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Smoke from wildfires destroys Ozone layer, reveals study
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Waterloo [Canada], March 18 (ANI): A new study led by the University of Waterloo found that smoke from wildfires can destroy the ozone layer. Researchers cautioned that if major fires became more frequent with a changing climate, more damaging ultraviolet radiation from the sun will reach th
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World Bank supports Bangladesh farmers vulnerable to climate change
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Washington [US], March 17 (ANI/Xinhua): Bangladesh and the World Bank have signed a 120 million US dollars financing agreement to help improve the irrigated agricultural and fisheries production and increase the incomes of 170,000 poor people vulnerable to climate change.
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Ancient ice reveals scores of gigantic volcanic eruptions: Study
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Copenhagen [Denmark], March 17 (ANI): New research led by the University of Copenhagen, Antarctica and Greenland has revealed gigantic volcanic eruptions during the last ice age. Sixty-nine of these were larger than any eruption in modern history.
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Allergy seasons likely to become longer, intense due to climate change: St
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Washington [US], March 17 (ANI): According to new research led by the University of Michigan, allergy seasons are likely to become longer and grow more intense as a result of increasing temperatures caused by manmade climate change.
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China's aggressive illegal fishing hurting world's marine resources
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Beijing [China], March 17 (ANI): Over-exploitation and illegal fishing by China is hurting the world's marine resources and livelihoods.
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India needs 1.3 to 1.5 billion tonnes of coal by 2030
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New Delhi [India], March 16 (ANI): The government on Wednesday informed that India needs 1.3 to 1.5 billion tonnes of coal by 2030.
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Fast-melting alpine permafrost may contribute to rising global temperature
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Washington [US], March 15 (ANI): Using lake sediment in the Tibetan Plateau, a team of researchers from the University of Arizona were able to show that permafrost at high elevations is more vulnerable than arctic permafrost under projected future climate conditions.
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Study suggests climate tipping may not always be disastrous
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Washington [US], March 15 (ANI): The findings of a recent mathematical analysis, of tipping in large, spatially heterogeneous systems, which natural systems like ice sheets, lakes, and forests often are, suggest that the consequences of crossing a tipping point might often be much subtler an
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Gajendra Singh Shekhawat calls for holistic planning, integrative manageme
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New Delhi [India], March 15 (ANI) Stressing on the need for thinking of ourselves as custodians of nature and all its beauty and resources and the fact that in the past 5 decades we have forgotten our responsibilities towards sustainability, Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
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Human-induced climate change can cause widespread disruption in nature, sa
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Geneva [Switzerland], March 14 (ANI): A new study by scientists found that human-induced climate change is causing dangerous and widespread disruption in nature and affecting the lives of billions of people around the world despite efforts to reduce the risks. People and ecosystems least abl
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Climate change activists in France get inspired by Adam McKay's 'Don't Loo
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Washington [US], March 14 (ANI): Apart from racking up four Oscar nominations, filmmaker Adam McKay's star-studded political satire 'Don't Look Up' recently also inspired tens of thousands to march against climate change in France.
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Study finds human actions speed up climate-driven floods, droughts
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Washington [US], March 12 (ANI): A new study has found that streams altered by human activity are at a higher risk of flooding.
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