Cattle grazing the dried bed of Kerala’s longest river Bharathapuzha near Ottapalam, Palakkad | Photo Credit: MUSTAFAH KK This year’s February was the hottest February ever. So was this year’s January. This is in continuation of a streak: the last seven months of 2023 also marked record highs for those months. Records have been set … Read more
A farmer walks in his dried up field near Yaragatti village in Belagavi district. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Brussels Last year was the planet’s hottest on record by a substantial margin and likely the world’s warmest in the last 1,00,000 years, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said on January 9. … Read more
Jowar near Bidadi on Bengaluru Mysuru road. | Photo Credit: Bhagya Prakash K The Indian School of Business (ISB) on Tuesday said that amid growing concern surrounding the temperature-sensitive wheat owing to climate change, a new research study has revealed sorghum (jowar) is an alternative to wheat as it is far more resilient to projected … Read more
Humanity is “going in the wrong direction” on climate change due to its addiction to fossil fuels, the UN said Tuesday in an assessment showing that planet-warming emissions are higher than before the pandemic. The UN’s World Meteorological Organization and its Environment Programme warned catastrophes will become commonplace should the world economy fail to decarbonise … Read more
Nov. 8, 2021 — If your morning coffee doesn’t taste like it used to, your coffee maker may not be to blame. A careful review of research suggests climate change may be wreaking havoc on the growing conditions needed for a perfect cup of joe. Coffee, native to Ethiopia, is grown on more than 27 … Read more
The report also has a section which argues about who bears the responsibility to act. US intel report on climate change: The US intelligence’s assessment of climate change has come out and as per the report, India and Pakistan are among the 11 highly vulnerable countries in terms of their ability to prepare for as … Read more
Not just that but a cave nearby also contains the oldest pictorial depiction of an animal in the world. (File image: Griffith University via IE) Climate change and heritage: Climate change and degradation of environment are impacting human heritage. Researchers have found that due to the environmental degradation, one of the most precious and oldest … Read more