The name Sundarbans is derived from the name of Sundari tree which has adapted to the high tides in the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers delta. The name Sundarbans is derived from the name of Sundari tree which has adapted to the high tides in the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers delta. Maitheli Maitra via Unsplash International
On islands swallowed by water, there is nowhere else to go
Piya Srinivasan 2024-01-29 08:28:19
Co-chief Scientist of the FOCUS voyage, Helen Phillips, prepares scientific instruments for deployment. The voyage hopes to build a more detailed picture of a rapidly changing Southern Ocean. Co-chief Scientist of the FOCUS voyage, Helen Phillips, prepares scientific instruments for deployment. The voyage hopes to build a more detailed picture of a rapidly changing Southern Ocean. Amelia Pearson, CSIRO International
A new wave of research in the Southern Ocean
Helen Phillips 2024-01-24 08:39:57
Previously landfast ice breaks away from the Antarctic Peninsula on 1 January 2024. Previously landfast ice breaks away from the Antarctic Peninsula on 1 January 2024. Credit: NASA Earth Observatory International
How sea ice blew the socks off scientists
Alexander Fraser & Takenobu Toyota 2024-01-23 08:47:21
Researchers are developing new tools to understand Antarctica before it changes forever. Researchers are developing new tools to understand Antarctica before it changes forever. Cassie Matias/Unsplash International
Unravelling Antarctica's sea ice puzzle
Ariaan Purich, Edward Doddridge & Benoit Legresy 2024-01-22 08:50:00
Heatwaves are one of the world’s deadliest and most disruptive yet most overlooked disasters. Heatwaves are one of the world’s deadliest and most disruptive yet most overlooked disasters. Unsplash International
Your aircon could make 2024 the hottest on record
Hannah Della Bosca 2023-12-29 08:26:50
A plantation worker carries dried bushes to be used as firewood A plantation worker carries dried bushes to be used as firewood. Conor Ashleigh, DFAT International
Women bear the brunt of Asia's climate failures
Gabriela Fernando & Samanthi Gunawardana 2023-12-28 08:26:20
A woman prtends to save the Earth at the COP28 UN Climate Summit in Dubai on Sunday. AP/RSS Photo International
Earth is running a fever. UN climate talks are focusing on the contagious effect on human health
AP 2023-12-04 09:01:00
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At COP28 meeting, oil companies pledge to combat methane. Environmentalists call it a “smokescreen”
AP 2023-12-03 09:07:00
Opinion
A tripartite approach to combat climate change through comprehensive EV policies in Nepal
Prasanna Aryal 2023-12-02 11:19:00
International
Takeaways from Friday’s events at UN climate conference known as COP28
AP 2023-12-02 11:12:00
International
One of world’s largest icebergs drifting beyond Antarctic waters after it was grounded for 3 decades
AP 2023-11-26 07:29:00
International
Scientists count huge melts in many protective Antarctic ice shelves. Trillions of tons of ice lost
AP 2023-10-13 08:11:00
Shiv Kumar, left, accompanies his daughter Garima, 10, to her school as they walk on the flood plain of Yamuna River, in New Delhi, India, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. AP/RSS Photo International
Millions of children are displaced due to extreme weather events. Climate change will make it worse
AP 2023-10-07 09:06:00
FILE - People cool off at the Bosphorus as forest fire smoke rises, background, during a hot summer day in Istanbul, Turkey, July 26, 2023. Scientists say by far the biggest cause of the recent extreme warming is human-caused climate change and a natural El Nino. But some say there’s got to be something more. AP/RSS Photo International
Scientists look beyond climate change and El Nino for other factors that heat up Earth
AP 2023-08-09 14:00:00
A man cool off in a fountain during a hot and sunny day of summer in Madrid, Spain, July 19, 2023. AP/RSS Photo International
Climate change made July hotter for almost every human on Earth
AP 2023-08-03 07:31:00
FILE - The sun rises over fishing boats in the Atlantic Ocean, Sept. 8, 2022, off of Kennebunkport, Maine. AP/RSS Photo International
Ocean currents vital for distributing heat could collapse by midcentury, study says
AP 2023-07-27 07:41:00
International
Deadly flooding hit several countries at once. Scientists say this will only be more common
AP 2023-07-18 12:51:00
FILE - The Sutlej River flows in the valley below the tall snowy peaks in the Kinnaur district of the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh, India, March 13, 2023. AP/RSS Photo International
Himalayan glaciers could lose 80% of their volume if global warming isn’t controlled, study finds
AP 2023-06-21 08:10:00
A milkman has his containers covered with wet jute sacks to prevent the milk from getting damaged due to excess heat in Prayagraj, India, Sunday, May 21, 2023. AP/RSS Photo International
India scorched by extreme heat with monsoon rains delayed
AP 2023-05-23 07:53:00