Govt launches programme to tackle glacial lake outburst flood threat in Himalayas, all 190 high-risk lakes to be monitored India News: NEW DELHI: The glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) in Sikkim, which occurred in Oct 2023 and claimed 14 lives, has highlighted the vulnerability of the. |
California shifts from record heat and fire to rapid cooldown — with snow. After a prolonged stretch of record breaking heat that scorched Southern California and sparked wildfires much of the state will experience below average temperatures, rain and even early season snow this week. Call for Action after Study Links Biodiversity Decline to Elevated Pesticide Use and Rise in Infant Mortality (Beyond Pesticides, September 16, 2024) After the release of a hard-hitting study last week published in Science that pinpoints the cycle of increasing pesticide use with ecosystem and bat decline, resulting in higher infant mortality, Beyond Pesticides is calling for state and local action to transition public land to organic practices. Without a healthy ecosystem the study documents increased p… |