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Tuesday, November 4, 2025
TopicClimate change

Topic: Climate change

Climate extremes are slashing rice & maize yields, threatening global food supply: Study

Australian researchers find that adverse weather causes nearly 50% of global yield losses for maize and spring wheat, 25% for rice and 20% for soybeans.

Melting ice caps will have extreme geopolitical & security consequences

National security imperatives of the waters are rising as surely as the sea levels around the world because of climate change.

A shocking new report reveals 1 million plants & animals will disappear in a few decades

Human activity has 'significantly altered' 75% of our planet's land and 66% of the ocean and led to an extinction crisis.

Climate change helped wipe out these four mighty ancient civilisations

Unlike the Mayans and the Mesopotamians, in the 21st century we are in a position to do something about it.

Indonesia is looking for a new capital, and climate change is to blame

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to the best sources to read them. It's your fix to stay on top of the latest in science.

Uttarakhand could see catastrophic floods if global warming targets are not met

Over 5,000 people died when an unprecedented spell of rain over four days flooded Uttarakhand during peak tourist season in 2013.

‘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.

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Pakistan can’t bomb or bargain its way out of the TTP-TLP mess

Among the many problems Pakistan is currently dealing with, the TLP and TTP offer two varying dimensions of the same one.

Denied RBI licence to operate, Fadnavis govt scraps Maharashtra’s asset reconstruction firm

Maha ARC was set up to restructure distressed institutions linked to state government, but officials said the company would have been most useful for reconstructing and selling off sick cooperatives.

‘Can’t really win you wars’: What IAF chief said on drones, manned aircraft & Op Sindoor

At defence conclave, Air Chief Marshal A.P. Singh says conflict needs all kinds of weapons, not just the long-range ones, as a paracetamol cannot cure all ailments.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.