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CAQM Sub-Committee for invoking actions under GRAP holds emergency meeting
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
"While comprehensively reviewing the overall air quality parameters, the Sub-Committee noted that the sudden spike in the overall AQI of Delhi is due to a dip in temperature, calm winds, poor mixing heights and unfavourable ventilation coefficient for dispersion of pollutants and the air qua
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Bishkek hosts round table dedicated to International Day of Mountains
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
In his welcoming speech, the deputy chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers noted that this event is the final stage within the framework of the Year of Protection of Mountain Ecosystems and Climate Resilience, announced by the President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Zhaparov.
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Changes in Earth's orbit may have triggered ancient warming event
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Changes in Earth's orbit that favored hotter conditions may have helped trigger a rapid global warming event 56 million years ago that is considered an analogue for modern climate change, according to an international team of scientists.
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Dharti Agro in Hybrid Seed Revolution: Launches one of the World's First G
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], December 19 (ANI/PRNewswire): Present conditions are severe towards agriculture. Rising human population, fluctuating climates, depleting arable land, coupled with lower productivity and post-harvest losses contributing substantially to food insecurity in the fu
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Goals, targets set in Global Biodiversity Framework should be realistic: B
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav on Sunday said that the goals and targets set in the Global Biodiversity Framework should be ambitious, yet realistic and practical.
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Research: Climate change resulting in itchy eyes and runny nose
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Two of the most common allergens in the contiguous United States are oak and ragweed pollens. Researchers at the Rutgers Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute have modelled how climate change may alter these two pollen distribution patterns. Your eyes may water reading the
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United Nations commemorates International Migrants Day today
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
In recent years, conflict, insecurity, and the effects of climate change, war and conflict have heavily contributed to the forced movement whether within countries or across borders. In 2020 over 281 million people were international migrants while over 59 million people were internally disp
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Linking fossil climate proxies to living bacteria helps climate prediction
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Microbial skins are made out of lipids - fatty molecules - which can be preserved as fossils telling us stories about how these microbes lived in the past.
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India's G20 Presidency looks to bring change amid global challenges
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
G20 is the premier forum for international economic cooperation representing around 85 per cent of the global GDP, over 75 per cent of the worldwide trade, and about two-thirds of the world population.
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Global cholera surge likely accelerated by climate change, warns WHO
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
"The situation is quite unprecedented, for not only we are seeing more outbreaks, but these outbreaks are larger and more deadly than the ones we have seen in past years," said Barboza. "This increasing number of cholera outbreaks is occurring after several years of regular reduction in the
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Pakistan's most crucial challenges include impacts of climate change: Repo
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The most crucial challenges for Pakistan include the impacts of climate change -- floods, heat waves, drought, crop losses and diseases -- whose frequency has increased rapidly over the past couple of decades.
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Scientists suggest that whales could be a valuable carbon sink
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Nature-based solutions to fight climate change take a holistic approach that promotes biodiversity and ecosystem preservation. While many efforts have focused on planting trees or restoring wetlands, researchers publishing in Trends in Ecology and Evolution on December 15 advocate for the im
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