Environment Stories

A study shows that viewing water bodies like lakes and streams can significantly lower blood pressure and heart rate within minutes, inducing relaxation. The findings support incorporating water features into urban environments for well-being.

Urbanization has increased Indian city warming by 60%, with eastern tier-II cities most affected. In Bhubaneswar, urbanization caused 85% of the warming, and in Jamshedpur, it was 100%.

Catch The Rain" campaign promotes rainwater harvesting in India. In 2023, it focuses on "Source Sustainability for Drinking Water" in 150 districts, creating check dams, water harvesting pits, rooftop systems.

A recent study reveals a surprising trend: summers are heating up faster than winters due to human-induced climate change. The study indicated that summers experienced a 4.3-degree temperature spike while winters were 2.5 degrees warmer than today.

Between 2018 and 2022, there was a 30 per cent increase in the polluted river stretches in Namami Gange-focused states. Among the five states, only West Bengal has shown improvement in the reduction of contaminated rivers.

A report by Christian Aid warns of a severe crisis facing avocados due to climate change, predicting a 41 percent decline in suitable cultivation areas by 2050. Michoacan, Mexico's primary avocado region, could see a 59 percent reduction.

India saw a decrease of approximately 18% in environmental crimes in 2022 compared to the previous year, according to a report by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE).

The soil composition of India is diverse, with seven main types of soil deposits found across the country. These include alluvial soil, black soil, red soil, laterite soil, desert soil, forest and mountainous soil

2,178 Indians showing widespread concern about global warming found 78% of Indians believe in global warming, with 52% attributing it to human activities. Severe climate impacts like extreme heat, floods, public knowledge about global warming remains low.

Over five million large farmland trees were cut down in India from 2018 to 2022 to make way for agriculture, with significant losses in Telangana and Maharashtra. About 11% of India’s large trees, previously mapped in 2010-2011, had disappeared by 2018.