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Two new islands have emerged off Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano after a 25-hour continuous eruption between 4 and 6 September 2026. The formations were first noted by mariners and volunteers around 22 September 2026 and were verified through Sentinel satellite imagery on 23 September 2026.
A three-year-old Royal Bengal tigress weighing 150 kg was released into the Buxa Tiger Reserve in West Bengal on 2 October 2026. The release marked the launch of the state’s first tiger reintroduction project and involved translocation from the Valmiki Tiger Reserve in Bihar.
Switzerland’s glaciers lost more than 5% of their total ice volume in 2026 after a winter with very little snow and a summer with record-breaking heatwaves. The Aletsch Glacier, which is Switzerland’s largest glacier, recorded its biggest melt on record in 2026, while the Rhône Glacier and Clariden Glacier also recorded their greatest melt ever in the same year.
The Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) approved revisions to the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) for the National Capital Region (NCR) on 28 September 2026. The revised schedule contains 48 actions across four stages and applies to vehicle emissions, dust control, and other pollution-control measures in the NCR.
Uttarakhand began installing its first glacial lake early-warning system at Vasundhara Tal in Chamoli district on 29 September 2026. The project is being carried out by a 22-scientist team led by the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, with support from the Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee, under the Uttarakhand State Disaster Management Authority and the National GLOF Risk Mitigation Programme.
The Indian Peafowl, scientifically known as Pavo cristatus, was recorded for the first time in Assam’s Orang National Park and Tiger Reserve on 28 September 2026. The sighting was documented inside the park after earlier field observations near the Rowmari and Hazaribagh Anti-Poaching Camps.
Gujarat restructured the Porbandar Forest Division on 29 September 2026 to strengthen forest administration and support lion rehabilitation in the Barda region. The reorganisation covers forest ranges, village boundaries, beat limits, and inter-divisional transfers for conservation management in western Gujarat.
The first consignment of 15,000 A-grade Lilium stems from Ladakh was flagged off on 29 September 2026 for major Indian flower markets. The consignment was flagged off at KBR Airport, Leh, and it included red, pink, white, yellow, and orange varieties grown in Choglamsar, Leh.
India issued its first PRAMAAN certificates under the Indian Forest and Wood Certification Scheme (IFWCS) on 29 September 2026. The certificates were handed over to the Andhra Pradesh Forest Development Corporation and a bamboo farmer from Odisha.
Maharashtra declared 265 of its 358 talukas drought-affected on 26 September 2026. The affected talukas account for about 74% of the state’s total landmass. The declaration followed a rainfall deficit of 18.8% between 1 June and 18 September 2026 and a two-month monsoon break linked with El Niño conditions.
A new parasitic wasp species, Oxyserphus narendrani, was discovered on 22 September 2026 in Dibru-Saikhowa National Park in Assam. The species was identified by scientists from the Zoological Survey of India through microscopic characters, including a single horizontal groove on the thorax, a shorter ovipositor sheath, and a distinctive wing spot.
A weather system over the Bay of Bengal intensified into a deep depression on 22 September 2026. The India Meteorological Department forecast that it would cross the north Andhra Pradesh-South Odisha coast between Visakhapatnam and Gopalpur during the night of 23 September to the early hours of 24 September 2026.