Warming World
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Summer nights were no longer as cool as they used to be and that can have deadly health effects
When the gap between maximums and minimums becomes small in a given day, people remain exposed to higher levels of heat energy
Tanvi Deshpande, IndiaSpend.com
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As extreme weather events surge, what happens when there is no language to talk of climate change?
Those most vulnerable to climate disasters have little access to information that can explain these phenomena in words they can understand.
Omair Ahmad
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Climate change: How can India’s concretised, dangerously hot cities be cooled down sustainably?
Extreme weather can reduce productivity and GDP. Ensuring waste management, robust public transport and more open, green spaces could bring some respite.
OP Agarwal, Jaya Dhindaw & Raj Bhagat Palanichamy
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In Saudi Arabia’s scaled-down plans for megacity across the desert – a warning sign for the future
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These innovations have made Amrik Sukhdev Dhaba in Murthal the truck drivers’ favourite since 1967
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Thriller: A serial killer is on the loose, murdering India’s famous nuclear scientists one by one
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Why even those who don’t believe in deities love bhakti poetry
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Can AAP and Congress settle their differences to take on the BJP in Delhi?
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There’s an easy way to cool down cities: Make the pavements lighter-coloured and reflective
Reflective pavements have the potential to lower air temperatures by more than 1.4 degrees Celsius, shows MIT research.
Hessam AzariJafari, The Conversation & Randolph E Kirchain, The Conversation
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Antarctica may not be as isolated as we thought, and that’s a worry
A warming Earth could see species arrive on the continent via the floating 'taxi service' of the sea, posing a possible threat to its ecosystem.
Nauro Campos, The Conversation
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How climate change will alter life in India in 2030: hotter weather, more dengue
The latest Asian Development Bank report predicts less rice in south India and a severe water deficit across the country.
Nayantara Narayanan
Video
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Watch: Stunning Northern Lights spotted in unexpected places around the world
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Watch: Students in Pakistan enact moments from Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant’s pre-wedding event
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‘Hind’s Hall’: Rapper Macklemore releases poignant song in support of Palestine, US campus protests
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Met Gala 2024: From Alia Bhatt to Isha Ambani, what Indians in attendance wore
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Watch: South Korean band performs Rabindra Sangeet accompanied by traditional Korean instruments