Google Maps is a helpful tool in navigating a city or country with real-time traffic updates and directions. It even shows us the available public transport in a particular area. Now, tech giant Google has added another helpful feature to the Maps. The company has
Panoramic Antarctica has been a pristine, mostly untouched wildness without any human interruptions for so long. That’s until the increased influx of humans and their omnipresent plastic material began to tarnish the frozen continent. A study mentions that Antarctica has five times greater microplastics in
Using the computer modeling system, researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute in Germany have predicted the disappearance of the Siberian tundra by 2500. The reason for this is the obvious global warming that’s rapidly increasing the temperatures in the Arctic region. As a result, Siberian
The Environment Performance Index 2022 by the World Bank ranks India at the lowest position with a total score of 18.9. It means that India is one of the countries in the world with the worst environmental health. The given score positions India even behind
The single-use plastic bottles are one of the main trash sources in many public areas and beautiful national parks. Around 40 percent of the yearly plastic waste in the environment is due to single-use plastics and packaging materials. To ensure that plastic waste doesn’t ruin
The alarming global warming takes hold of the usually snow-capped Alps, which are now turning green. This massive impact of climate change is now visible from space. Researchers from the University of Lausanne and the University of Basel have mentioned the impact in the journal
An IUCN member, the Isha Foundation initiated the ‘Journey to Save Soil’ in London on March 21. The Save Soil Movement set the organization’s founder Sadhguru (a globally acclaimed spiritual leader) on a 100-day, 30,000 km (18,600 miles) motorcycle voyage through 26 countries to address
Recently, researchers at the Tokyo Metropolitan University (TMU) have created a new direct air capture system to collect waste carbon dioxide. According to the team of researchers led by Professor Seiji Yamazoe, this new carbon capture system works two times faster with 99 percent efficiency.
Every year, World Environment Day is commemorated on June 5. The main purpose of this day is to increase awareness about the environment. Meanwhile, people are motivated to take action to conserve our planet while doing their bit to avoid environmental pollution, global warming, overpopulation,
Given how fragile wildlife habitats have become in the current changing climatic conditions, the Supreme Court (SC) prohibits mining activity or factory establishments in a 1 km proximity of wildlife sanctuaries and national parks. The court has also issued a bunch of directives on controlling
