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Wednesday, December 3, 2025
TopicGlobal warming

Topic: Global warming

Parts of Alaska have no ice at all for the first time in history

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.

Global heatwave: The human body is already close to its thermal limits

When the air temperature exceeds 35°C, it is so full of water vapour that sweat no longer evaporates. Our body’s core temperature starts rising.

Conspiracy theorists on Youtube are crowding the conversation on climate change, finds study

The amount of disinformation on YouTube makes it difficult to discuss geoengineering, and is undermining the authority of science, says Joachim Allgaier, author of the study.

Your air conditioner is actually making the world a hotter place

Heat waves across the globe has led to more people turning on their airconditioners, and for longer durations. But while we keep cool, we're also caught in a vicious cycle of these machines making the climate hotter.

Changing land use is making this eastern state in India hotter

The IITs at Bhubaneswar and Kharagpur, and Southampton University analysed satellite data on land use, land cover as well as temperature across Odisha to understand why it was getting hotter.

India’s longer summers & delayed monsoons are partly due to retreating Himalayan glaciers

A US satellite has confirmed what TERI found in 2017 — that Himalayan glaciers are in trouble, which may disrupt the major river systems of the subcontinent.

Air conditioning is next global climate threat as countries like India set out to buy more

Out of the 1.6 bn people living in India and Indonesia, only 88 mn have air conditioning at home. With rise in purchasing power, that number is set to jump.

Cold War spy images show Himalayan glaciers are melting faster

650 glaciers under study were found melting twice as fast as they did between 1975 & 2000. About 13% of ice seen in 1975 disappeared by 2000.

Most of us were born into climate change — it’s the only world we’ve ever known

Global surface temperatures have passed the 1951-1980 average every year since 1977. Anyone born since has lived their entire lives in a changed climate.

Half a degree in global warming temperatures can be the difference between life & death

Deaths by heat can be reduced if global warming is capped at 1.5 degrees Celsius, suggests a new study published Thursday.

On Camera

My grandmother saved her children in Bhopal gas tragedy—and sacrificed her own life

‘Mother kept pouring water in our eyes whenever the burning became unbearable. She pushed our bodies deep into the blanket, making sure not a single part was exposed,’ my father said.

India’s Russian oil imports are showing up in cryptic new places. The crude map stands redrawn

December oil imports from Russia may drop nearly 50%, but Indian buyers already shifting to non-designated Russian entities and opaque trading channels to keep Russian oil flowing.

India to commission new squadron of submarine-hunting Romeo choppers in Goa later this month

The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.