Hotter weather attributed to climate change is drying out vegetation, creating more intense fires that spread quickly from rural areas to city subdivisions, climate and fire experts say.
The study has also found that malaria has spread to new areas and its transmission may increase in duration.
According to the IMD, heavy to very heavy rains at a few places, with extremely heavy rains at isolated places, are very likely over Uttarakhand and east Uttar Pradesh.
The national capital received rains as Monsoon arrived a day ahead of its schedule, bringing the mercury down even as humidity levels shot up, oscillating between 100 per cent and 60 per cent.
Nitish Kumar questions over Namami Gange project during East India Climate Change Conclave
The French President is in India for a four-day visit that began on Friday evening. He was speaking at a town hall interaction session with students at Bikaner House here.
Researchers used the data dating back to 1993 to observe the levels of the world's oceans, a report said.
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the UN has a “very solid commitment” for climate action, pointing out that African nations were the biggest victims of the globally changing weather patterns.
The researchers have found a star located 120 light years away in the constellation of Cygnus which is identical to Sun in mass, radius and age.
"The first 11 months of the year were the third warmest on record, behind 2016 and 2015, with much-warmer-than-average conditions engulfing much of the world's land and ocean surfaces," WMO media officer Clare Nullis was quoted as saying.
John Kerry noted that many Americans remain "absolutely committed” to the 2015 Paris climate accord despite President Donald Trump’s threat to abandon it.
The French President, on the eve of a climate summit he arranged in Paris, condemned the manner in which the US had signed an international deal, then withdrawn from it.
A climate expert said that this a first-of-its-kind attempt to phase out the traditional coal power on such a massive scale after the 2015 Paris Climate Change Agreement.
Even Germany and Poland, hosts of climate talks this year and next, are holding onto coal for the foreseeable future.
Syrian officials announced their intention to ratify the accord at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP23) in Bonn, Germany, on Tuesday, CNN reported.
Stephen Hawking said that to ensure the survival of our species for another million years, humans must boldly go where no one has gone before.
Stating that the EU continues to be India's largest trading partner, the Prime Minister said that the 28-nation bloc was also one of the largest investors in India.
The bowl-shaped ridges in Pluto’s ‘bladed’ or ‘snakeskin’ terrain composed largely of methane ice and are primarily a result of dramatic climate change.
Scientists have claimed that the scorching temperatures across Southern Europe – nicknamed ‘Lucifer’ – were made at least ten times more likely by climate change.
Sushma Swaraj delivered her speech in Hindi. She addressed the UN General Assembly for the second consecutive time.
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