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Research: In a warmer rainforest, trees get overheated
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Gothenburg [Sweden], September 28 (ANI): The potential of rainforests to store carbon may diminish as a result of climate change. This is because photosynthesis rates in rainforest species' leaves decrease at higher temperatures, and the trees' natural cooling systems fail during droughts. I
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Accelerating low carbon transition across sectors need of hour: Bhupender
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 28 (ANI): Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav attended the Ministerial Roundtable for Green Economy at the World Green Economy Summit in Dubai on Wednesday and said accelerating low carbon transition across different economic sectors is the need of the hou
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Study suggests climate change is turning trees into gluttons
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 27 (ANI): Trees buffer humans from the worst effects of climate change by taking out carbon dioxide from the atmosphere; however now new research shows just how much the forests have been bulking up on that excess carbon.
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Hitachi Astemo installs 3 MW Solar Power Plant in Jalgaon, Maharashtra, In
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Jalgaon (Maharashtra) [India], September 27 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Hitachi Astemo today announced the installation of its ground mounted solar power plant of 3 megawatt (MW) at its Jalgaon manufacturing plant. The solar power plant is built in an area of 43301 sqm consisting of 7128 groun
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Global carbon emissions, food costs might increase due to crop damage caus
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 24 (ANI): Predictions show that the crop production interruption caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine might result in a rise in carbon emissions and food costs globally, without easing food insecurity.
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CBI launches 'Op Meghachakra' against online child sexual abuse in 20 stat
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 24 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday launched 'Operation Meghchakra', in 20 states and UTs, across the country, against the circulation and sharing of child sexual abuse material online.
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China to witness drought-like situations in coming years: Study
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 23 (ANI): The Chinese mainland has been under a massive grip of severe heatwaves and drought throughout summer and there is a possibility that the country will continue to experience moderate to severe drought-like situations in the coming years, impacting the soci
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Activated carbon might lead to odourless diapers: Research
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 22 (ANI): According to recent research from the University of Gothenburg, activated carbon may help erase the smell of urine from diapers. Experiments with the odour molecule p-cresol reveal that activated carbon, which is primarily composed of the carbon variation
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Industry leaders back plans for zero-emissions aluminium, ammonia and ste
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], September 22 (ANI/PRNewswire): More than 200 industry leaders have endorsed strategies from the Mission Possible Partnership (MPP) to decarbonise some of world's hardest-to-abate, carbon-intensive industries in this decade.
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Godrej & Boyce partners with Pando to unify fulfillment, optimize logi
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 20 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Godrej & Boyce, the flagship company of the Godrej Group has partnered with Pando, the market leader in supply chain technology to digitally transform their logistics and fulfillment operations to contribute to their su
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Crop damage caused in Ukraine war may increase global carbon emissions, fo
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 20 (ANI): According to research, it is predicted that the crop production interruption caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine might result in a rise in carbon emissions and food costs globally, without easing food insecurity.
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China's drought threatens raise in carbon taxes
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 14 (ANI): The drought in southwestern China has also had ripple effects for global businesses as companies could also face new costs from carbon taxes when shipping goods across borders, as well as higher transport costs for moving products by sea or air, according
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