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Topic: Arctic

Global ice melt accelerating at record rate, finds new study

Sandhya Ramesh -
First study to analyse the total ice melt on Earth shows ice loss of 28 trillion tonnes between the years 1994 and 2017.

Zombie fires, giant craters, melting poles — here’s all that’s going wrong in the Arctic

Johnny Wood -
Record-high Arctic carbon emissions in 2019 have been eclipsed by this year’s summer fires, which have pushed the region’s emissions more than a third higher.

The Arctic hasn’t been this warm for 3 million years. That’s bad news

Julie Brigham-Grette -
Three million years ago, the earth was hot, there was abundant CO2 in the air and humans didn’t exist.

India needs an Arctic strategy urgently, before its opportunities melt away

Aditya Ramanathan -
Russia and China have revamped military facilities in the Arctic, and China plans a Polar Silk Road.

Chinese military expanding reach into Arctic region as part of ‘Polar Silk Road’: Pentagon

Tony Capaccio -
The Pentagon cited the potential deployment of nuclear-armed Chinese submarines to the polar region as one area of US concern.

China is joining the rush for Arctic riches

James Stavridis -
Melting Arctic ice will give China access to 100 billion barrels of oil & create shipping routes, necessary for its One Belt One Road project.

Climate change is accelerating, says another UN report. Here’s why

Pushp Bajaj -
A new UN report says climate change is occurring at an increasing rate and its consequences are affecting people on every continent.

Sophisticated ancient Mayan cities uncovered in Guatemala

Sandhya Ramesh -
Laser mapping shows new images of underground ancient Mayan complex.

42,000-year-old worms may take us a step closer to human cryofreezing

Sandhya Ramesh -
The Siberian cold sets the stage for excellent preservation, and scientists flock to the region to dig into Earth’s archives.

Greening may not be the answer to a warming planet

Sandhya Ramesh -
On World Environment Day, let’s look at the greening trend that is fast becoming the crutch of climate change deniers worldwide.
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Opinion

How the Bagram airbase from the 1950s is geopolitically significant in the 21st century

Priyanka Singh -
Days after Trump lay claim to the Bagram base, Russia, China, Iran and Pakistan “firmly opposed the reestablishment of military bases in and around Afghanistan by the countries responsible for the current situation”.

MCD is rounding up sterilised, friendly dogs just for optics—a moral and scientific failure

Bihar beyond Buddha and Mandal—why the 2025 polls are critical for Indian democracy

Economy

Mumbai’s been driving India’s data centre market, but water shortage, power demand pose risks

Manasi Phadke -
According to a report by Macquarie, India’s data centre market is estimated to double by 2027. India currently has 1.4 gigawatts of operational data centre capacity.

Defence

Navy Chief calls for collective solutions to maritime challenges in ‘complex & dynamic’ Indo-Pacific

Debdutta Chakraborty -
At 11th edition of Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue in New Delhi, Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi said there are three major currents shaping this maritime 'dynaxity'.

National Interest

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

Shekhar Gupta -
On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.

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