian Ocean is rapidly losing salt, scientists warn of global ripple effects

      A huge stretch of the Southern Indian Ocean is rapidly losing its salt, and scientists warn this subtle shift could quietly disrupt global ocean currents and marine life in unexpected ways.

    • Nature is losing its colours: From animals to birds, the World is becoming colourless, why are scientists worried?

      From bleaching coral reefs to fading forests and duller birds, scientists warn Earth is losing its colours under climate stress, but could these subtle shifts reveal deeper environmental truths?

    • The world’s biggest waterfall is invisible to the human eye but why and how?

      Beneath the icy waters between Greenland and Iceland flows Earth’s largest waterfall, three times taller than Angel Falls — yet completely invisible from the surface. How can something so vast remain hidden?

    • Inside the Dragon Hole of the South China sea, where oxygen vanishes from the ocean

      Beneath the calm waters of the South China Sea, the Dragon Hole plunges over 301 metres, hiding twisting tunnels, vanishing oxygen and chemical secrets that scientists are only beginning to decode.

    • OPINION | India's climate strategy hides in plain sight

      Adaptation finance in the country is not merely about carbon markets and tech transfer. It’s about community level changes to make agriculture more resilient and institutional improvements to insulate cities from extreme weather patterns 

    • Meet the 3-foot-tall ‘monkey-eating’ bird: The World’s largest Eagle on the verge of extinction

      Standing 3 feet tall with a wingspan over 6 feet, the Philippine eagle rules the rainforest skies. But why is this powerful ‘monkey-eating’ giant now critically endangered?

    • Called crazy, now the ‘Forest Man of India’: Meet Jadav Payeng, who turned hot sand into a forest larger than New York’s Central Park

      Once mocked as crazy, Jadav Payeng quietly planted trees for decades on a barren sandbar in Assam. Today, his lone effort has grown into a forest larger than Central Park.

    • China’s tree-planting drive turns the harsh Taklamakan desert from a biological void into a carbon sink

      China’s vast tree-planting drive around the Taklamakan Desert may be turning shifting sands into a carbon sink. But can forests truly tame one of Earth’s harshest landscapes?

    • Frozen surface burning core: Scientists discover 207 hidden volcanoes beneath Antarctica

      Beneath Antarctica’s frozen silence, scientists have mapped hundreds of hidden volcanoes, revealing unseen forces that quietly shape ice movement, sea levels, and the continent’s uncertain future.

    • Watch a camera dive into Antarctica’s most dangerous 'doomsday glacier' ice hole

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    • Can licking a toad really get you high or is the myth far more dangerous than the drug?

      A viral park warning revived myths about psychedelic toads, but scientists say licking them brings danger, conservation risks, and medical emergencies, while researchers quietly study the drug’s strange potential.

    • The mystery of Saraswati: Does this Indian river vanish or flow as the Ghaggar-Hakra beneath the Earth

      Across India’s deserts, scientists trace a vanished river linked to Saraswati, where satellite clues, buried channels, and ancient settlements raise fresh questions about climate change, civilisation collapse, and myth history.

    • Ghosts of the mountains appear as snow leopard family emerges in the Himalayas

      A rare video from Ladakh shows a snow leopard mother and two cubs roaming calmly near border roads, hinting at healthy habitats amid rising development pressures in fragile Himalayan landscapes.

    • India Budget 2026: ₹20,000 Cr allocated for carbon capture incentives to cut industrial emissions

      India’s Budget 2026 places a ₹20,000 crore bet on carbon capture technologies, signalling a quiet shift in how heavy industries may cut emissions while reshaping future climate and industrial strategies.

    • An invisible Wallace Line splits Asia and Australia, explaining why tigers never met koalas

      Scientists reveal how continental collisions and climate shifts drew the mysterious Wallace Line, shaping Asian and Australian wildlife divides, and why understanding this boundary matters as Earth’s climate changes again.

    • What the "Doomsday Clock" really means? Here's why scientists are so alarmed about this

      The Doomsday Clock has moved to 85 seconds before midnight, the closest ever in its history. Scientists warn rising nuclear tensions, climate change, AI risks and political instability could push humanity toward catastrophic outcomes.

    • India-EU FTA offers no relief from EU’s carbon border tax as CBAM stays

      Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal said the EU, however, has committed that any flexibility it introduces under CBAM for any partner country globally will automatically flow to India.

    • Shrinking lakes and drying climate are splitting East Africa faster

      As East Africa’s great lakes shrink after thousands of years, scientists find the land beneath may be pulling apart faster, revealing an unexpected link between ancient climate shifts and modern tectonic change.

    • This desert blooms overnight and turns into a sea of colours, where does it exist?

      Rare monsoon rains have briefly turned Rajasthan’s Thar Desert green, awakening dormant seeds and wildlife, offering a striking glimpse into how one of India’s driest landscapes can suddenly burst with life.

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