To give an eco-friendly twist to the 4-day Chhath Puja celebrations, organisers in Siliguri are creating artificial ghats. About 130 ghats will be created in the Gandhi Maidan area. Over 11,000 earthen lamps will be lit on the evening of 2nd November and the organisers hope to recreate the original atmosphere. The move comes after the National Green Tribunal banned performing of rituals in the river to prevent environmental damage.

To give an eco-friendly twist to the 4-day Chhath Puja celebrations, organisers in Siliguri are creating artificial ghats. About 130 ghats will be created in the Gandhi Maidan area. Over 11,000 earthen lamps will be lit on the evening of 2nd November and the organisers hope to recreate the original atmosphere. The move comes after the National Green Tribunal banned performing of rituals in the river to prevent environmental damage.

Swiss company&nbsp;Climeworks&nbsp;is working to pull carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as a way to fight climate change and has found a unique way to use it. Their process is simple.&nbsp;CO2 collectors are installed near a source of energy. As a fan pulls air through the collectors, CO2 molecules bind to a filter material inside the machines. When the filter is saturated, the collectors are heated to 100 degrees Celsius to distill the carbon into its purest form. The resulting carbon is then sold to drink companies, greenhouses, and renewable fuel manufacturers. A single collector can remove around 50 tons of carbon annually &mdash; roughly the carbon footprint of a single American.&nbsp;By 2025, Climeworks&nbsp;aims to capture around 1% of carbon emissions.

The world's rarest gorillas have been spotted in a forest in Nigeria along with their babies in the&nbsp;Mbe Mountains in Cross River state.&nbsp;The Cross River gorillas were captured by cameras set up by the Wildlife Conservation Society. The critically endangered species have been the target of hunters for many years, however, the latest sighting confirms that the gorillas are reproducing and well protected. According to a statement by the Cross River Landscape for Wildlife Conservation Society Nigeria, authorities have been working with other communities to ensure the subspecies is protected and no death has been reported in Nigeria since 2012.

According to the United Nations&nbsp;World Wildlife Crime Report, wildlife traffickers are increasingly targeting&nbsp;lion, leopard and jaguar body parts as substitutes for tiger products. However, the demand for ivory and rhino horn has shown signs of a sustained fall, says the report. The report further states that these criminal groups are using social media platforms to sell their illicit goods. The falling pangolin population in Asia has made west and central Africa the centre of the illicit trade for pangolins. Between 2014 and 2018, the trade of pangolins&nbsp;has increased tenfold! According to the&nbsp;UN&rsquo;s Office on Drugs and Crime, poor sanitary and hygiene controls in illegal markets pose major risks to human health.&nbsp;

According to a new online tool by IQAir AirVisual and Greenpeace Southeast Asia, 24,000 pollution-related deaths were reported in Delhi in the first half of 2020. The report also shares that the national Capital lost ₹26,230 crore, equivalent to 5.8 percent of its annual GDP, over the last six months due to air pollution. This&nbsp;is the highest economic cost of air pollution in terms of GDP across 28 major cities in the world.&nbsp;In Mumbai, air pollution is responsible for the loss of around 14,000 lives and ₹15,750 crore in GDP since January 1, 2020.&nbsp;

The disappearance of an entire colony of the Shore Plover, a rare, critically endangered bird species in New Zealand has left scientists baffled and frustrated. They fear that either the birds have been killed by predators or flew off to the mainland. According to a recovery group, three birds from Mana island were tracked to Plimmerton&nbsp;beach but there is no information of the other 26 birds.&nbsp;One of the major challenges faced by the recovery group is that its difficult to fix the birds to their new island homes and make them stay. The risk of predators is inevitable as they nest on ground. Less than 250 shore plovers are alive in the wild, making them extremely vulnerable.

According to the latest update on the Red List,&nbsp; a comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biological species, one-third of all lemur species on the planet are on the brink of extinction. The two major reasons causing a decline in their population are hunting and deforestation.&nbsp;33 lemur species are now 'critically endangered' with 103 of the 107 surviving species threatened with extinction. As a result of insensitive human practices, 13 lemur species have been 'uplisted'&nbsp;or pushed to higher threat categories. Some other species that have been uplisted&nbsp;include the North Atlantic Right Whale and&nbsp;European Hamster.

A new study by researchers from the&nbsp;University of Southampton, published in the journal&nbsp;Nature Scientific Reports, states that the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere on the Earth is approaching a level not seen in the last 15 million years.&nbsp;At pre-lockdown rates of increase, within five years atmospheric CO2 will pass 427 parts per million, which was the probable peak of the mid-Pliocene warming period 3.3 million years ago, when temperatures were 3C to 4C hotter and sea levels were 20 metres higher than today.&nbsp;Some time around 2025, the Earth is likely to have CO2 conditions not experienced since the Middle Miocene Climatic Optimum 15 million years ago, the time our ancestors are believed to have diverged from orangutans. Currently, our CO2 levels are rising at about 2.5 ppm per year, states the study.

Experts from the UK Met office have said that there is a 20% chance that global temperatures could rise 1.5&deg;C warmer than in pre-industrial times by 2024. While this does not breach the Paris agreement of keeping&nbsp;temperature rises below 2&deg;C, experts alarmed by how quickly the world has already reached that level.&nbsp;
The&nbsp;analysis published by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) shows that reduced emissions due to Covid-19 has had no impact on this global warming. Some parts of world like the Arctic will face the most heat and sea storms are likely to get more pronounced in the Northern Atlantic.&nbsp;

The National Green Tribunal has directed the Delhi government to comply with the Supreme Court order to levy sewerage charges on all households in the national capital for discharge of untreated effluents in Yamuna.&nbsp;The green panel noted that 2.3 lakh people in unauthorised colonies in Delhi have not taken sewage connection which was resulting in emission of pollutants in the river.&nbsp;The NGT said as per &ldquo;Polluter pays Principle, every individual&nbsp;household causing pollution by release of sewage into&nbsp;open environment or in the sewer network is&nbsp;liable for payment for its treatment. NGT&nbsp;chairperson Justice AK Goel, said the Delhi govt may forthwith comply with the order of&nbsp;the Supreme Court dated October 24, 2019.

A bougainvillaea tree, believed to be 100-years-old along with an equally old cedar tree has been removed by authorities&nbsp;in Almora City. The centenarian&nbsp;trees were&nbsp;uprooted by&nbsp;heavy rains, blocking the main road. The trees, located near the post office on Mall Road, has become major attractions over the years. People would often photograph themselves with the picturesque trees, locals shared.&nbsp;

Spreading rock dust on fields could help remove tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. A new study, published in the journal Nature, reveals that the "chemical reactions that degrade the rock particles lock the greenhouse gas into carbonates within months". Some scientists believe this could be the best 'near-term' way of getting rid of the co2 in the atmosphere, however, cutting out fossil fuels is critical. This approach is known as&nbsp;enhanced rock weathering and offers a host of other benefits like improving crop yield for farmers.&nbsp;The world's biggest polluters including India and China have great potential to adopt this approach with the large areas of cropland, says the study.

Unusually high temperatures marred large parts of Russia on Tuesday with heat-waves striking Moscow, Belgorod, Kursk and other cities. An orange danger level has been declared as temperatures rose well above 30 degree Celsius. To beat the heat, special cooling rooms have been set up in Moscow at social centers in the city. Siberia has been reeling under extreme heat for months now, fuelling an outbreak of wildfires and even breaking temperature records for the month of June.

The United Nations has warned that treating coronavirus&nbsp;symptoms and not the environmental cause&nbsp;is setting us up for more future pandemics in a new report.&nbsp;From Ebola to MERS&nbsp;and now Covid-19, diseases caused by&nbsp;viruses that have jumped from animal hosts into the human population are on the rise. Governments must take measures to prevent zoonotic diseases that kill almost 2 million people every year. The report calls for greater scientific enquiry into zoonotic diseases, promoting sustainable land management practices and improving biosecurity&nbsp;and control, among other measures. The authors propose a One Health approach that unites&nbsp;public health, veterinary and environmental experts.&nbsp;

In a time where everyone should strive to live a&nbsp;more sustainable life, this video is the perfect example of how its done. Shared by IFS officer&nbsp;Sudha Ramen&nbsp;on Twitter, the video shows an innovative and fully functional&nbsp;tiffin&nbsp;carrier made from bamboo, featuring containers and secure locking system. Ramen&nbsp;revealed that the concept is from Manipur&nbsp;and is made from local resources, adding information of the vendor for anyone who may want to order a bamboo tiffin&nbsp;of their own!&nbsp;

Mysterious, pink glacial ice has appeared in the Alps, prompting scientists in Italy to investigate it. It is caused by algae of the species Ancylonela nordenskioeldii, that enhances the effects of climate change. According to scientists at the National Research Council, the pink snow on parts of the Presena glacier is caused by the same plant that was earlier found in Greenland. While it is not considered dangerous, it's a natural phenomenon that occurs in the summer and spring months. Usually, ice reflects 80% of the sun on its surface. However, the presence of algae makes it darker and makes the ice melt more quickly as it begins to absorb heat.

According to a new study by researchers from the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes, the frequency and intensity&nbsp;of heat waves&nbsp;has increased since the 1950s. The study revealed that regions including the Amazon, north-eastern Brazil, west Asia and the Mediterranean are experiencing rapid change. The study examined a new feature called&nbsp;cumulative heat &ndash; the additional warmth experienced&nbsp;in an individual extreme heat event. On an average, the increase per decade was between 1&deg;C and 4.5&deg;C in some areas. Experts believe that these are clear signs of global heating and must serve as a warning call. The study was published in the Journal Nature Communications.

Offering relief to some manufacturers, Chandigarh&nbsp;has moved three products out of its banned list of&nbsp;18 categories of single-use plastic products.&nbsp;
The administration has changed three of the categories to 'extended producer responsibility' that include 500ml refill pouches, straws attached to tetra packs&nbsp;and multi-layered packaging used to pack food items.&nbsp;
'The decision was taken after receiving representations from industries saying that there were no other viable alternatives available,' UT Director of Environment, Debendra Dalai&nbsp;said as per HT.&nbsp;

Researchers in Brazil discovered 2,248 fires in the Amazon last month, making it the highest number of fires recorded in June since 2007. According to the National Institute for Space Research, the heaviest burning season occurs in July, August and September. 1,880 fires were detected in June 2019. The increase may be attributed to ranchers and illegal loggers in the area amid the&nbsp;Covid-19 pandemic. Brazil has reported the second highest Covid-19 death toll in the world, and the raging fires could increase the risk of breathing trouble and respiratory illnesses.

In a startling revelation, a new study by the United Nations has found that&nbsp;at least $10 billion worth of precious metal like gold and platinum is dumped as electronic waste every year. According to the&nbsp;Global E-waste Monitor,&nbsp;2019 saw a record 54 million tonnes of e-waste worldwide, up by 21% in five years. The amount of e-waste is rising three times faster than the world population but only 17% of it was recycled in 2019, says the report. This waste poses a threat to human health and the environment, adding to the climate crisis. The short lifespan of products and a lack of regulation is responsible for the growing waste. Most of the precious metal is just dumped or burned. In terms of recycling waste, Europe had the highest percentage at 42% in 2020 followed by Asia at 12%.

Devastating forest fires continue to ravage Sakha Republic in the Russian Arctic. The Ministry of Emergency Situations confirmed that more than 2,000 hectares of forest are up in flames with strong winds accelerating&nbsp;the fires.&nbsp;Thick smoke has even begun to engulf Sakha Republic's capital cityYakutsk and a state of emergency has been declared by the government. Over 800 fire-fighters and forest rangers have been deployed to battle the flames and reinforcements are being flown in. The situation is leading to a surge in respiratory cases amid the pandemic, and additional strain on the health-care system.&nbsp;

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