A woman shields herself from the sun with an umbrella as she walks in the garden of the Palace of Versailles, outside Paris, Monday, June 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus) France gritted its teeth Monday for a week of record-busting temperatures, sweltering under a heat wave that combines daytime highs above 40 degrees Celsius (104…
Heat dome over Europe brings travel chaos, health alerts and wildlife stress A severe heatwave tightened its grip across large parts of Europe on Sunday, with temperatures approaching 40 degrees Celsius, prompting health alerts, transport disruptions and growing concerns about the impact on wildlife and public safety.The heat surge coincided with the summer solstice on…
SOP released to conserve sea turtles across 36 islands of Lakshadweep NEW DELHI: The Union environment ministry on Saturday released a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), providing a unified and scientifically robust framework for the conservation, monitoring and management of sea turtles across Lakshadweep.All four major species of sea turtles – Green turtles, Hawksbills, Leatherbacks and…
New Delhi: Two squalls with wind speeds of up to 120kmph battered Delhi on Tuesday night, uprooting trees and snapping branches across the city and triggering at least 42 calls to Delhi Traffic Police, nearly 40 to the PWD control room and eight to NDMC.Even on Wednesday morning, fallen trees and hanging branches continued to…
The remnants of tropical storm Arthur battered parts of the southeastern United States with drenching rains and strong wind on Thursday, tearing through buildings, flooding homes and launching water rescues along the Gulf Coast.Severe weather also pummeled parts of the Midwest, where a separate line of strong storms knocked down structures and left tens of…
Revelers gather at the ancient stone circle Stonehenge to celebrate the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year, near Salisbury, England. (AP Photo) This is the sun’s time to shine: Sunday is the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.Sunday is the solstice, marking the start of astronomical summer north of the…
Rivers, nature’s vital arteries, shape landscapes and history. From the Nile’s ancient reign to the Amazon’s immense volume, these waterways are crucial. Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons Nature can be described as self-managing in ways that are both extremely precise and chaotic. Imagine the landscape as a vast, living canvas in which every raindrop is a…
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled a clean electricity strategy Thursday he says will help double Canada’s electricity grid by 2050 and lower energy costs for the majority of Canadian households. Canada is facing major challenges, including tariffs imposed by the United States, higher energy costs resulting from the war with Iran, plus the effects…
Chandigarh: Haryana has received international recognition for its innovations in agriculture and environmental protection, winning the Geospatial Excellence Award at the Geospatial World Forum 2026 held in Amsterdam, Netherlands.The award was conferred on the Haryana Space Applications Centre (HARSAC), functioning under the state citizen resources information department, for developing a comprehensive geo-enabled ecosystem based on…
BAKER: In a lot behind a disused West Virginia gas station at the foot of the Appalachian Mountains, Roy Funkhouser is surrounded by about a dozen beekeepers and countless buzzing bees.This club of apiarists — ranging from hobbyists to full-time commercial bee farmers — gathers regularly to learn new skills and discuss tricky problems, not…
