Climate Change

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Himalayan Communities And The Necessity Of Impact-Based Forecasting

When water levels rose in a tributary of the Koshi river during the 2019 monsoon, villagers of Launiya in Nepal’s…

9 months ago
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Is It Really Hotter Now Than Any Time In The Past 100,000 Years?

As scorching heat grips large swaths of the Earth, a lot of people are trying to put the extreme temperatures…

9 months ago
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India’s Tiger Reserves Have Helped In The Fight Against Climate Change

New research shows that India’s tiger conservation policy has not only helped in preserving and increasing tiger populations, but it…

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Kerala’s Dwindling Mangroves Need Concerted Effort In Conservation

When 1000 kilometres of mangrove tidal wetland vegetation, along the shoreline of Australia’s remote Gulf of Carpentaria, died en masse…

9 months ago
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What El Niño Means For The World’s Perilous Climate Tipping Points

The UN World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has confirmed it: El Niño conditions have arrived and are expected to become moderate…

10 months ago
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Global Warming Shocks The Tibetan Plateau

In May this year, I followed the Hengduan mountains into the south-east of Tibet. Now, in June, I’m passing through…

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What Will An El Niño Bring Next To India?

India’s monsoon was delayed by three weeks this year. This meant far lower rainfall across the subcontinent in early June…

10 months ago
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Environmentalists Concerned As Work On Tawi Riverfront Continues

Environmental activists have raised concerns about the government’s Tawi riverfront development project in Jammu and Kashmir stating that it poses…

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Medical Processes Hide True Number Of Indians Dying From Extreme Heat

Between 15 and 22 June this year, more than 150 people died in two hospitals in Ballia and Deoria districts,…

10 months ago
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Plastiglomerates (Plastic-Rock Hybrids) Found On The Andaman Islands

A study found the formation of plastic-rock hybrids in the intertidal zone of remote beaches of Aves Island in the…

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India’s Palm Oil Drive Faces A Reality Check

Palm oil has become essential to India’s food security in the past three decades, replacing other edible oils such as…

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Building A New Restoration Economy In India

In recent years, the planet has confronted a series of growing environmental challenges. At the UN, in 2022, the struggles…

10 months ago
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Uttarakhand’s Marginalised Farmers Struggle To Adapt To Climate Change

Neema Devi sits with her sister-in-law, Prema Devi, threshing wheat by hand in the village of Dhudholi, in the Indian…

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How Droughts Can Leave People With Nowhere To Go

By 2050 around 145 million people in the Global South could be forced to relocate within their own countries due…

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Drastic Changes In Himalayas Deserve Political Attention

The key sentence in the most comprehensive report to date on the Hindu Kush Himalayan “cryosphere”, or icy areas, is…

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As Temperatures Rise, The Solar Sector Feels The Heat

The frequency and duration of heatwaves have been increasing in India due to global warming. This year too, the month…

10 months ago
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How Climate Change Is Making Trees Bigger, But Also Weaker

As global temperatures rise, trees in colder areas are benefiting from an extended growing season. A longer growing season results…

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UG Students To Study Climate Change, Threats To Environment

Students pursuing graduation will now have to study subjects like environmental education. The University Grants Commission (UGC) has recently instructed…

10 months ago
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Climate Change Is Taking A Toll On Darjeeling’s Tea Gardens

A crisis is unfolding quietly, behind the serenity of Darjeeling's world-famous tea gardens. Climate change is affecting the production of…

10 months ago
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Erratic, Unpredictable Weather: The New Normal For India Now?

This year, a large proportion of Indians living in the central, western and south western parts of the country heaved…

11 months ago
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Cyclone Biparjoy Underscores Climate Threats Facing India, Pak

As disaster management authorities in both Gujarat in India and Sindh in Pakistan evacuate coastal residents, issue alerts, and earmark…

11 months ago
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“Justice” Takes Centrestage In The Latest Earth Commission Report

The latest Earth Commission Report attached a “justice” framework to its earlier discourse of “safe” planetary boundaries, which are the…

11 months ago
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Reporting The Weather Amid A Climate Crisis

With an El Nino weather cycle set to amplify temperature extremes, TV meteorologists have a vital role in communicating the…

11 months ago
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Sinking Himalayas: Why Geologists In Sikkim Fear Joshimath-Like Disasters

After the natural disaster in Joshimath, Uttarakhand, geologists and activists working on environmental protection in Sikkim are a worried lot. Like…

11 months ago
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Reduce Noise To Safeguard Marine Species: UN Report

Noise pollution is known to cause significant disturbance to marine wildlife, including migratory species protected under the Convention on the…

11 months ago

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