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India has doubled climate spending to 5.6% of GDP, says Finance Minister S
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
India has significantly increased its financial commitment to fighting climate change, with spending on climate action rising from 3.7 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) six years ago to nearly 5.6 per cent today. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman shared these figures while
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Crops seeds return from space in IAEA/FAO project to help feed warming wor
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
To support these farmers and improve global food security, the IAEA and FAO, through their Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, sent seeds into space to explore the effects of cosmic radiation on speeding up natural, genetic adaptation of much needed crops. Th
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Warming climate spurs harmful oxygen loss in lakes: Research
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New research shows a continually warming world is leading to extended, late-summer weeks of water stratification in lakes, which prompts oxygen deprivation in the water provoking conditions called hypoxia (low oxygen) and anoxia (no oxygen) and negative consequences for fish and other specie
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Study: Polar bears of Greenland shed light on future of the species in war
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 26 (ANI): A new population of polar bears documented on the southeast coast of Greenland use glacier ice to survive despite limited access to sea ice, according to a new study by the University of Washington. This small, genetically distinct group of polar bears could b
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Population of polar bears shed light on species' future in warming Arctic:
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 21 (ANI): According to a new study by the University of Washington, a new population of polar bears documented on the southeast coast of Greenland use glacier ice to survive despite limited access to sea ice. This small, genetically distinct group of polar bears could b
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New study shows global warming will cause world's soil to release carbon
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
London [England], November 20 (ANI): The findings of new research suggests that global warming will cause the world's soil to release carbon.
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