Climate Change

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.

From sperm count to menstrual health: The reproductive fallout of climate change

According to Dr Arvind Vaid, gynaecologist and IVF specialist, Indira IVF, Delhi, the female reproductive system is especially vulnerable to rising temperatures.

World's fossil fuel emissions to hit new record in 2025: Study

With emissions from oil, gas and coal all set to rise, the overall figure is due to reach a record of 38.1 billion tonnes of CO2.

Beyond Carbon: Why COP must bring life cycle thinking into the climate conversation

The Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) framework, which evaluates environmental impacts from cradle to gate to well, offers the systemic clarity needed to avoid burden-shifting between sectors or resources

Iceland’s first mosquitoes: Climate shifts redraw Arctic boundaries

Scientists confirm Iceland’s first mosquitoes, hinting towards how climate shifts may enable insects to thrive in previously frozen environments.

Australia’s Mountain dragons face extinction as climate pressures mount

A new study warns that Australia’s Mountain Dragon lizards are running out of room to survive. Fossil and genetic evidence reveal a slow squeeze by climate change.

OPINION | India redefines global green finance amid US withdrawal

India is emerging as Asia’s green finance leader, driving climate investments, policy innovation, and renewable energy growth amid the U.S. retreat from global sustainable finance leadership

OPINION | India must not build a climate finance architecture on shifting grounds

Regulators are moving ahead with rules for climate disclosures without a firm and quantifiable taxonomy, creating overlapping definitions, credibility risk and weak signals for investors

Bill Gates challenges 'doomsday view of climate change' on 70th birthday: 'It will not lead to...'

Bill Gates also defended his own climate record, noting that he offsets his carbon footprint and has invested billions in clean energy innovation.

OPINION | India’s road to reaching its net zero goals

At COP30 in Brazil in November, India will submit its next set of Nationally Determined Contributions. We need to continue understanding trade-offs and shape development priorities that are not only low-carbon but also resilient and equitable

Melting glaciers losing nutrient strength, raising concerns for marine life

Glaciers are not just frozen water reserves; they are lifelines for marine and river ecosystems. As they vanish, they may still pour water into the seas — but that water could be losing the nutrients that sustain life.