Climate Change

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4 ‘Cs’ Pose Major Threats To Women, Babies: UN Report

Source: PTI An estimated 13.4 million babies were born preterm in 2020, with 45 per cent of them being born…

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RBI Report On Impact Of Climate Change On Economic Growth, Stability

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has focused on climate change as the primary theme in its Report on Currency…

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Mothers Seek Action To Create Liveable Future For Their Children

Source: PTI Mothers in several countries, including India, staged protests on Saturday under the banner of “Mothers’ Rebellion for Climate…

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Climate Change, Earthquakes And Hydropower In The Himalayas

The Himalayas are relatively new mountains, created by the Indian tectonic plate being pushed under the Eurasian plate, causing it…

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Covid, Conflict, Climate Change Major Threats To Women, Babies: UN

Source: PTI An estimated 13.4 million babies were born preterm in 2020, with 45 per cent of them being born…

2 years ago
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What Is Mutualism And How Is It Different From Symbiosis/Cooperation?

When members of two species have a relationship that is beneficial to both, the interaction is called mutualism. The term…

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Let Us Protect Nature, But Not Merely For The Sake Of Humans

Environmentalists rightly urge us to consider the long-term effects of our actions. Plastic bags, they point out, can take hundreds…

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What’s India Bringing To G20 Table On Climate?

Despite dire warnings from scientists and an appeal by the UN Secretary General for G20 countries to take the lead…

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Nature-Based Learning Improves Environment, Climate Literacy In Chennai

Walking on the shores of Elliot’s beach in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, with an 18-member-group of children is naturalist, educator and…

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‘Himalayan Glaciers Warming At Alarming Rate’

“I can assure you one thing that the mountains are changing. And they are changing very fast. There is something…

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Prolonged Droughts May Have Caused End Of Indus Megacities: Study

Source: PTI A series of severe and lengthy droughts may have caused the decline of the Indus Valley Civilization cities,…

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‘The Earth Transformed’: Environment’s Role In Humanity’s Story

In his hugely ambitious new book The Earth Transformed: An Untold History, historian Peter Frankopan tries to tell the story…

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Why India’s Palm Oil Plans Fail To Account For Climate Change

India's ambitious drive to expand domestic palm oil production fails to consider the subcontinent’s changing climate, analysis shows. It’s an…

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Human Rights Calamity: Billions Lack Access To Safe Drinking Water

Leaders and authorities recently gathered in New York for the first UN water conference in decades. The hope was that…

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South Asia Must Demand Urgent Climate Action

When heatwaves disrupt our children’s education, it is time to demand climate action. I am writing this as a climate…

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‘Devastating’ Melting Of Greenland & Antarctic Ice-Sheets Found

Source: PTI The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are now losing more than three times as much ice a year…

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90% Of India, Entire Delhi In ‘Danger Zone’ Of Heatwave Impacts: Study

Source: PTI Heatwaves in India are becoming more frequent and severe due to climate change, with over 90 percent of…

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‘Mangrove Man’ Fights To Save Sinking Shores

Source: PTI On the receding shorelines of low-lying Vypin Island off Kerala's coast, T. P. Murukesan fixed his eyes on…

3 years ago
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Study Looks At Rural Work Guarantee Scheme Through Climate Lens

One of the world’s largest work guarantee programmes, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Scheme (MGNREGS), also offers climate co-benefits.…

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Alternatives To Ocean Dumping Of Fukushima Wastewater

When the earthquake and resulting tsunami hit Fukushima, Japan in 2011, it killed thousands and caused severe damage to a…

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Seven Ways To Recycle Heat & Reduce Carbon Emissions

Heating of space and water in buildings accounts for about 44% of all energy consumed globally, according to the International…

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As Earth Warms, More ‘Flash Droughts’ Suck Soil, Plants Dry

(Source: AP) Climate change is making droughts faster and more furious, especially a specific fast-developing heat-driven kind that catch farmers…

3 years ago
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Climate Change Can Drive Global Outbreaks In Dengue, Chikungunya: WHO

Climate change can lead to global outbreak of mosquito-borne diseases dengue, zika and chikungunya, the World Health Organization has warned.…

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What Are Green Buildings, How Can They Help Address Climate Crisis?

Globally, the building and construction sector accounts for nearly 40% of energy-and process-related carbon dioxide emissions. To address the climate…

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The Millet Revival Can Overcome Pitfalls Of The Green Revolution

The Green Revolution, beginning in the 1960s, changed the landscape for agriculture in India and permeated into the national diet.…

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