Located about 100 kilometres north of Mumbai, Tarapur is one of Maharashtra’s largest industrial hubs—and among its most polluted. Built along the coast, the industrial estate sits next to fishing villages where generations have depended on the sea for their livelihoods. This film journeys into those villages to document what residents say is a…
In 2026, many people will hear the same strange phrase repeated again and again. The Sun will briefly disappear. It sounds dramatic, almost alarming, but the reason is far simpler and far more familiar to astronomers. The Sun itself is not changing or switching off. What will happen is a precise alignment between the Earth,…
Daha river desiltation Bihar’s Water Resources Department is responsible for the desiltation and cleaning of the Daha river. The authority has taken comprehensive and concrete steps and is fully committed to the river’s environmental restoration and rejuvenation, according to the report filed by the department on December 13, 2025. The department prepared the detailed project…
Rainfall on Hormuz Island briefly transformed the coastline of its famed Red Beach into a striking natural scene this week, as soil flowed into the sea and turned the water shades of deep red. The beach is known for its vivid red sand and cliffs, created by high concentrations of iron oxide Source link
The recent major eruption of the Hayli Gubbi volcano in Ethiopia did not increase the dangerous levels of air pollution plaguing South Asia, an analysis by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) has found. Rather, the pollution choking cities from Lahore to Dhaka is homegrown and stems from local and regional sources and…
A sloth bear conservation reserve and a thermal power plant are proposed at the same location in the Vindhyan forests in Uttar Pradesh. Even as legal proceedings are pending, wildlife conservationists say that the work on the coal-based plant, including clearing of vegetation and the construction of an approach road, is ongoing. Sloth bears…
On December 12, 2025, the Centre approved the Policy for Auction of Coal Linkage for Seamless, Efficient & Transparent Utilisation (CoalSETU) subject to final legislative approval of Parliament after the expiry of the public consultation period in 2026. The policy introduces a new “CoalSETU window” under the existing Non-Regulated Sector (NRS) Linkage Auction Policy of…
Michaela Benthaus, a German aerospace engineer at the European Space Agency in Germany, is soon to make history as the first wheelchair-bound individual to travel to space. Benthaus has used a wheelchair since a mountain biking accident in 2018. The engineer will fly with five other individuals aboard Blue Origin’s next New Shepard space mission….
Agroforestry on small family farms can play a powerful role in climate mitigation while strengthening rural livelihoods, showed a nine-year study from eastern India by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) scientists. One-acre farms under agroforestry sequestered up to 154.5 megagrams (Mg) of carbon dioxide equivalent over nine years, while maintaining food production and generating…