Rice may be cheap, but production comes at a cost
Walk into pretty much any corner shop, market or supermarket in the world, and there is one product you are guaranteed to find: rice.
Inexpensive,...
Climate change roasting Himalayas and biodiversity
Kathmandu-- The impact and effects of climate change accelerating around the globe have started to appear directly in Nepal's Himalayan region.
While observing Nepal’s Northern...
More children killed by unsafe water, than bullets, says UNICEF chief
A lack of safe water, is far deadlier for children than war in more than a dozen conflict-affected countries, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said...
New Environmental Conservation Act will curtail the role of Department of Environment
Kathmandu-- The Ministry of Forest and Environment has tried to limit the role of Department of Environment in the new Environmental Conservation Act-2075.
The role...
Bhaktapur witnesses snowfall after 12 years
Bhaktapur : Bhaktapur city has witnessed snowfall after 12 years.
Various areas in the Kathmandu Valley, including Bhaktapur has seen snowfall since this morning.
Normal life...
Peatlands store twice as much carbon as all the world’s forests
World Wetlands Day on 2 February is a chance to highlight the vital role of peatlands in mitigating climate change.
“Strategies that address climate change...
Two-thirds of Himalayan glaciers could melt, study warns (WRAP)
KATHMANDU - Two-thirds of Himalayan glaciers, the world's "Third Pole", could melt by 2100 if global emissions are not reduced, scientists warned in a...
Climate change pushing killer whales to migrate north
REISAFJORDEN, Norvège - Paying no attention to nearby divers, a killer whale and her calf hunting for food frolic in a snowy Norwegian fjord.
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We are losing the race’ on climate change: UN chief
DAVOS, Switzerland - The world is "losing the race" against climate change, UN chief Antonio Guterres warned Thursday at the elite Davos forum, demanding...
Ten threats to global health in 2019
The world is facing multiple health challenges. These range from outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases like measles and diphtheria, increasing reports of drug-resistant pathogens, growing...
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