Global Warming
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UN Climate Change Report: 'It’s going to get worse...nowhere to run, nowhere to hide'
Science | Aug 09, 2021, 02:08 PM ISTThe world will cross the 1.5 degrees Celsius warming mark in the 2030s, earlier than some past predictions. Warming has ramped up in recent years, data shows.
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UN science panel to release key report on climate change
Science | Aug 09, 2021, 07:54 AM ISTThe U.N. climate summit that is taking place in Glasgow from Oct. 31 to Nov. 12 will see governments discuss what more each country can do to curb global warming.
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Meeting climate goals will create 8 million energy jobs worldwide
Science | Jul 26, 2021, 09:16 PM ISTOf the total jobs in 2050, 84 percent would be in the renewables sector, 11 percent in fossil fuels, and 5 percent in the nuclear sector.
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Global warming may limit spread of dengue fever: Study
Science | Jul 23, 2021, 05:19 PM ISTFuture climate models point to increasing frequencies of extreme temperature events, making short exposures to high temperatures a threat to the survival of dengue and Wolbachia infected mosquitoes
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Most buildings designed for earlier climate – here’s what will happen as global warming escalates
Science | Jul 03, 2021, 09:53 AM ISTClimate change is indiscriminate. Rich nations have the financial clout to adapt more rapidly and mitigate the impacts, but they can’t stop them at the border.
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IMF proposes carbon price floor among large emitters to limit 'global warming'
World | Jun 19, 2021, 09:02 AM IST"Gradually increasing price on carbon encourages innovation and transition to renewable energy, clean mobility, and low carbon technologies," IMF MD said in prepared remarks at an event hosted by the Brookings Institution.
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Climate change increases extreme rainfall, chance of floods: Experts
India | Jun 07, 2021, 09:35 AM ISTThe findings show that the risk of flash flooding on urban areas has likely increased in recent decades, due to the expanding impermeable landscape increasing surface runoff, and increased extreme rainfall, while increases are projected to continue.
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US partnered with India as PM Modi made commitment to deploy 450 GW renewable energy: Kerry
World | May 15, 2021, 07:00 AM ISTThe United States has partnered with India on climate change so as to help it meet its commitment to deploy 450 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy.
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Are earthquakes to blame for Arctic warming?
Science | Dec 27, 2020, 02:17 PM ISTThe Arctic's rapid warming could have been triggered by a series of great earthquakes, suggests new research.
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Despite COVID-19 lockdowns, world heads to temperature rise: UN report
World | Dec 09, 2020, 09:39 PM ISTA green pandemic recovery could cut upto 25 per cent off predicted 2030 greenhouse gas emissions and bring the world closer to meeting the two degree celsius goal of the Paris Agreement on climate change, said a new UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report on Wednesday.
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Penguin poop patches spotted from space in high-resolution satellite images of Antarctica. Read on
Science | Aug 06, 2020, 01:08 PM ISTResearchers have spotted patches of penguin poop in new high-resolution satellite images of Antarctica. This discovery has revealed the presence of small emperor penguin colonies that were previously overlooked.
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Methane leak discovered in Antarctica's seabed
Science | Jul 23, 2020, 09:29 AM ISTScientists have discovered an active methane leak in the seabed of Antarctica. The southernmost continent contains as much as a quarter of Earth's marine methane and now this leak from the sea bed prompts major concern about the impact on the global climate crisis.
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Arctic sea ice witnessed massive decline in 2019: Scientists
Science | Jun 25, 2020, 04:01 PM ISTThe National Centre of Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) has found a dramatic decline in the Arctic sea ice due to global warming and said that the largest decline took place in July 2019.
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International satellite to track sea level rise completes testing
Science | Jun 14, 2020, 01:08 PM ISTAn international satellite that will collect the most accurate data yet on sea levels around the world, a key indicator of how Earth's warming climate is affecting the oceans, weather and coastlines, has completed all the tests ahead of its scheduled launch in November.
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7 facts you must know this World Oceans Day
World | Jun 08, 2020, 09:45 AM ISTWorld Oceans Day 2020: The damage we are doing to our oceans and environment is no longer just of academic interests. It is affecting not just our resources but also affecting lives on water land and air. Oceans play a major part in our lives.
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Global warming reaches ocean depths, threatens deep-sea life
World | May 27, 2020, 03:42 PM ISTEven though the deeper layers of the ocean are warming at a slower pace than the surface, animals living in the deep ocean are more exposed to climate warming and will face increasing challenges to maintain their preferred thermal habitats in the future, warn researchers.
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After blood-red snow, Antarctica now turns green. Find out why
Science | May 23, 2020, 11:33 AM ISTRecent pictures of Antarctica would confuse anyone with the South American Prairie Grassland as the snow land has turned green. However, this phenomenon is not because of some goniochromism effect.
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Antarctica temperature crosses 20 degrees Celsius for first time ever
World | Feb 14, 2020, 08:05 AM ISTAntarctica, on average, is the coldest, driest, and windiest continent, and has the highest average elevation of all the continents. Most of Antarctica is a polar desert, with annual precipitation of 200 mm (7.9 in) along the coast and far less inland
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Rapid weather swings linked to global warming may increase flu risk: Study
Science | Jan 31, 2020, 11:41 AM ISTWhile low temperatures, and humidity in the winter have been identified in earlier research as favourable conditions for flu virus transmission.
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Glacier wall breaks and slides on to highway. Watch chilling viral video
Trending | Jan 14, 2020, 06:48 PM ISTA dramatic video of a scene of an avalanche is going viral, and it is the scariest thing you will come across today.