Lawn recovery: Tackling dry grass, diseases and grubs
The Independentby Hannah Stephenson·1 Sept 2026
The rain may be returning, but lack of it this summer and the accompanying hosepipe ban are likely to have resulted in many lawns resembling the colour and texture of straw.
Weather Report: a fine, warm spring day, but a serious system is brewing for later this week
The South Africanby Nicole Burger·1 Sept 2026
Weather Report: a fine, warm spring day, but a serious system is brewing for later this week Tuesday, 1 September’s Weather Report shows a calm, warm spring day settling in, but SAWS is already...
Death toll from Nepal-Tibet floods passes 1,000 amid search for workers trapped in tunnels
TheJournal.ieby Jane Moore·1 Sept 2026
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'We're coming to get them': Rescuers pin hopes on underground spaces after deadly Nepal floods
Channel News Asiaby Olivia Chang·1 Sept 2026
'We're coming to get them': Rescuers pin hopes on underground spaces after deadly Nepal floods Tunnel expert Arnold Dix says large underground areas may have sheltered workers from the devastation...
Plastic regime needs transparency
Down To Earthby Sunita Narain·1 Sept 2026
India has recycled 17 million tonnes of plastic packaging waste since 2022, when the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) regime came into force, shows the latest Central Pollution Control Board...
When the lights go out in Libya’s Cyrenaica
Global Voicesby Osama S. Qatrani·1 Sept 2026
For people in Cyrenaica (Barqa) in eastern Libya, recent power cuts have become inseparable from access to water.
Climate change parches Puerto Rico and Jamaica in rare early wet season drought
Mongabay Globalby Shreya Dasgupta·1 Sept 2026
A severe drought that has parched the Caribbean since May 2026 was fueled by human-induced climate change, according to a recent study.
Nepal floods: The remote Nepal-China border crossing at the heart of a Himalayan tragedy
BBC Newsby Soutik Biswas; India Correspondent; Phanindra Dahal; BBC Nepali·1 Sept 2026
- Published The video lasts only seconds. A dark wall appears from behind the buildings at Gyirong, on the Chinese side of the Nepal-Tibet border. At first, it looks almost like a black cloud.
Polar bear mauls mother and baby son to death after jumping out at them in snow
Irish Mirrorby news@irishmirror.ie (Jane Lavender)·1 Sept 2026
Polar bear mauls mother and baby son to death after jumping out at them in snow Summer Myomick and her young son, Clyde Ongtowasruk, were killed in horrifying circumstances on one snowy day in...
The secret to low-maintenance lawn care when the autumn routine returns
The Independentby The Independent·1 Sept 2026
The return of autumn routines is often the real test of a garden. When weekends become busier, school and work schedules resume and daylight hours become shorter, few of us want to spend our spare...
The collapse of a mountainside triggered Nepal’s devastating floods. As the region’s mountains heat up, it won’t be the last
The Conversation Australiaby Levan Tielidze, Research Fellow in Glacial Geomorphology, Monash University·1 Sept 2026
On the morning of August 26, a section of mountain near Langtang Lirung peak in Nepal suddenly collapsed.
With CM Vijay opening the Mettur dam, focus turns to longevity of water release
The Hinduby T Ramakrishnan·1 Sept 2026
With Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay opening the Mettur dam for irrigation on Tuesday (September 1, 2026) and the government planning to maintain the release for 45 days initially, the...
Indonesia closes 9 national parks temporarily following forest fires; prioritises firefighting in 6 provinces
Channel News Asiaby CNA·1 Sept 2026
Indonesia closes 9 national parks temporarily following forest fires; prioritises firefighting in 6 provinces Indonesia is battling fires in Kalimantan and Sumatra, with some areas in Borneo...
What two districts can teach India about dealing with rural waste
The Hinduby Mahima Jain·1 Sept 2026
On April 30, 2025, Bibhash Bormedhi looked on as a tonne of waste left Majuli on a boat across the Brahmaputra river. This was a first for the world’s largest river island.
Fresh glacier collapse could unleash another surge in Nepal after floods, China warns
The Independentby Shweta Sharma·1 Sept 2026
The latest satellite radar imagery by China has prompted warnings that glaciers that caused the flooding in Nepal remain at “risk of collapse”, raising the possibility of another surge of water...
Citizens equally responsible for keeping city clean: Bombay HC calls for better civic sense
Bar and Benchby Neha Joshi·1 Sept 2026
The Bombay High Court has observed that keeping public spaces clean is a collective constitutional duty and not the sole obligation of municipal authorities [Kannamwar Nagar Co-op.
Materials to rebuild homes after disaster rise by 70 per cent in five years, report finds
ABC News Australiaby Jessica Black·1 Sept 2026
The cost to build a home in Australia has risen almost 30 per cent in five years, with the price of some construction materials going up by as much as 70 per cent, according to a new report.
Historic Agreement Ends Quarter-Century Sone Water Dispute Between Bihar And Jharkhand
Swarajyaby Swarajya News Staff·1 Sept 2026
Bihar and Jharkhand signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Monday (31 August) to share 7.75 million acre-feet of water from the Sone River, permanently resolving a 25-year-old water dispute...
Overall coral reef cover down by 9.5% in 2020-2024: Study
Hindustan Timesby Jasjeev Gandhiok·1 Sept 2026
Overall coral reef cover down by 9.5% in 2020-2024: Study Global hard coral cover is measured in percentages to show what portion of the ocean floor’s hard substrate is actively covered by living...
Nepal PM demands global climate action after flood disaster
The Independentby Alisha Rahaman Sarkar·1 Sept 2026
Prime minister Balendra Shah said the catastrophic floods that tore through northern Nepal along the Tibet border were driven by the climate crisis and demanded international action as the...
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