Climate Change

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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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How Faith Can Inspire Environmental Action

It has become clear that meaningful progress on climate change is not going to be achieved by one person or…

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India’s Southern States Will Lose Half Of Their Mangroves By 2070: Study

(Source: IANS) By 2070, Indian mangroves will reduce and shift by around 50 per cent, especially in southern India, due…

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Mad World: 2023 Global Flashpoints To Watch In Era Of ‘Polycrisis’

When 2022 began, there was trepidation about what might happen in at least ten regions. Topping most lists were concerns…

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Joshimath, A Disaster Of Ignored Warnings

Residents of the ancient pilgrim town of Joshimath were forced to flee their homes in the freezing weather of January…

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Climate Change Is Leaving African Elephants Desperate For Water

(Source: PTI) African elephant numbers have dropped from about 26 million in the 1800s to 415,000 today. While this is…

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Rivers Are Still People In South Asia In Spite Of Court Showdown

Rivers are the lifeblood for millions of Indians and Bangladeshis. But a radical legal idea to save them from pollution…

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Best Of ’22: Water In A Climate-Changed Region

Climate change is destabilising the freshwater supply on which all life depends. Multiple disasters in 2022 drove home the point…

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Loss And Ingenuity Amid Climate Change

Asian countries are highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. In 2022, the damage across the region from catastrophes…

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Floods Hit Every Continent In ’22: What Can Be Done To Limit Damage?

Communities are being pushed into a reckoning onset by climate change — adapt their way of living to mitigate flood…

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Tobacco: Vaping And Smoking Drive Harm To The Environment

Vaping for a day and tossing it away is all the rage. Electronic cigarette sales have boomed in recent years,…

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Antarctica’s Emperor Penguins May Be Extinct By 2100

Greater conservation efforts are needed to protect Antarctic ecosystems, and the populations of up to 97 per cent of land-based…

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The Impact Of Climate Change On Culture

From the foothills of the Himalayas to the islands of the Jamuna River, cultural traditions are being impacted by climate…

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Interview: Studying Tree Canopies In India

When life inside a rainforest is so enchanting, what would life on its roof be like? Where the crown of…

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