Environment
Science Examiner Environment gives you latest coverage on climate change and weather forecast, and provides key statistics.
Delhi Air Quality may Worsen in the Coming Days
Due to the imposed lockdown, residents of Delhi, Gurgaon, and Noida experienced improved quality of air. A gradual restart of the economy and reopening of many sectors have increased automobile movement all over the country. With this, the air pollution is expected to worsen and residents of Delhi are gearing up for another winter of […]
Pleasant Bird Noise during this Pandemic
COVID-19 has created an unprecedented situation all around the world. Countries started imposing lockdowns of varying degrees. With social distancing being the norm, people are restricted within their houses. Schools and educational institutions are closed and online learning became the everyday routine. A large portion of the workforce is working from home. Most forms of […]
Centre Issues revised Guidelines for Groundwater usage in “over-exploited areas”
The Centre has come up with the updated guidelines to protect the groundwater units that are now facing over-exploitation. About one-sixth of the assessed groundwater units in the country are exploited by industries, big housing societies, and commercial units. This revised guideline has forbidden the starting of new industry or mining projects in an “over-exploited […]
Western Forestfire Fume Causes East Coast Haze and Intense Sunsets
The smoke from loads of wildfires in the western United States is extending clear all over the country – and even aggressive into Mexico, Canada, and Europe. While the hazardous trails are making persons inside along the West Coast, inhabitants thousands of miles away in the East are seeing strangely hazy skies and extraordinary sunsets. […]
Good Days Over as AQI Starts to Spike?
Clean air days may be all but over this year with forecasts showing heavy showers that help wash away contaminants is unlikely in the coming days and with the lifting of the 68-day lockdown to curb Covid-19 spread, the scientists added. According to scientists, after a spell of clean air, the bright blue sky was […]
Record-Breaking California Wildfire Sparked from a Gender Reveal Party
One of the wildfires currently devastating California started from a recent gender reveal party. Over 200 people were airlifted to safety in northern California over the weekend after they were trapped by a fast-moving wildfire near the Mammoth Pool Reservoir northeast of Fresno. This year, wildfires damaged a record 8,000 square kilometers in California. The […]
Hurricane Laura Leaves 400,000 People Without Power in Louisiana
At least 14 people have died in the states of Louisiana and Texas in the southern United States, as a devastating consequence of Hurricane Laura, according to new data from the authorities and the media, as reported by the press agencies on Saturday. Moreover, 464,813 households were left without electricity on Friday, as the website […]
Scientists Calculated Earth’s Ice Age Temperatures – How Low Did it Go?
With the help of ocean plankton fossils and climate models, scientists have managed to calculate how cold did it go on planet Earth during the last Ice Age, when immense ice sheets covered large parts of South America, North America, Europe and Asia. As the researchers revealed on Wednesday, the average global temperature during the […]
Strong Typhoon Bavi Approaches North and South Korea, Flights Halted
Hundreds of flights in South Korea were already canceled, whereas North Korea’s leader expressed his deep concern about a potential loss of lives and crops as the countries braced for a fast-approaching typhoon, Bavi. It is predicted to be one the strongest ones to hit the Korean peninsula in 2020, and it is strengthening as […]