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Pakistan: China announces Khunjerab Pass closure for four months in winter
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Khunjerab Pass connects Gilgit-Baltistan with China's Xinjiang region and is the highest paved international border at 15,500 feet from sea level.
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Australia offers Tuvalu residents special visa
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese signed a bilateral agreement with Tuvalu, on Friday aimed at countering China's influence in the Pacific and protecting the tiny island nation from climate change. China's influence in the Pacific has undoubtedly been growing in the past half-c
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Basal melting of ice shelves in Greenland may lead to a 2-meter rise in se
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Published in 'Nature Communications' on Tuesday, a study into Greenland's huge northern glaciers found that melting of ice shelves may lift the sea levels by 2.1 meters, nearly 7 feet if the glaciers were to break down completely.
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Israel preparing for climate change problems
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The Ministry of Environmental Protection held a meeting of the Climate Change Preparedness Directorate to promote the formulation of the national plan for climate change and to prepare for expected rises in sea levels.
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Bhutan: Harmonizing dreams with heritage
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
At the forefront of this evolving narrative stands Lungchutse, a sacred hilltop that has seamlessly intertwined itself with Bhutanese ambitions. Amid the diverse crowd of residents and visitors, the hill’s elevation of 3,569 meters above sea level belies its celestial importance. It houses a
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Sea level rise alters habitat of endangered species: Study
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The silver rice rat, an endangered species unique to the Florida Keys, prefers to live along the water's edge for easy access to its low-tide marine species diet.
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Widespread rainfall likely to occur in Telangana during next 24 hrs, red a
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Dr K Nagaratna, Director of Hyderabad Meteorological Centre said that Telangana is likely to have widespread rainfall due to a low pressure laying over South Odisha and North Andhra Pradesh coast along the West Central Bay of Bengal and associated cyclonic circulation which is extending u
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Knesset hears plans to deal with flooding from climate change
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
As part of the Knesset’s Environment Day, representatives of the Ministry of Environmental Protection participated in a special discussion in the Interior and Environmental Protection Committee chaired by MK Ya’akov Asher, on the subject of coastal authorities dealing with the effects of cli
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Amarnath Yatra, a great example of communal harmony, brotherhood
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The historic 62-day annual Amarnath Yatra is going on at Gupha, located at an altitude of 13 thousand feet above sea level. There are two ways to go for this Yatra which started on July 1, 2023.
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Buddhist monks take part in ‘Peace Walk’ in Ladakh, laud PM Modi’s call fo
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Spreading Lord Buddha's messages of peace and harmony, they walked from NDS stadium to Shanti Stupa in Leh, Ladakh which is located at an elevation of 11,841 feet above sea level, which culminated the 32-day Padh Yatra, of 150 Buddhist monks and laypersons of Thailand, for world peac
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Cyclonic circulation lies over Northwest Bay of Bengal and Odisha-Gangetic
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
"A cyclonic circulation lies over Northwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining north Odisha-Gangetic West Bengal coasts and extends upto 5.8 km above mean sea level tilting southwards with height," IMD Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar said.
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IMD issues extremely heavy rain alert in Kerala for next 3 to 5 days
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The cyclonic circulation over the southwest Bay of Bengal and its neighbourhood now lies over the West-central Bay of Bengal adjoining the North Andhra Pradesh coast and extends between 1.5 to 7.6 km above mean sea level tilting southwestwards with height.
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