Category: Environment

Three days after enormous mudslides and territorial rain across southwestern portions of Srilanka, at least 150 people have been killed and over half a million Srilankans are displaced. The extreme weather has triggered landslides throughout the country forcing government to take..

An Israel-Europe gas pipeline which would turn Israel into a major energy exporter in the Mediterranean was signed on 24th April 2017 after the discovery of the Leviathan Natural Gas fields in 2010. Israel will pump natural gas to Greece, Cyprus and Italy..

Astronomers have found evidence for a hot and steamy atmosphere around an Earth-like planet that circles a red dwarf star in the southern sky. The…

Scientists have identified a soil fungus, which uses enzymes to rapidly break down plastic materials. The fungus capable of degrading polyurethane (PU) plastics has been identified by Chinese researchers

Anticipating a structural shift in the country’s weather, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) is training state governments to improve their mitigation preparedness to cope with the persistent heatwaves..

On the 28th of March, 2017; Cyclone Debbie hit the north-east coast of Australia. It is being classified as a category 4 cyclone. Continuous winds of 185 kmph (114 mph) with gusts..

The University of Bern is teaming up with an organic farm in Sorens, Switzerland to try alternatives to painkillers when rearing milk producing cows. 

Indigenously developed hypersonic wind tunnel and shock tunnel, the third largest in terms of size and simulation capability in the world, have been commissioned at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC).

The world’s first zero emission hydrogen train was unveiled in Germany on the 22nd of March. It is called the iLint. A fleet of these passenger trains are set to go into service in the country over the next year. The Bundestag has announced…. 

On Monday February 27, 2017, SpaceX – the US private rocket company, announced a mission to the Moon, for late 2018. It shall fly two tourists around the Moon, without making a landing, and then fly beyond. It is expected to be a week-long mission.