Climate Change: Antarctica’s Pine Island glacier inching towards sea collapse at fast rate

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Moon further said that successive studies have confirmed that evolution of the Antarctica continent is critically dependent on Greenhouse gas emissions responsible for warming of the planet. (Representative image) Amidst rising global warming levels, climate scientists are losing their sleep over a critical Antarctica glacier that is moving towards the sea at a faster pace … Read more

Fire and Ice: The Signs of Climate Breakdown

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Forest fires are on a rampage in Uttarakhand. (Representative Image, Reuters) By Sreerekha Pillai Forest fires are on a rampage in Uttarakhand. Snow on the Tibetean plateau aka the world’s roof, surrounded by Mount Everest and K2, two of the highest mountains in the world, is melting at a rapid rate. The national capital witnessed … Read more

Global Warming Could Make Life in Tropics Impossible

By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, March 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Limiting global warming to targets proposed in the Paris Agreement could keep tropical regions from reaching temperatures that are beyond human tolerability, a new study projects. Researchers estimate that if countries are able to cap warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, … Read more

Uttarakhand floods: How rise in size and number of glacial lakes pose threat of similar incidents to the mountainous state

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New evidence had indeed made Uttarakhand incident look like a result of a landslide or snow avalanche. (IE Image) Evidence collected by teams of scientists investigating the cause of Sunday flash floods suggests that glacier outburst might not have caused the flash floods in Uttarakhand on Sunday but a few studies conducted in the last … Read more

Climate Change May Have Helped COVID-19 Emerge

FRIDAY, Feb. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) — It’s a link few might have considered, but a new study indicates that climate change may have prompted the COVID-19 pandemic. Rising temperatures caused by greenhouse emissions have boosted the growth of bat-friendly forest habitat in China’s southern province of Yunnan and neighboring areas, making the region … Read more

Mumbai to Goa, India’s West Coast sparkles with stunning ‘blue tide’ but it’s not THAT romantic!

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Though beaches in Japan and the US are known for such blue tides, India’s West Coast along Maharashtra, Karnataka and Goa has been witnessing such occurrences since 2016. (Photo: India In Medan/Twitter) From Mumbai’s Juhu to Goa’s Betalbatim, India’s West Coast is dazzling with stunning blue tides at night these days. The reason for this … Read more

Reasons why you should care about Air Pollution

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Air quality data helps visualize and quantify the ambient air pollution of any given location down to the postcode and neighbourhood level. By Akshay Joshi Remember the last time you saw something strange floating in your glass of water? Just hand it back, and wait till you get home to drink clean, safe water. Unfortunately, … Read more

Warming Planet Ups Risk of Deadly Tick-Borne Fever

Nov. 16, 2020 — Climate change, already linked to more frequent wildfires, longer droughts, and more tropical storms, may also increase the risk of getting the potentially deadly tick-borne disease known as Rocky Mountain spotted fever, new research suggests. When temperatures rise, the brown dog tick, which carries the bacteria causing the disease, is … Read more

A diet healthy for planet: Don’t only think green, it’s time to eat green!

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Over 100 experts from both developed and developing economies had worked on the report, and hence the macro-aspect of all economies were taken into consideration. If someone were to tell you that your food habits are fuelling global warming and slowing the process of curbing the ill-effects of climate change, you would probably feign ignorance, … Read more

OPEC would miss ‘friend Trump’, wary of strains under Biden

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By Alex Lawler and Rania El Gamal LONDON/DUBAI: Key members of OPEC are wary that strains in the OPEC+ alliance could reemerge with Joe Biden as US President, sources close to the organisation said, and would miss President Donald Trump who went from criticising the group to helping bring about a record oil output cut. … Read more