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Brown algae deliver slime to climate: Research
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
When it comes to absorbing carbon dioxide from the air, brown algae are true wonder plants. They even outcompete terrestrial forests in this and thus play a critical role in the atmosphere and our climate. But what happens to the carbon dioxide that the algae absorb?
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India's First Fashion Activist and Leading Climate Advocate Aishwarya Shar
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 27 (ANI/NewsVoir): The annual United Nations Climate Change Conference, widely referred to as COP, held its 27th session at Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt with a view to building on previous successes and paving the way for future ambition to fight against climate change.
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Celebrating 'Volunteer Actions towards Agenda 2030' by UNICEF, Elixir Foun
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], December 27 (ANI/PNN): In a fragile and turbulent world, volunteers are active in every major shock and stress situation experienced by communities - from earthquakes and flooding to climate change and local conflicts. Often working behind the scenes, they are th
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Uttarakhand CM launches SBI Foundation and HESCO's Project Helping Chamoli
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttrakhand) [India], December 27 (ANI/NewsVoir): Uttarakhand, an ecologically fragile and disaster-prone state, has been experiencing climate change impacts such as changing seasons, less snowfall, flash floods, and unpredictable rainfall over the last few years. Large-scale anthro
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Overshooting climate targets could significantly increase risk for tipping
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Temporarily overshooting the climate targets of 1.5-2 degrees Celsius could increase the tipping risk of several Earth system elements by more than 70 percent compared to keeping global warming in line with the United Nations Paris Agreement range, a new risk analysis study by an internation
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Current Antarctic conservation efforts insufficient to avoid biodiversity
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Existing conservation efforts are insufficient to protect Antarctic ecosystems, and population declines are likely for 65 per cent of the continent's plants and wildlife by the year 2100, according to a study
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Massive 'marimo' algae balls at risk from deadly winter sunburn
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Climate change could overexpose rare underwater "marimo" algae balls to sunlight, killing them off according to a new study at the University of Tokyo. Marimo are living fluffy balls of green algae. The world's largest marimo can be found in Lake Akan in Hokkaido, Japan's northern main isla
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Study identifies new cause for melting Antarctic ice shelves
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Researchers have discovered a process that can contribute to the melting of ice shelves in the Antarctic. An international team of scientists found that adjacent ice shelves play a role in causing instability in others downstream.
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Research: Polarity proteins in grass shape efficient "breathing" pores
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Grasses have "respiratory pores" (called stomata) that open and close to regulate the uptake of carbon dioxide for photosynthesis on the one hand and water loss through transpiration on the other.
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WMO releases 'tell-tale signs' of extreme weather conditions around world
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The events of 2022 once again underlined the clear need to do much more to cut greenhouse gas emissions
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Meeting of panel under Union forest ministry resolves to protect wildlife
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Protection of wildlife ad theyr habitats were among the key takeaways of a meeting of the Consultative Committee of Member of Parliament, under Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change was held on Friday in New Delhi.
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Eastern Himalayan Naturenomics Forum 2022 - 'Ecology is Economy'
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], December 23 (ANI/GPRC): Balipara Foundation hosted its 10th annual Balipara Foundation Awards at the 10th Eastern Himalayan NaturenomicsTM Forum 2022 in Dhaka from 11th - 13th December 2022, in its first-ever international conclave at Independent University Bangladesh. Bu
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