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Is China behind California’s 2017 catastrophic rain? New study finds a surprising 'climate teleconnection' linking the Rocky Mountains and Tibetan Plateau- Why are wildfires becoming more frequent across North America? Causes explained
- Who is Omar Yaghi, scientist born to Palestinian refugees who won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- Historians see autocratic playbook in Trump's attacks on scienceDonald Trump's policies face scrutiny for impacting scientific progress. Critics draw parallels between his actions and those of autocratic...01 Sep, 2025, 09.28 AM IST
- $244 billion a year: The cost of Canadian wildfire crossing borders across US?A recent study reveals that wildfire smoke poses a significant threat to American health and economy, surpassing many other climate change ...05 Jun, 2025, 04.18 PM IST
- Explainer: How climate change fuels extreme heat worldwideClimate change is driving dangerous heat waves across the Northern Hemisphere, with global emissions continuing to rise since 1995.24 Jun, 2024, 12.39 AM IST
- How climate change fuels extreme heat worldwideClimate change is driving dangerous heat waves across the Northern Hemisphere, with Christiana Figueres highlighting the global impact. Ris...20 Jun, 2024, 10.28 PM IST
- Climate change makes wildfires and smoke worse. Scientists think it's the 'new abnormal'Climate change is causing an increase in wildfires and smoke, which is impacting more areas than ever before. The term "new abnormal" is be...03 Jul, 2023, 05.40 PM IST
- Climate change keeps making wildfires and smoke worse. Scientists call it the 'new abnormal'As Earth's climate continues to change from heat-trapping gases spewed into the air, ever fewer people are out of reach from the billowing ...01 Jul, 2023, 12.28 PM IST
- How shocking the ocean could turn it into a carbon removal powerhouseWhile the ocean is already Earth's most powerful tool for carbon removal, we need it to do some more to reach net zero emissions.15 May, 2023, 09.40 AM IST
- Canada, US heat wave 'on steroids' due to climate change, say experts"This is one of the most extreme heat waves that we have seen on Earth, in many years, anywhere, in terms of the deviation from the typical...01 Jul, 2021, 09.19 AM IST
- How long is the solar system's longest day? Venus has the answerThe study also measured the tilt of the Venusian axis and size of the planet's core, allowing for a deeper understanding of an enigmatic wo...03 May, 2021, 11.02 PM IST
- Plasma jets may kill novel coronavirus on surfaces within secondsPlasma is one of the four basic states of matter and can be created by heating a stable gas or subjecting it to a strong electromagnetic fi...11 Nov, 2020, 01.59 PM IST
- Future tense for Indian students as US campuses shut down amid coronavirus fearsMIT and 150 other universities have moved classes online. Several have asked students to vacate campuses.16 Mar, 2020, 09.49 AM IST
- Methane rainstorms on Titan more frequent than thoughtNew York, Oct 14 (IANS) Scientists have found that intense methane rainstorms batter Saturn's largest moon Titan much more frequently than ...14 Oct, 2017, 01.27 PM IST
- Sun's core rotates four times faster than its surface: StudyThe rotation of the solar core may give a clue to how the Sun formed. After the Sun formed, the solar wind likely slowed the rotation of th...02 Aug, 2017, 01.07 PM IST
- Obama selects 4 Indian American scientists for presidential awardsWashington, Jan 10 (IANS) Four Indian-American scientists have been chosen among 102 researchers who will receive the Presidential Early Ca...10 Jan, 2017, 05.37 PM IST
- Jupiter-like planet discovered 100 light years away; may hold waterIt is the first planet detected by the Gemini Planet Imager, or GPI, which was designed to discover and analyse faint, young planets.14 Aug, 2015, 02.38 PM IST
- NASA probe indicates asteroid once had flowing waterVesta was once thought to be completely dry, incapable of retaining water because of the low temperatures and pressures at its surface.26 Jan, 2015, 02.38 PM IST
- Solar wind may help detect Earth-bound space rocksEven if main asteroid never comes close to planet, Earth's gravitational pull can peel smaller orbitals off and bring them directly toward ...22 Dec, 2014, 06.12 PM IST
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