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thehindu.com | 1 hrs. 24 min. ago

'Severe drought' declared in parts of United Kingdom

#drought #See #United Kingdom

The United Kingdom experienced its hottest summer on record in 2026, featuring several heatwaves and an exceptional drought that resulted from a lack of rainfall not seen since records began in 1836

scmp.com | 1 hrs. 58 min. ago

Beyond EVs and perception, how China is gaining ground in Central Asia

#China #electric vehicle #electric vehicles #Han #Kazakhstan #Russia

In Kazakhstan’s futuristic capital Astana, car dealer Auyez Kabdygali is planning a big change to his business as he switches from importing European cars to Chinese electric vehicles. Kabdygali says there is increasing demand for Chinese EVs both from locals and Russian customers due to their competitive price and quality.

His grandfather is among the converts – he has an order in for a BYD Han, the carmaker’s flagship model, and plans to collect it from a terminal on the border with China and...

newsbeep.com | 2 hrs. 31 min. ago

‘We can’t leave people behind’: frustration and hope mingle in the wake of Lismore’s post-flood renewal

#flood #Wal

New South Wales | Alison Norris looks admiringly around the simple two-bedroom home that has housed her and her three children for…

wattsupwiththat.com | 2 hrs. 49 min. ago

Fire Down Below. Latest State of Wildfires Report Finds Global Burned Area 18% Below Average

#decline #wildfire #wildfires

If the fire models could not reproduce the decline in 2017, how much weight do their end-of-century projections carry now? The post Fire Down Below. Latest State of Wildfires Report Finds Global Burned Area 18% Below Average appeared first on Watts Up With That?.

thehindu.com | 3 hrs. 3 min. ago

HYDGEN opens its new 20 MW electrolyser manufacturing facility at Ganjimutt

#AEM #anion exchange membrane #electrolyser #hydrogen production #proton exchange membrane

The company unveiled on the occasion its 250 kW AEM (Anion Exchange Membrane) and PEM (Proton Exchange Membrane) electrolysers designed, assembled and tested in Mangaluru to meet the growing demand for hydrogen production

independent.co.uk | 3 hrs. 5 min. ago

Photos show wildfire fueled by high winds engulfing coastal homes in Southern California

#fuel #wildfire #wind

High winds fueled a fast-moving fire that has burned homes in Southern California. Flames engulfed expensive coastal properties and prompted thousands to evacuate.

nypost.com | 3 hrs. 6 min. ago

Violent rioters flood the streets of France, burning buildings and looting luxury goods stores

#flood #France

Protests in France have spread across the country with massive demonstrations against the cost of education and the cost of living with buildings set on fire and high-price shops vandalized.

thehindu.com | 3 hrs. 38 min. ago

India’s China+1 lessons lie within its own States

#China #ecosystem #India #Li

Karnataka and Tamil Nadu are leading examples of how industrial ecosystems attract global manufacturers

thehindu.com | 3 hrs. 38 min. ago

Indonesia’s wildfire crisis deepens as orange smog covers central Kalimantan

#Indonesia #Smog #wildfire
thehindu.com | 3 hrs. 56 min. ago

IISER researchers make solid material that releases two fuel gases

#fuel #Methan #methane

The team developed a compound called magnesium hydridomethylzincate. When it was heated in solution to 100° C, it released hydrogen, and when its crystals were heated in the absence of a solvent at 80-110° C, it released both hydrogen and methane

thehindu.com | 4 hrs. 31 min. ago

The unprepared ground for white cane users

#ecosystem #WHO

White Cane Day observed on October 15 demands the rehabilitation of the ecosystem, so that those who move one stride at a time have a place not merely to pass through, nor merely to be tolerated in, but to own the city

thehindu.com | 4 hrs. 31 min. ago

Speakers pitch for new environment framework for handling solar panel waste

#Recycling #solar #solar panel

Speakers stressed on an exclusive solar recycling policy to be enacted by the Central government

theguardian.com | 4 hrs. 31 min. ago

Almost all NSW homes destroyed in black summer bushfires were within 100 metres of flammable vegetation

#air #Australia #Black Summer #buffer zone #bushfire #climate #Li #SAF #Wal

Exclusive: Research confirms official advice about high-risk properties and warns worsening conditions will make more homes unsafeSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereAlmost every home destroyed in New South Wales during the black summer bushfires of 2019 and 2020 was inside the 100 metre buffer zone used to identify properties most at risk, new research has found.The findings are an endorsement of the risk maps used by authorities, but the research warns that as global heating generates ever-worsening fire conditions firefighters may have to extend the recommended distances between homes and vegetation to keep homes safe.Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as a free newsletter Continue reading...

thehindu.com | 4 hrs. 50 min. ago

‘NITK-EMPRI can develop pilot projects to reduce carbon emissions'

#carbon emissions #emissions
newsbeep.com | 5 hrs. 9 min. ago

We’ve been warned. Now Wales needs to get ready

#climate #flood #flooding #Wal

Flooding in Talybont. Photo Talybont Floodees Sam Ward, Head of Climate Cymru Wales has been warned to prepare…

timesofindia.indiatimes.com | 5 hrs. 11 min. ago

Bob Dylan and his brother bought a 25-acre Scottish estate for £2.2 million; after pandemic it was sold for £4.26 million

#COVID-19 #national park

In December 2023, Bob Dylan and his brother David Zimmerman listed their expansive Aultmore House estate for an impressive £4.257 million. This stunning 25-acre property, featuring 16 bedrooms, is nestled in the picturesque Cairngorms National Park. Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, the siblings had not returned to the mansion, prompting their decision to sell.

thehindu.com | 5 hrs. 27 min. ago

Thailand floods villages to protect capital

#Chao Phraya #flood #river #Thailand

After devastating floods in 2011, the government expanded embankments, water gates, and other infrastructure to direct water away from Bangkok, the historic city of Ayutthaya and industrial zones along the Chao Phraya River

theguardian.com | 5 hrs. 27 min. ago

Six homes burned and two firefighters injured in fast-moving California wildfire

#California wildfire #evacuation #wildfire #wildfires

About 6,000 homes under evacuation, affecting 16,000 residents in San Clemente and San Juan CapistranoAt least six homes burned and two firefighters were injured after a fast-moving wildfire blazed through parts of southern California on Friday.Two firefighters were taken to the hospital with heat-related injuries from the Norte fire, officials said.

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thehindu.com | 5 hrs. 45 min. ago

Mizoram seeks sustainability as tourism booms

#Boom #Studie #sustainability

The Mizoram government plans expansion of community-based tourism projects after economic and social impact assessment studies

thehindu.com | 6 hrs. 4 min. ago

Why Keralam has launched India’s first ecosystem Red List assessment

#biodiversity #ecosystem #India #species

Kerala State Biodiversity Board’s Red List Assessment of Ecosystems project aims to transform conservation efforts from isolated species preservation to proactive, landscape-wide management

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thehindu.com | 6 hrs. 41 min. ago

Delhi gets 150 electric buses, 13 new air monitoring stations

#air #Bus #electric bus

Union Environment Minister, CM unveil new clean-air initiatives, review measures at Anand Vihar; Gupta says her govt. is addressing all aspects of pollution control, including transport, monitoring

nypost.com | 6 hrs. 45 min. ago

LA County floods phones with wildfire alerts after deadly failures — but some fear it’s gone too far

#flood #wildfire

As the 146-acre Bryson Fire burned in Malibu, residents received a flood of emergency alerts, leaving some prepared and others overwhelmed.

thehindu.com | 7 hrs. ago

NTPC eyes green hydrogen exports, targets Asian and European markets

#green hydrogen #hydrogen export

CMD Gurdeep Singh added that green hydrogen could become a viable business but the priority is for it move from a pilot to commercial scale.

thehindu.com | 7 hrs. 19 min. ago

Kannan C.S. Warrier gets International Iconic Scientist Award

#biodiversity #biodiversity conservation #sustainable #sustainable forestry

Kerala Forest Research Institute Director recognised for three decades of outstanding contributions to forest genetics, biodiversity conservation and sustainable forestry

thehindu.com | 7 hrs. 19 min. ago

Indian Coast Guard rescues six fishermen stranded off Mamallapuram coast

#flood #flooding #India

Their boat had sustained critical hull damage, resulting in flooding of the machinery compartment

france24.com | 7 hrs. 40 min. ago

Brazil: Amazon deforestation at 40-year low

#Amazon #Amazon deforestation #Brazil #deforestation #REACH

In Brazil, deforestation in the Amazon has reached its lowest level in 40 years. President Lula is bolstering his environmental record just over a week before the second round of the presidential election, in which he faces Flávio Bolsonaro.

thehindu.com | 8 hrs. 17 min. ago

Minister inspects monsoon preparedness in flood prone areas of Thoothukudi

#flood #monsoon
thehindu.com | 8 hrs. 37 min. ago

Why does India need a trained workforce for elderly care?

#ecosystem #India

India’s 60-plus population is projected to touch 347 million by 2050, underscoring the need for a robust caregiving ecosystem; a formal training programme, building on existing small-scale initiatives, could promote gender parity in caregiving and recognise informal, unpaid family caregivers

thehindu.com | 8 hrs. 37 min. ago

Warming Himalayas demand a rethink on development

#India #Permafrost

The ‘cement’ is melting — retreating glaciers and thawing permafrost are heightening disaster risks in the Indian Himalayan Region

npr.org | 8 hrs. 59 min. ago

Dozens of critically endangered orangutans rescued from Indonesian wildfires

#critically endangered #endangered species #habitat #Indonesia #species #wildfire #wildfires

Rescuers in Indonesia have saved dozens of orangutans from wildfires. The critically endangered species is fighting for their lives and habitats during this deadly wildfire season.

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newsbeep.com | 8 hrs. 59 min. ago

Thames Water hosepipe ban to continue through autumn amid drought

#drought #Thames

“As autumn sets in and leaves start to fall, it can be easy to think the need to…

dailymail.com | 9 hrs. 1 min. ago

Green behind party's 'Zionism is racism' motion is 'Vegan Doctor' being probed by medical regulator over support for 'death to IDF' chants

#Israel #vegan

A GP under investigation after making anti-Israel social media posts is among those behind the Green Party's controversial 'Zionism is racism' motion, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.

thehindu.com | 9 hrs. 18 min. ago

27 relief camps readied for residents of flood-prone areas in Sholinganallur and Perungudi

#flood #monsoon

Minister K.Vignesh inspects monsoon preparedness in some of the most flood prone areas in the southern part of the city

thehindu.com | 9 hrs. 58 min. ago

Telangana to procure 5,800 MW renewable energy to meet high demand

#energy #renewable energy
timesofindia.indiatimes.com | 10 hrs. 2 min. ago

Phulpati Dashain Messages: Nepal PM and President urge unity; Shah recalls Bhotekoshi floods

#flood #Nepal #recovery

Nepal's Prime Minister Balendra Shah and President Ramchandra Paudel share heartfelt festive wishes for Bada Dashain, underlining family cohesion and social harmony. In light of recent floods, Shah expresses sympathy for those affected while advocating for recovery efforts. Paudel notes the festival’s significance in fostering goodwill and cultural richness across Nepal’s communities, urging citizens to cherish their traditions and unite in celebration despite struggles.

thehindu.com | 10 hrs. 18 min. ago

How can Karnataka clear the Cauvery backlog amid drought conditions, SC asks Tamil Nadu

#CITES #drought #water scarcity

Tamil Nadu says 11.719 tmcft shortfall is hurting Samba cultivation; Karnataka cites water scarcity and drinking-water needs as court reserves order

thehindu.com | 10 hrs. 18 min. ago

Tharuvaikulam residents seek removal of obstructions from stream near Samathuvapuram to prevent flooding

#flood #flooding
thehindu.com | 10 hrs. 38 min. ago

Tiruchi residents seek probe into quality of UGD work in Cauvery Nagar

#buffer zone #flood

The residents a pumping station under construction falls in the buffer zone of the flood carrier channel; they have sought independent verification of quality of material used in the project

thehindu.com | 10 hrs. 38 min. ago

Cyclonic winds, flooding are common threats to telecom towers in Assam, Tamil Nadu, finds study finds

#Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure #flood #flooding #resilient infrastructure #study #wind

The Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure, a global body involving 72 national governments and other stakeholders, maps telecommunication towers across five States

wattsupwiththat.com | 10 hrs. 41 min. ago

Wrong, TIME, Climate Change Is Not ‘Accelerating Faster Than We Can Respond’

#climate #climate change

The climate is changing slowly. Humanity is adapting rapidly. The world is not coming to an end. The only thing accelerating uncontrollably in TIME’s article is the rhetoric. The post Wrong, TIME, Climate Change Is Not ‘Accelerating Faster Than We Can Respond’ appeared first on Watts Up With That?.

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