Uttar Pradesh saw greatest number of deaths, at 589. Report also highlights temperature rises in states, with Himachal Pradesh seeing increase of 1.5 degrees over 100 years.
World Meteorological Organisation's State of Global Environment 2022 report says that despite cooling effect of La Nina, global warming reached 1.15 degrees above pre-industrial levels.
Another factor probably benefiting world's largest hard-shelled turtle, a vulnerable species, are protection programmes in countries like Spain and Cape Verde.
Standing committee says Himalayan-Karakoram region warming at faster rate compared to global mean average, flags 'meagre' funds for monitoring glacier melt & need for more researc
Insure our Future in a letter stated that the insurance industry had failed to do enough to meet world's climate goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
Dr Friederike Otto, one of the authors of IPCC report on climate change, talks about the 'political sense of urgency' required to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
The study also comes amid debates in ruling coalition on how Germany could cut greenhouse emissions in challenging sectors to become carbon neutral by 2045.
Parts of the north have been seeing unusually high temperatures over the past few days. States like Himachal and Uttarakhand are seeing 6 to 11 degrees more than normal, says IMD.
Report by World Meteorological Organization says sea levels rose 4.5 mm a year on average between 2013 & 2022, the highest ever, which could be disastrous for coastal cities.
Years are quietly being stripped off my lifespan, and somehow that doesn’t ruin my day. But getting scolded for one careless word in an email? That can send me spiralling.
ThePrint had previously reported that India & Russia are talking about 5 more regiments of the S-400, but no contracts are to be signed during the Russian president's visit.
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.
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