Climate Change

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Livable Future Possible If Drastic Action Taken This Decade: IPCC Report

Source: PTI The world is very likely to miss the most important climate target of limiting global temperature rise to…

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Nations Give Nod To Key UN Science Report On Climate Change

(Source: AP) Governments gave their blessing on Sunday to a major new UN report on climate change, after approval was…

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Oxygen Loss In Oceans Predicted To Threaten Global Marine Ecosystems

Source: PTI Using climate models, scientists have projected a substantial increase in cases of hypoxia, or low oxygen conditions on…

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COVID, Bird Flu – Why We Are Seeing So Many Viruses Emerge

From the widespread outbreak of mpox (formerly called monkeypox) in 2022, to the evolving bird flu situation, to recent cases…

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Making Sense Of Climate Refugees, Int’l Law & Environmental Disasters

Researchers have tried for decades to find a relevant legal status for people forced to flee their homes as a…

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Lousy Buildings And A Heat Pandemic Make A Lethal Combination

It is a typical summer’s afternoon in Gujarat, India. Women and children are listless as they swelter in the 34…

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Amazon Deforestation Could Impact Climate In Distant Regions

There’s a recent saying, grown popular among climate scientists: “What happens in the Arctic doesn’t stay in the Arctic.” Now,…

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Climate Change: A Himalayan Catfight Looms

A tiger sits quietly surrounded by trees, observing something in the distance. It then roars and darts toward its target:…

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High Climate Change Risk In India: Study

India is among the frontrunners in terms of exposure of its infrastructure to the vulnerabilities of climate change, according to…

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For 2nd Year In A Row, Antarctic Sea-Ice Cover Hits Record Low: Study

Source: PTI Antarctic sea ice extent has been reported to have broken its record low of last year and has…

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Divided By Borders, Lahore & Delhi Are United In Smog

The sister cities of Lahore, in Pakistan, and New Delhi, in India, share many things – food, culture, and now…

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Pinpointing Priority Areas For Conservation Of Mangroves In The Sundarbans

A new study published in Scientific Reports has mapped priority areas in the Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve (SBR) that are highly suitable for…

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Invasive ‘Alien’ Plants Found To Be Increasing In Higher Elevations

Botanist Pervaiz Dar spent a good amount of time in 2012 and 2017 squatting and walking along roadsides in Kashmir,…

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15 Mn People Live Under The Threat Of Glacial Floods: Study

Source: AP As glaciers melt and pour massive amounts of water into nearby lakes, 15 million people across the globe…

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Originality Is Capacity To Bring Freshness To Old Narratives: Gurnah

Literature can tell familiar or unknown histories, but the narrative should be built in ways that develop a writer-reader intimacy,…

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Confronting Himalayan Water Woes Before It Is Too Late

Last week, Ladakh-based maverick climate activist Sonam Wangchuk went on a 5-day fast to raise awareness about receding glaciers and…

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Earth Likely To Cross 1.5-Degree Warming In Next Decade: AI Study

(Source: PTI) The world will cross the global warming threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius within 10 to 15 years, even…

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Sprawling Kolkata Faced With A Tall Order For A Sustainable Future

In many ways, Kolkata is a victim of its own success. Such has been the population growth in India’s ‘first…

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Shielding The Hijol From Climate Impacts

The water-loving evergreen tree, hijol, adapted to floodplains, has been traditionally managed over millennia as family and community forest in the…

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NDRF To Station Permanent Teams In Hills For Rescue Operations

The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) is mulling permanently stationing specialised mountaineering teams in the higher reaches of the Himalayas…

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How Solar-Powered Refrigerators Slow Down Climate Change

Food loss and waste are major problems around the world. When food is tossed aside or allowed to spoil, it…

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Compensation For Crop Loss: Landless, Tenant Farmers Miss Out

Ram Sagar, 64, a farmer who lives in Turkauli village of Sitapur district in Uttar Pradesh, lost three and a…

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Opinion: India’s Climate Plan Can’t Work Sans Protecting Forests

In August 2022, India announced two enhanced climate pledges within an updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) – the commitments each…

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Vicious Cycle: Forest Fires And Flash Floods In The Himalayas

Wildfires and flash floods are two of the most visible symptoms of climate change across the Himalayas. The two phenomena…

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2022 The 5th Warmest Year On Record: NASA

(Source: PTI) Earth’s average surface temperature in 2022 tied with 2015 as the fifth warmest on record, according to an…

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