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Pakistan: Climate change deepens water crisis, worries mount amid droughts
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 17 (ANI): Pakistan's Federal Minister for Climate Change, Sherry Rehman, on Monday raised the issue of water scarcity while Pakistan is designated as one of the three most water-stressed countries in the world as the intense water crisis in the country has led to se
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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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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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Australia facing more floods, droughts due to global warming: Report
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Canberra [Australia], March 1 (ANI/Xinhua): Australia is facing more catastrophic weather events as a result of global warming, which will cause death, injury, financial and emotional stress globally, a report has warned.
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New research outlines how recreation will shift with climate change in the
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Logan [US], February 26 (ANI): Changes will be tough, particularly when it involves soaring summer temperatures, mega-droughts, invasive species and other items from the list of unpleasant outcomes of climate change.
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Study suggests melting glaciers will produce new salmon habitat
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 14 (ANI): For decades, climate change has had detrimental impacts on Pacific salmon populations. Spawning streams are overheating and droughts are drying up salmon habitats entirely, impacting many food webs from the Rocky Mountains and Coast Ranges to the Pacific O
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Lahore faces increasing water woes with depleting groundwater
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], December 12 (ANI): Lahore faces increasing water woes with depleting groundwater as it tries to find ways to mitigate the looming droughts.
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Droughts in East Africa require immediate actions to avert famine
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Nairobi [Kenya], November 18 (ANI/Sputnik): Severe droughts across the Horn of Africa leading to high level of food insecurity among population require immediate actions to mitigate further deterioration, joint statement by the Inter-governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and Food and
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