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Building a jungle within a glass: Algaetreetm by Mushroom World Umbrella o
Updated : 4 weeks, 1 day ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 11: As the climate crisis intensifies, carbon reduction is no longer a distant policy goal, it has become an immediate urban necessity. Cities today are responsible for the majority of global emissions, while also housing populations most vulnerable to air polluti
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Namma Bengaluru Challenge '26 Shortlists Top 15 Finalists from Record 600
Updated : 3 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], December 9: UnboxingBLR, in partnership with Social Alpha and WTFund, and supported by the Government of Karnataka and the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA), announced today the selection of the Top 15 startups for the Namma Bengaluru Challenge '26 (NBC '26). T
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Resilience AI's Findings on Hyper-Local Heat Risk Central to Delhi Heat Ac
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 24: As a core knowledge partner for the first-ever Delhi Heat Action Plan implementation report, Resilience AI's findings from the pioneering D-HAP implementation report highlight critical insights from its AI-driven assessments of heat vulnerability across the ci
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Research finds humidity can increase heat risk in urban climates
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
A latest study, led by Yale School of the Environment scientists and published in Nature, investigated the combined effect of temperature and humidity on urban heat stress using observational data and an urban climate model calculation.
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Humidity may increase heat risk in urban climates: Study
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Researchers found that the heat stress burden is dependent on local climate and a humidifying effect can erase the cooling benefits that would come from trees and vegetation.
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Humidity might increase heat risk in urban climates: Study
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
As temperatures throughout the world hit record highs, cities are experiencing unusual heat stress. Cities are often warmer and drier than surrounding rural terrain. However, in the Global South, there is an extra complicating factor: urban humid heat.
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