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
Trending
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Fact-checking five days of Narendra Modi’s speeches: A catalogue of lies
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Banana republic in the making?: A South Asian perspective on India from Kathmandu
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Karnataka forms SIT to probe ‘obscene videos’ case allegedly involving JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna
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Uttarakhand restricts sale of land for agriculture as locals protest tourism infrastructure boom
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
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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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Video: Listen to this acapella version of Shankar Mahadevan’s ‘Breathless’ by four singers
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Watch: Argentinian woman is crowned Miss Universe Buenos Aires at 60
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat