Climate Change

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Electric Vehicles Offer Climate Hope, But…

Internal combustion engine vehicles (ICE) and electric vehicles (EV) both have supply chains that generate significant environmental impacts. Experts argue…

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G20 Nations Up Fossil Fuel Investments In ’22, Defy Climate Goals

Top leaders from G20 countries are scheduled to meet in New Delhi in September 2023 to deliberate upon major global…

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Climate Change Glossary: The Terms You Need To Understand, Explained

As the world warms due to climate change, threatening millions of lives and livelihoods, nothing is more urgent than clear…

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Declining Bird Numbers A ‘Grim’ Reminder Of Rapid Biodiversity Loss

Around 60 percent of birds in India have experienced population decline over the long term of 30 years, says 2023…

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Indian Banks Have No Plans To Step Away From Coal Investments Yet

Compared to a year ago, India’s top commercial banks continue to lag in their preparedness for future climate risks, with…

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India Was A Tree Planting Lab For 200 Years – Here Are The Results

Allowing forests to regenerate on their own has been championed as a strategy for reducing planet-heating carbon in the atmosphere…

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How Animals Negotiate Shared Resources In The Wild

Bengaluru-based photographers Harsha Narasimhamurthy and Karthik Mohan Iyer were following two tigers, Noor and T101, near Tutikenaale in Ranthambore in…

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Climate Change May Turn Thar Desert Green By Century’s End: Study

A study suggests that the Thar Desert, which is known for its arid expanse, could undergo a transformative shift because…

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Getting The Bread: What Is The Environmental Impact Of Wheat?

The story of wheat as a cultivated crop is nearly as old as that of human civilization itself. Few plants…

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Tsunami Pushes Native Languages To The Brink

A devastating natural disaster 19 years ago has pushed the native language of a tiny island in the Bay of…

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How Climate Change Is Killing Languages

On 2 May 2023, Pauline Stensgar, of Keller, Washington State, died at the age of 96. Her language died with…

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Threat From Climate Change Reshaping Some Religious Beliefs

The famous pilgrimage site of Kedarnath, located in the central Himalayas of India, is believed to be a sacred land.…

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India, Nepal Overlook Environmental Issues In Hydropower Deals

This June, monsoon rains wreaked havoc in Nepal’s hilly regions, but the country’s southern lowlands were instead reeling from a…

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Climate Change Might Trigger More Volcanic Eruptions, Earthquakes

Earth’s climate is changing rapidly. In some areas, escalating temperatures are increasing the frequency and likelihood of wildfires and drought.…

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How Board Games Can Get People Involved In Climate Action

The dangerous wildfires burning across the world show us how real the climate crisis has become. When we see these…

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ICEs vs. EVs: Learning From The Past To Boost Sustainability

By 1900, the internal combustion engine was hailed as a way to clean up the world’s city streets, then heaped…

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Sacred Fossils Are Getting Rarer To Find Due To Climate Change

For more than 2,000 years, Hinduism, Buddhism and the shamanic Himalayan religion of Bon have venerated Shaligrams – ancient fossils…

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Do Phrases Like ‘Global Boiling’ Help Or Hinder Climate Action?

Last week, United Nations General Secretary António Guterres coined an arresting new term. The era of global warming has ended,…

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A Decade After The Floods, Is Kedarnath Safer?

The Kedarnath Valley, located above 3,500 metres in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, has changed significantly since it was…

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Flooding Caused Greatest Economic Damages In Asia In 2022

The Asian region was battered by extreme events driven by climate change, with flooding emerging as a particularly frequent and…

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Antarctica Is Missing A Chunk Of Sea Ice Bigger Than Greenland!

Deadly heatwaves, raging wildfires and record global temperatures are upon us. But far from the flames, at the southernmost tip…

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‘We Must Never Assume That A Healthy Planet Is Automatic’

In June 2023, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) announced Monica P. Medina as its new President and CEO. Medina is…

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Four Factors Driving 2023’s Extreme Heat And Climate Disasters

Between the record-breaking global heat and extreme downpours, it’s hard to ignore that something unusual is going on with the…

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How To Manage The Global Land Squeeze?

Rising population and demand for food, feed, fiber and fuel are increasing competition for land. For example, new WRI research projects that…

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Himalayas Losing Glaciers, Snow, More Hazards In Offing: New Study

“As scientists, what worries us the most is the scale at which the glaciers are melting in the Himalayas,” said…

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