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The weather is getting wilder, and some see a dire signal in the dataGlobal warming effects are intensifying unexpectedly. Scientists are debating if the pace of climate change is accelerating. Extreme weathe...
Indian student from Telangana dies while trying to escape home fire in GermanyA 22-year-old engineering student from Telangana, Thokala Hruthik Reddy, tragically died in a fire in Brandenburg, Germany, on December 31....
More powerful storm than Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Helene to hit USA? Shocking weather forecast revealedHurricane Katrina, Hurricane Helene are the most powerful hurricanes in the USA. Will there be even more powerful storms in the country?
Researchers sound alarm on 'irreversible climate disaster', Earth's 25 vital signs hit extremesResearchers report that 25 out of 35 planetary vital signs have hit record levels, indicating worsening climate change. Key indicators incl...
Summer of 2024 could be warmest ever measuredSummer 2024 has been recorded as the hottest on Earth, surpassing last year's record. European climate service Copernicus attributes this t...
Reversing warming may stop Greenland ice sheet collapse: studyBreaching the global warming limits could cause Greenland's ice sheet to contribute more than a meter to rising sea levels, according to a ...
Six of nine planetary boundaries now exceeded: StudyA study updating the planetary boundary framework shows that human activities are increasing the risk of triggering dramatic changes in Ear...
Joshimath to Rishikesh highway stretch getting riskier, study findsBased on an inventory of more than 300 landslides along the corridor following exceptionally high rainfall in September and October 2022, t...
Green Electricity can become cheapest energy by 2050, says study"Our research finds that relation can be pretty much reversed by 2050, making the easy-to-decarbonise electricity the mainstay of global en...
COVID-19 lockdowns led to unprecedented decline in global emissions: StudyThe research not only offers a much more precise look at COVID-19's impact on global energy consumption than previous analyses, but also su...
A new world order for the coronavirus era is emergingAs a fast rising power, China is growing more assertive and jostling with many countries.
Complete genome of elephants mappedScientists have sequenced the complete genome of one of the world's most iconic animal families - elephants, and their relatives mammoths a...
China wants to buy Europe: Chinese investors have powerful attraction to EU companiesChinese buyers acquired Volvo in Sweden, a large stake in Peugeot, Sonya Rykiel in France, Pizza Express & clothing maker Aquascutum in the...
China may have been first to domesticate chickenThe researchers obtained mitochondrial DNA sequences from up to 10,000-year-old chicken fossils originating from northern China.
- Warming may sink 136 of 700 heritage sites
Climate change is threatening the world’s cultural heritage with scientists estimating that 136 of 700 listed cultural monuments by Unesco ...
Global warming may threaten World Heritage sitesSome of the world's most recognizable and important landmarks such as the Statue of Liberty and Sydney Opera House could be lost to rising ...
Delay in climate policy would triple short-term mitigation costs: StudyDelaying action to tackle climate change raises the cost of reducing emissions and makes it tougher to garner political will and public sup...
UN Climate Change Negotiations 2012: Drought looms as India faces rain deficitThe monsoon has regularly stumped forecasters in the first decade of the 21st century, during which the country faced the driest June in 10...
- UN Climate Change Negotiations 2012: India faces risk of devastating droughts
India faces the risk of devastating droughts as monsoon rainfall can fall up to 70% short in the years ahead, ravaging crops and unsettling...
Rising carbon dioxide levels lowering rice yieldsRising levels of carbon dioxide are lowering the high grain yields of dwarf rice varieties, says a new research from Germany.