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Thursday, April 25, 2024
TopicGlobal warming

Topic: Global warming

Hindu Kush turning greener as plants now grow in once snow-covered Himalayan region

The research, published in Global Change Biology, notes a significant increase in subnival vegetation across Hindu Kush Himalayan region, most likely due to global warming.

Doomsday scenario for climate change looks like a rash flight of imagination

The worst case scenario predicts Earth warming by 5 degrees Celcius, but realistically it might not come to pass. Climate change, though, is still an enormous catastrophe in the making.

Climate fight takes a step back with no deal on carbon markets

COP delegates left Madrid agreeing only on the ‘urgent need’ for countries to make deeper cuts to greenhouse gases.

These are the 5 reasons why scientists think we are in a climate emergency

Earthlings are in a race against time to save the planet from some of the worst consequences of the ongoing climate emergency.

Why the govt is trying to predict what food security will look like in 2099

The impact of climate change has already affected crop patterns drastically and predictions indicate that production of rice and maize will come down.

Nitrous oxide is good for plants but bad for the environment

N₂O is the third most important greenhouse gas which traps heat, depletes ozone in the stratosphere, and remains active for more than 100 years in the environment.

Monsoon likely to get more extreme & unreliable due to global warming, predicts new study

Study looks at past geological periods when temperatures were higher than today to predict what the future has in store.

How fossil fuel industry misled Americans deliberately about climate change

Scientists working for the fossil fuel industry knew about the potential warming effects of CO2 emissions as early as the 1950s.

US idea that India and China must share blame for heating earth is environmental colonialism

US WRI data itself shows India and China cannot be held responsible even for a single kg of carbon dioxide or methane accumulating in the earth’s atmosphere.

Sports are feeling the heat from climate change

Soccer, tennis & cricket now have protocols to protect athletes from heat and adjusting to more frequent storms, which disrupt competitions and upend lucrative broadcast schedules.

On Camera

Imtiaz Ali obsesses over vulgarity, misses Chamkila’s cultural resistance against purity

Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

The two sides also discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in outer space security, conventional weapons, and export control

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.