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China: Over 8.96 million people affected due to natural disasters in Octob
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Beijing [China], November 3 (ANI): More than 8.96 million people have been affected due to natural disasters including floods, droughts in month of October in China, local news reported.
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UN agency warns of looming global water crisis
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 6 (ANI/Xinhua): The World Meteorological Organization (WMO), a specialised agency of the United Nations (UN), warned on Tuesday that climate change increases the global risk of water-related hazards like floods and droughts, and the number of people affected
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Water crisis could lead to conflicts in the Middle East
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], 14 September (ANI): The Middle East is warming at twice the global average and this summer several countries like Kuwait, Oman, Iran, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia recorded temperatures exceeding 50 degrees Celsius(122 Fahrenheit), as forests burn, and severe
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Madagascar population facing severe humanitarian crisis due to drought: UN
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Antananarivo [Madagascar], August 22 (ANI): Hundreds of thousands of people are suffering from one of the worst droughts in the south of Madagascar in 40 years, the most senior UN official in the country has said, warning that the population is facing a severe humanitarian crisis.
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Floods may be nearly as important as droughts for future carbon accounting
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 1 (ANI): In a global analysis of vegetation over more than three decades, Stanford University researchers found that photosynthesis -- the process by which plants take up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere- was primarily influenced by floods and heavy rainfall nearly as
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Scientists launch new tool to make climate impact science more accessible
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], June 15 (ANI): Data and explanations on global warming impacts - from floods to droughts- are made more accessible to the public by a team of 12 international research institutes.
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US raises concerns over China's upstream dams on Mekong river basin
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 1 (ANI): Raising concerns over the dipping water-levels of the Mekong River and upstream dams in China, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Ambassador Atul Keshap points out that upstream dams in China that exacerbate drough
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Disturbance from North Atlantic capable of derailing Indian monsoon: Study
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 17 (ANI): A planetary wave from the North Atlantic is capable of derailing the Indian monsoon on which the Indian economy is heavily dependent, suggests a study published in the journal Science, said Ministry of Science and Technology on Thursday.
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Droughts may push Platypuses to extinction: Study
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Sydney [Australia], Jan 22 (ANI): The Platypus, a unique and enigmatic mammal endemic to Australia, is now facing the threat of extinction due to the devastating droughts that have struck the continent.
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Hyderabad: Zero Waste Eco-Store promotes environment-friendly products to
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Oct 19 (ANI): While the world is facing a severe environmental crisis due to abuse of nature's resources, resulting in unprecedented droughts, massive floods and record-high temperatures, a Hyderabad couple along with other partners have taken an initiative to
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There's no Earth B: Children skip school to walk the talk on climate chang
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Sept 27 (ANI): "We have to raise our thoughts, not the sea levels," was the hard-hitting message echoing the parliament street adjoining Jantar Mantar here on Friday when dozens of children skipped school to draw everyone's attention to today's urgency - climate change!
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Human influence on global droughts goes back to 100 years: NASA study
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 2 (ANI): A new study has claimed that greenhouse gases and atmospheric particles generated by human beings were affecting the worldwide drought risk as far back as the early 20th century.
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