Environment

7.3 magnitude earthquake off Japan prompts Fukushima plant evacuation

An earthquake of 7.3 magnitude has hit 231 miles (371 kilometers) east of Japan’s Honshu Island with tremors felt in Tokyo. The quake prompted an evacuation at the devas...

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Nuclear power plant in Japan moves radioactive water to facilitate damage control for Typhoon Francisco.

Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant is bracing itself for Typhoon Francisco, set to hit the country this weekend, by quickly securing new storage space for contaminate...

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Climate change, rapid urbanization, and subsiding land are putting the world’s coastal cities at increasing risk of dangerous flooding.

Climate change, rapid urbanization, and subsiding land are putting the world’s coastal cities at increasing risk of dangerous and costly flooding, a new study calculatin...

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Lee Hotz: Inside an Antarctic time machine

Science columnist Lee Hotz describes a remarkable project at WAIS Divide, Antarctica, where a hardy team are drilling into ten-thousand-year-old ice to extract vital data on o...

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A drop in carbon dioxide pollution by 3.8% in the US

Warm winters, more efficient cars, less coal use combine for big drop in US carbon pollution. Read More Here

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Global warming and global security

The latest scientific evidence released on global warming. Read More Here 

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Green tag to keep 40% Western Ghats pristine

40% of Western Ghats to become Ecologically Sensitive Area. Read More Here

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Typhoon Bolawen hits Okinawa

A powefrful typhoon triggered landslides on a japanese island before sweeping the country’s east coast. Read More Here

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After Cyclone Phailin, Odisha fights floods in five districts

After effects of flooding caused by cyclone Phailin unsettled 20 lakh people in the affected areas. Water levels in rivers now retreating below the danger level. Read More&nbs...

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By 2047, coldest years will be warmer than hottest in past

Dr. Camilo Mora and his students at university of Hawaii suggest that the rise in emission of greenhouse gases will lead to hottest ever summers in the tropics by 2047. Read M...

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ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: AND THE LEGACY LIVES ON

Khalid Mohamed in conversation with Ramu Aravindan, founder of a Documentation Centre an...

October 14 2025

THOUGHT FACTORY: STORIES THAT SHAPE OUR WORLD

From intimate documentaries to visionary fiction, the WIFF 2025 Jury—comprising ac...

October 13 2025

BOLLYWOOD: DINNER IS SERVED, SUSPENSE IS NOT

A dinner party that promised tension, mystery, and satire turns into a clumsy masquerade...

October 12 2025