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Sunday, August 17, 2025
TopicClimate change

Topic: Climate change

‘Plant a tree, save the climate’ isn’t good enough

Many countries seem to assume that commercial tree plantations or planting trees amidst crops is enough. Yet only natural forests trap ample quantities of CO2.

Our best-case climate scenario could save tons of island residents. It could also be a myth

Scientists say computer simulations used by UN’s IPCC & other researchers to make projections may be inadequate to adjudge true intensity of climate change.

Game of Thrones was about the horror of fossil fuels all along

White Walkers threatening to destroy human world, accompanied by ongoing climate change ("winter is coming"), is an allegorical take on fossil fuels.

Artificial intelligence can take your job, so political leaders need to start doing theirs

AI should be an election issue, because there is virtually no job that won’t be affected by AI-driven automation.

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

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

China is soaring ahead in the electric vehicle race

New energy vehicles accounted for just over 4% of all 28.1 million automobiles sold in China last year. That’s a higher rate than the US and Europe.

The idea that all climate goals will be realised by 2030 is clearly fanciful

Our choices can make the difference since new study shows pursuit of some goals appears to stir up far fewer conflicts than pursuing others.

Study shows climate change has a new victim — a type of cloud

A supercomputer simulation study at Caltech shows that at current rate of emissions, low lying clouds that cool the planet will go extinct.

Climate change claims its first mammal, an Aussie rodent ‘not attractive enough to be saved’

The cause of extinction of Australia's Bramble Cay melomys has been identified as anthropogenic, or human-induced, climate change.

Human-caused climate change causes first extinction of a mammal

Australian researchers concluded that human-induced climate change was 'the root cause of the loss of the Bramble Cay melomys'.

On Camera

SC’s stray dog order lit a match in Delhi. Are they a menace or companions?

The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?