Environment

A major climatic event in the Pacific Ocean will shape India's upcoming winter, prompting meteorologists to forecast a notably colder season.The culprit is La Niña, a phase of the El…

On September 27, 2025, during the 5th World Congress of Biosphere Reserves in Hangzhou, China, UNESCO formally inducted the Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve as India’s 13th addition to its World…

In nature, no organism exists in isolation. Every living species—whether a plant, animal, fungus, or microbe—interacts with others in complex ways that shape ecosystems. These ecological interactions determine how energy flows, how…

Carbon sequestration through rock weathering (also called enhanced weathering) is a natural and engineered process that accelerates the breakdown of silicate and carbonate minerals to capture atmospheric CO₂. This method not only helps…

Ocean acidification is one of the nine planetary boundaries identified in the Planetary Boundary Framework, a concept developed by scientists to define a "safe operating space" for humanity. These boundaries represent…

World Environment Day (WED), celebrated annually on June 5, is the United Nations’ flagship initiative for global environmental awareness and action. Since its inception in 1973 and led by the United Nations…

Test your environmental expertise with actual questions from the NTPC-SAIL JV exam! On June 1, 2025, the NTPC-SAIL Power Company Limited (NSPCL) conducted its Assistant Officer (Environment Science) examination. Based…

The Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has established comprehensive rules under the Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016 (HOWM Rules, 2016) to ensure…

Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest, and Climate Change, Shri Kirti Vardhan Singh, addressed three significant environmental issues in the Lok Sabha today, November 25, through written replies. The…