Climate change
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Editor's Choice
The Delhi heatwave is testing the limits of human endurance. Other hot countries should beware and prepare
Delhi is reeling from the most extreme heatwave India has ever seen. While the record-breaking maximum recorded temperature of 52.9°C…
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Editor's Choice
What is ‘Net Zero’, anyway? A short history of a monumental concept
Last month, the leaders of the G7 declared their commitment to achieving net zero emissions by 2050 at the latest.…
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Featured
Population can’t be ignored. It has to be part of the policy solution to our world’s problems
There is a growing consensus that environmental problems, particularly the effects of climate change, pose a grave challenge to humanity.…
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International
Can we be inoculated against climate misinformation? Yes – if we prebunk rather than debunk
Can we be inoculated against climate misinformation? Yes – if we prebunk rather than debunk
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A deeply troubling discovery’: Earth may have already passed the crucial 1.5°C warming limit
Global temperatures have already exceeded 1.5°C warming and may pass 2°C later this decade, according to a world-first study I…
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World History
Ever heard of the Maritime Continent? It’s not far from Australia – and channels heat around the world
Africa, Asia, Australia, Antarctica, North and South America, Europe – and the Maritime Continent.
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News
India’s ethos, consciousness, and culture have been shaped by forests: Vice President
Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar, Vice President, today called upon all nations to take collective action to address climate change and environmental…
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National
Course members of the 62nd NDC course call on the President
The faculty and course members of the 62nd National Defence College Course, called on the President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu, at…
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Open Section
Union Budget 2022: Focus on Climate Change
The Union Budget 2022 has focus on growth and all-inclusive welfare. It increases focus on technology-enabled development, energy transitions, and…
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Featured
These machines scrub greenhouse gases from the air – an inventor of direct air capture technology shows how it works
One ‘mechanical tree’ is about 1,000 times faster at removing carbon dioxide from air than a natural tree. The first…
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Climate change is making monogamous albatrosses divorce – new research
Changing environmental conditions can put stress on coupled-up animals. Natasha Gillies, Author provided Not all relationships end in “happily ever…
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Explained
Climate Change and its Consequences
This is a simple explanation of Climate Change, based on an article in the New York Times. The average temperature…
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National
PM shares a video expressing gratitude to mother earth on Earth Day
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has said that Earth Day is about expressing gratitude to Mother Earth for her…
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Earth has stayed habitable for billions of years – exactly how lucky did we get?
xtock / shutterstock Toby Tyrrell, University of Southampton It took evolution 3 or 4 billion years to produce Homo sapiens.…
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Editor's Choice
Climate change: The health crisis doctors can’t treat but we can still prevent
Dr. Sharma worked the emergency room during Delhi’s record-breaking heatwave last summer. The first patient arrived at dawn—a 67-year-old construction…
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