Global Warming
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Global Warming: World's oceans were the warmest in 2019, says study
Science | Jan 14, 2020, 06:02 PM ISTThe world's oceans were the warmest in 2019 than any other time in the recorded human history -- especially between the surface and a depth of 2,000 metres, an international team of 14 scientists from 11 institutes has revealed, with a warning that global ocean temperature is not only increasing but speeding up.
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Greenland ice melting faster, putting 40 million more people at risk by 2100
World | Dec 11, 2019, 02:57 PM ISTGreenland is losing ice seven times faster than in the 1990s, according to the most complete study of the polar island yet, which said continued melting may lead to 40 million more people exposed to coastal flooding by 2100.
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'We are certainly on threshold': The Arctic is warming much faster than the earth
Science | Dec 06, 2019, 11:00 AM ISTThe Arctic has warmed by 0.75 degrees Celsius in the last decade alone, whereas the Earth as a whole has warmed by nearly the same amount over the past 137 years, according to a study which examined the global consequences of continued polar warming. The study, published in the journal Science Advances, documented the effects of warming in the Arctic and Antarctic on wildlife, traditional human livelihoods, tundra vegetation, methane release, and loss of sea- and land ice.
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Rise in global temperature will bring more destructive climate impacts:UN report
World | Nov 26, 2019, 02:09 PM ISTThe report warned that even if all current unconditional commitments under the Paris Agreement are implemented, temperatures are expected to rise by 3.2 degree celsius by the end of the century.
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Arctic ocean may be invaded by microbes from tropics, affecting ecosystems: Study
Science | Nov 15, 2019, 10:56 AM ISTThe two studies, published in the journal Cell on Thursday, found that the diversity of microscopic organisms habiting the Earth's oceans are the least at the higher latitudes -- nearer to the poles -- and increase in a gradient towards the equator.
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G20 nations need to amp up emission cut targets: Report
World | Nov 11, 2019, 01:44 PM ISTTo keep the Paris Agreement's 1.5 degrees goal within reach, G20 countries will have to increase their 2030 emission targets by 2020 and significantly scale up mitigation, adaptation and finance over the next decade.
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Antarctica may drive rapid sea-level rise under climate change: Study
World | Nov 07, 2019, 04:51 PM ISTThe study, published in the journal Nature Communications, shows that sea levels rose up to three metres per century, largely driven by ice loss in the Antarctic ice sheet.
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Global warming likely to increase illnesses: Study
Health | Oct 30, 2019, 06:50 PM ISTGlobal warming is likely to increase illnesses caused by undernutrition, due to the effects of heat exposure, researchers have warned.
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World not doing enough on climate change, warns Modi
India | Sep 24, 2019, 09:05 AM ISTPresident Donald Trump, who was boycotting the Climate Action Summit and holding a parallel meeting on religious freedom, unexpectedly dropped in while Modi was speaking.
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Greenland is Melting: Pictures from Atlantic show how climate change is real
World | Aug 27, 2019, 02:36 PM ISTWe are all living together on a single planet, which is threatened by our own actions. And if you don't have some kind of global cooperation, nationalism is just not on the right level to tackle the problems, whether it's climate change or whether it's technological disruption.
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'Global WarNing': NASA scientists fly over Greenland to track melting glaciers | Video
World | Aug 21, 2019, 08:08 AM ISTLike nearly every other glacier on Greenland, the massive Kangerlussuaq is melting. In fact, the giant frozen island has seen one of its biggest melts on record this year.
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New UN global warming report sees hungry future that can be avoided
World | Aug 08, 2019, 06:28 PM ISTThe report said climate change already has worsened land degradation, caused deserts to grow, permafrost to thaw and made forests more vulnerable to drought, fire, pests and disease. That’s happened even as much of the globe has gotten greener because of extra carbon dioxide in the air. Climate change has also added to other forces that have reduced the number of species on Earth.
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India could face productivity loss equivalent to 34 million jobs in 2030 due to global warming: UN
World | Jul 02, 2019, 11:13 AM ISTThe International Labour Organization (ILO) released its report 'Working on a Warmer Planet - The Impact of Heat Stress on Labour Productivity and Decent Work' which said that by 2030, the equivalent of more than two per cent of total working hours worldwide is projected to be lost every year, either because it is too hot to work or because workers have to work at a slower pace.
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North India sees weather change, dust storm hits national capital and other major cities
News | Jun 13, 2019, 12:14 PM ISTNorth India sees weather change, dust storm hits national capital and other major cities
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Torrential rain more frequent with global warming: Study
Jun 05, 2019, 01:14 PM ISTThe number of extreme downpours increased steadily between 1964 and 2013 -- a period when global warming also intensified, according to research published in the journal Water Resources Research.
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Onus on scientists to fight climate change: M Venkaiah Naidu
India | Jun 03, 2019, 05:10 PM ISTVice-president M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday said it was imperative of scientists and researchers to address issues of global warming, consequent extreme weather and drought cycles that could affect the lives of the people, plants and animals.
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Global warming shrank Indian economy by 31 per cent
Business | Apr 23, 2019, 11:46 AM ISTThe study from 1961 to 2010, global warming decreased the wealth per person in the world's poorest countries by 17 to 30 per cent.
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Just how cold is US cold weather right now!
World | Jan 30, 2019, 04:17 PM ISTAccording to AccuWeather, parts of North Dakota witnessed a temperature of 75 degrees below zero Fahrenheit (-59 degree Celsius) on Tuesday morning.
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Rapid, far-reaching changes required to limit global warming to 1.5°C , says UN body
World | Oct 08, 2018, 10:56 AM ISTThe Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C was approved by the IPCC on Saturday in Incheon, Republic of Korea.
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UN report on global warming carries life-or-death warning
World | Oct 08, 2018, 09:37 AM ISTThe Nobel Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued its gloomy report at a meeting in Incheon, South Korea.