The UK’s seemingly endless supply of fresh fruit and vegetables may be heading for a difficult test. A powerful El Niño climate pattern developing in the tropical Pacific is threatening to disrupt
Brazil is preparing to restart oil drilling in the Amazon Basin after a ten-year pause, marking a major shift in environmental and energy policy under President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The
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The World Meteorological Organization has warned that the world is likely to experience new record-breaking global temperatures within the next five years, with a high probability that the current benchmark set in
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For years, climate change was publicly framed as an environmental and scientific crisis. Behind closed doors, however, some of the United States’ most powerful security agencies were increasingly treating it as a
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When temperatures in Delhi cross the 40-degree mark, the city begins to function differently. Streets turn into heat traps, nights offer little relief, and daily life becomes an endurance test shaped by
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In a recognition that underscores the fragile future of global agriculture, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault has been awarded the Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation, honouring its mission to protect
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In a striking diplomatic victory that has reshaped the global climate debate, the tiny Pacific island nation of Vanuatu has pushed through an ambitious climate resolution at the United Nations General Assembly,
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Just weeks before the start of the men’s football World Cup on June 11 across the United States, Mexico, and Canada, growing alarm is being raised over the impact of climate change
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A powerful “super El Niño” climate pattern is expected to intensify global warming in the coming months, with scientists warning that it could make 2027 the hottest year ever recorded and unleash
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A growing backlash against the profits of major energy companies has taken center stage at an international conference in Colombia, where policymakers, activists and experts are calling for bold measures to accelerate
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India is facing mounting inflation risks as an intense heat wave and forecasts of below-normal monsoon rains add fresh economic pressure to an already strained environment marked by high energy costs. With
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The likelihood of a planet-warming super El Niño is rising sharply, according to an updated forecast released Sunday by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts. The new outlook signals a high
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In an extraordinary discovery that has sent ripples through Sri Lanka’s ornithological community, the African Black Heron (Egretta ardesiaca) was sighted for the first time in the country on March 27, 2026.
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Researchers in Switzerland have discovered that beaver activity can turn stream corridors into net carbon sinks, drawing in more carbon than they release over the course of a year. Eurasian beavers (Castor
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In a world experiencing increasing climate uncertainty, the call to take a time out—even for an hour—carries profound global significance. The recent call by the Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif, to join Earth
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Recently, while reporting on farmer-owned enterprises, Mint India highlighted the revival of Kala Namak, an aromatic, short-grain rice also known as Buddha rice. Legend has it that Lord Buddha distributed seeds of
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