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Activist raise alarm over curb of freedom of speech in Hong Kong
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Oslo [Norway], May 24 (ANI): A prominent Hong Kong activist has raised alarm over the curb of free speech in Hong Kong at the Oslo Freedom Forum (OFF).
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HCL and UNLEASH partner to develop solutions for Aquatic Ecosystem Conserv
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 20 (ANI/BusinessWire India): HCL Group and UNLEASH, a global innovation program for the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), announced a year-long collaboration to mobilize youth and develop innovative solutions to promote aquatic ecosystem conservatio
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Pakistan's water woes to worsen with climate change
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 17 (ANI): Highlighting that the Himalayan glaciers have lost more mass since 2000 than in the entire twentieth century, a report by a Washington-based institute said that water scarcity in Pakistan is projected to worsen with climate change.
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Severe climate change in Pakistan melting glaciers, raising risk of natura
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 11 (ANI): Climate change has emerged as a key concern in Pakistan, with the outburst of the Shishper Glacier and the flood in Hunza in Gilgit-Baltistan raising concerns in the country.
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Pak PM orders measures to control glacial lake outburst flood
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 8 (ANI): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday asked officials to take measures to control a glacial lake outburst flood from a glacier in Hunza, Pak media reported.
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Ice flow more sensitive to stress than previously thought, finds study
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Cambridge (Massachusetts) [US], March 11 (ANI): A new study, led by MIT researchers, has shown that the rate of glacier ice flow is more sensitive to stress than previously calculated.
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Seismic study discloses main reason for rise of Patagonia as glaciers melt
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Missouri (Washington) [US], February 28 (ANI): Patagonia, which is the ground beneath ice fields in Chile and Argentina has been shifting and rising as the glaciers in the Andes mountain range have been melting for quite some time. Geologists have recently discovered a link between recent ic
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China making Tibet dumping ground for toxic waste, not providing resources
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 29 (ANI): The Chinese Communist Party is exploiting Tibet by making the region a dumping ground for toxic waste and has failed to provide the area with the resources needed to protect its fragile ecosystem and unique biome, said a report.
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South Asia faces environmental watershed amid climate change: Experts
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], December 16 (ANI): South Asian region is facing an environmental watershed from rising sea levels endangering the Maldives and melting of glaciers affecting Nepal and Afghanistan to overdevelopment that threatens Tibet's vital ecosystem and destabilisation caused by climate-indu
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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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Production of nuclear weapons, dumping of waste damage the environment of
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], December 3 (ANI): Tibetan glaciers are melting three times faster than the rest of the world due to global warming, production of nuclear weapons and dumping of nuclear waste in the region.
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Uttarakhand: SDRF rescues 60 people, recovers five bodies from rain-hit Ba
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Bageshwar (Uttarakhand) [India], October 24 (ANI): State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) has so far rescued a total of 60 people trapped due to heavy rains and retrieved five bodies during search and rescue operations in various parts of Bageshwar district of Uttarakhand.
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