Climate Change

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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…

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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…

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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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Dangers Of Poor Housing In Remote, Off-Grid Communities

At first glance, remote communities in Outback Australia and villages in India don’t have much in common. Look closer, however,…

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Residual Emissions Need To Be Tackled To Meet Net-Zero Goal

Calling for strategies to tackle residual emissions, scientists said they would need to be balanced by carbon dioxide removal techniques…

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Residents Try To Save A River In Kerala

Source: PTI Eloor smells like it is dying. Once it was an island of rich farmland on the Periyar River,…

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

Source: IANS Climate change can lead to global outbreak of mosquito-borne diseases like dengue, zika and chikungunya, warned the World…

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In Final Speech, Ardern Reflects On Leading NZ

Source: PTI In her final speech to New Zealand's Parliament on Wednesday, Jacinda Ardern described in emotional terms how she'd…

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Is ‘Climate Anxiety’ A Clinical Diagnosis?

Last week, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, comprised of the world’s most esteemed climate experts, delivered its sixth report…

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Treated Wastewater Reuse Could Cut 1.3 Million Tonnes Of Emissions

Reusing treated wastewater in irrigation in India could have reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 1.3 million tonnes in 2021, according…

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Most Himalayan Glaciers Analysed Melting At Varying Rates: Govt

Source: PTI Majority of Himalayan glaciers analysed are melting or retreating at varying rates in different regions, the government has…

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India’s Heat Action Plans Fail To Identify, Target Vulnerable Groups: Report

Source: PTI A review of 37 heat action plans in India shows most of them do not explicitly carry out…

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‘Ganga, Brahmaputra Flows To Reduce Due To Global Warming’

Source: PTI UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that major Himalayan rivers like the Indus, the Ganges and the Brahmaputra, all…

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26% Of World Lacks Clean Drinking Water, 46% Sanitation: UN

Source: PTI A new report launched Tuesday on the eve of the first major UN conference on water in over…

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‘Severe Consequences’ Of Further Warming In Himalayas: IPCC

As the world’s top climate scientists issued a “final warning” on the climate crisis with the release of the last…

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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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