While India and Bhutan has a forest cover of 33 percent and 60 percent, only five percent land in Pakistan is covered by forests
Researchers fly drone to map effects of Climate change in Antarctica
Drone mapping to help evaluate fragile ecosystem, particularly moss beds, & changes in the extreme environment
Good News: Ozone layer on track of full recovery
Ozone layer expected to recover to 1980 levels if phaseout of ozone-depleting chemicals continue. UN backed expert panel in report confirms Antarctic ozone hole improving in area and depth
Trees in United States are becoming fatter, thanks to carbon dioxide
The study conducted at the Ohio State University has found that the tree trunk volume in the United States has increased by 29 % in the last three decades
Typhoon Nanmadol batters Japan, one killed
At least one person was killed and other 70 injured as a powerful typhoon made landfall overnight in Japan.
Explained: Cloudbursts and Can They Be Predicted?
In July this year, the Chief Minister of an Indian state termed the cloudbursts a “foreign conspiracy”. So what are cloudbursts and how are they caused, explains our team.