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Study shows yield losses intensify when groundwater dwindles
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Researchers used three decades of data to illustrate how groundwater depletion, which many farmers rely on for irrigation, might affect food production in drought and drier climates.
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Udumalpet's Evolution: Navigating Growth and Progress
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Udumalpet (Tamil Nadu) [India], December 9: In the heart of Tirupur district lies Udumalpet, a town that is currently in the midst of a notable infrastructural and social transformation. The town which is experiencing a surge in progress, marking a shift toward becoming a vibrant center of g
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Research finds humidity can increase heat risk in urban climates
Updated : 3 years ago IST
A latest study, led by Yale School of the Environment scientists and published in Nature, investigated the combined effect of temperature and humidity on urban heat stress using observational data and an urban climate model calculation.
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Humidity may increase heat risk in urban climates: Study
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Researchers found that the heat stress burden is dependent on local climate and a humidifying effect can erase the cooling benefits that would come from trees and vegetation.
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Humidity might increase heat risk in urban climates: Study
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
As temperatures throughout the world hit record highs, cities are experiencing unusual heat stress. Cities are often warmer and drier than surrounding rural terrain. However, in the Global South, there is an extra complicating factor: urban humid heat.
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From sustainable practices to Artificial Intelligence: India's agriculture
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
India's farmers have been well utilising the country's 20 agri-climatic regions, 15 major climates and all 46 types of soils found in India, the piece of land that we, 1.4 billion people, call home.
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A Hitachi checklist for buying your next AC
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 17 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Buying an air conditioner is an important decision, especially in hot and humid climates. The right air conditioner can keep your home cool and comfortable but choosing the right model can be overwhelming. In this blog, we'll guide you th
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Dharti Agro in Hybrid Seed Revolution: Launches one of the World's First G
Updated : 3 years, 5 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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Researchers discover overlooked Jurassic Park of lizards
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New research published today in eLife by researchers from the Institut Catala de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont (ICP) and the University of Bristol (UB) moves back the moment of the radiation of squamates the group of reptiles that includes lizards, snakes and worm lizards to the Jurassic
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Research: Tropical insects are extremely sensitive to changing climates
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 15 (ANI): Insects that are adapted to perennially wet environments, like tropical rainforests, don't tend to do well when their surroundings dry out. New research indicates they may be equally averse to heavy rainfall. The results of an extensive five-year study co
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Research: Dinosaurs take control in cold climates
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 14 (ANI): A new study of ancient mass extinction suggests that ancient high latitudes, to which early dinosaurs were largely relegated, regularly froze over, and that the creatures adapted an apparent key to their later dominance.
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Lichens in danger of losing evolutionary race with climate change: Study
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Chicago [US], February 15 (ANI): Algae are a lot more than just the green scum that shows up on walls. These tiny plants, when teamed up with a fungus, form a composite structure called lichen. Lichens grow everywhere, from tundras in the Arctic to the bark of the tree in one's yard, and do
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