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When the temperatures spiked last year, numerous weather agencies said it was the hottest month, summer and year on record. But those recor...

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A newer way of eating the bread seems to be an emerging trend for the urban millennials.

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Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology has come up with a study on impact of climate change on the Indian summer monsoon in last 10,000 years...

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Global warming over the 20th century has produced the hottest global average temperatures in 1400 years, a major scientific study has found.

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