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Heatwave scorches Pakistan, mercury shoots to 51 degrees Celsius in Jacoba
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], May 15 (ANI): Heatwave across Pakistan is creating a major health crisis with mercury shooting as high as 51 degrees Celsius in Jacobabad, Sindh on Saturday.
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German development minister says world may face worst famine since WW2
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], May 8 (ANI/Sputnik): The coronavirus pandemic, drought and the crisis unfolding in Ukraine are pushing food prices to record highs and threatening the world with the worst famine since World War 2, German Minister for Economic Development and Cooperation Svenja Schulze said
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500,000 people displaced by drought in Somalia in three months: UNHCR
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Mogadishu [Somalia], April 26 (ANI/Xinhua): About 500,000 people have been displaced due to severe drought ravaging several parts of Somalia in the first three months to March, the United Nations refugee agency said Tuesday.
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Drought, political turmoil lead to low yields for Afghan farmers
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 15 (ANI): Drought combined with political turmoil has led to low yields for farmers in Afghanistan.
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Study finds how mountain streams can signal climate change
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Riverside (California)[US], April 9 (ANI): Scientists at the University of California have found a new tool that can better assess an important but overlooked indicator of global warming, which is a variety of bugs, worms and snails living in high mountain streams.
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Study reveals rampaging strength of flash droughts
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Austin [Texas], April 3 (ANI): According to a new study, 'flash droughts' can come fast, drying out soil in a matter of days to a week while destroying all crops to cause huge economic losses.
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Increased heat, drought restrict growth of tropical trees: Study
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Tucson [US], April 1 (ANI): A new study has found that tropical trees growth is reduced in years when the dry season is drier and warmer than normal.
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Human-induced climate change can cause widespread disruption in nature, sa
Updated : 4 years ago IST
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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Study finds human actions speed up climate-driven floods, droughts
Updated : 4 years ago IST
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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Study finds catchment restoration in mountains can reduce climate change i
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Cape Town [South Africa], March 10 (ANI): A new research led by the University of Cape Town (UCT) has shown how catchment restoration through the management of alien tree infestation in the mountains of the South-Western Cape could have lessened the impact of climate change on low river flow
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Human actions accelerate climate-driven floods, droughts
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 9 (ANI): A study of more than 2,000 streams around North America found that those altered by human activity are at greater risk of flooding.
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Portugal begins to ration water amid extreme drought
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Lisbon [Portugal], March 6 (ANI/Xinhua): Several cities across Portugal, more than 95 per cent of whose territory is in "severe or extreme drought," have begun to adopt measures to ration water use.
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