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Textbooks not keeping pace of increasing climate impacts: Research
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A new study from North Carolina State University finds that biology textbooks have done a poor job of incorporating material related to climate change. For example, the study found that most textbooks published in the 2010s included less information about climate change than they did in the
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India, ADB sign USD 125 mln loan to improve urban services in Tamil Nadu
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The Indian government and Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Tuesday signed a USD 125 million loan to develop climate-resilient sewage collection and treatment and drainage and water supply systems in three cities of Tamil Nadu.
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Brown algae deliver slime to climate: Research
Updated : 3 years, 3 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, 3 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, 3 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, 3 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, 3 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, 3 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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Researchers say plant roots identify the climatic conditions
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The unique climatic characteristics that a plant needs to thrive are determined by the characteristics of its roots. The nature of ecological trade-offs is questioned in a recent study conducted by the University of Wyoming that throws insight on this relationship.
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Massive 'marimo' algae balls at risk from deadly winter sunburn
Updated : 3 years, 3 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, 3 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, 3 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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