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Global warming could come in the way of India realising its ambition of becoming a chip-making hub
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The researchers deployed explainable artificial intelligence to show that changes in daily precipitation variations were gradually intensifying upon weather timescales, in contrast to typical studies, which largely focus on long-term trends in monthly or annual precipitation.
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They have revealed a major change in the properties of worldwide daily precipitation using a deep learning approach. The results of their study were released in the academic journal Nature.
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In the last few weeks, planet Earth has experienced record-breaking extreme weather conditions.
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Wayward weather events come as a compelling reminder that India is ill-equipped to tackle many of its effects
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A record like this is another piece of evidence for the now massively supported proposition that global warming is pushing us into a hotter future.
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Metaverse-based remote working, distance learning and virtual tourism could be promoted to improve air quality
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Instead of cutting down the trees, authorities decided to translocate by uprooting the trees and later replanting them.
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Nations can quit coal in a rapid, just and orderly manner, but they need a coordinated mix of policies
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By Dr Oruganty Prasada Rao The buzzword the world over nowadays is ‘phase-out coal’. The idea is to limit the rise in global temperature to 2 degrees Celsius, preferably 1.5 degrees Celsius, compared with pre-industrial levels, as per the Paris agreement on climate change. What is wrong with coal Coal is a fossil fuel like […]
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The signs are too ominous to ignore. Despite the ongoing efforts to reduce the risks associated with climate change, half of humanity is living in the danger zone and many ecosystems are at the point of no return. For India, the dangers are far too grave. The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) […]
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Blurb: The UN says farming produces 40% of human-caused emissions. Alternative animal feeds to reduce methane from livestock, shifting towards plant-based diets and draining rice paddy fields will all help. Methane is 84 times more potent at trapping heat than carbon dioxide in the short term, so reducing methane is the fastest way to limit […]
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As the world leaders gather at Scotland’s Glasgow for the United Nations Climate Change Conference—COP26 (Conference of the Parties), the key question that needs to be asked is whether the principle of equality and level playing field is being applied in the case of global climate crisis. The principles of fair play demand that the […]
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In many places, big cats prey on livestock as an easy source of food, causing problems with ranchers who moving into cat territories. Often these ranchers will hunt the cats to protect their livestock, which in many places is the only source of income for people. Snow leopards, lions, cheetahs, and jaguars all face this challenging threat
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New York: Four people of Indian origin and a Nepali family of three have died in New York from the flooding caused by Hurricane Ida that battered the US. Phamatee Ramskriet, 43, and her son Krishah, 22, drowned when their basement flat flooded in New York City on September 1. Mingma Sherpa, 48, and Ang […]
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Thus, the day is designed to bring awareness about these different species and the reasons for their numbers coming down drastically.
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We need to practise what has been passed down and revere nature to fight climate change
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Deforestation causes only ten per cent of global warming
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The IMF chief noted that a carbon price floor arrangement does not mean carbon taxes per se.
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Tropical cyclones have caused 28.6% of mortalities in the last five decades, second only to floods responsible for maximum human deaths
