Climate Watch
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I personally welcome activism of Disha Ravi, says US climate envoy John Kerry
He added that human rights have always been a ‘critical issue’ for the United States.
Scroll Staff
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Uttarakhand flood: Scientists highlight the need to improve monitoring of glaciers
Gathering baseline data will help in understanding the hydrology, geology and climate change response of Himalayan glaciers.
Sahana Ghosh
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The world’s wettest place in North East India is witnessing a decline in rainfall
The phenomenon is driven by changes in the Indian Ocean temperature and conversion of forestlands and vegetation cover to croplands in the last two decades.
Sahana Ghosh
Trending
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As India is battered by severe Covid-19 second wave, where is Narendra Modi and his government?
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A century after Nikola Tesla’s failed experiment, 5G may realise his dream of wireless electricity
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‘Ajeeb Daastaans’ review: One episode in the Netflix anthology film is worth the price of the rest
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India played down new mutant Covid strains to avoid panic – but this may have backfired
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The Covid-19 pandemic is raging like never before. Why can’t India suspend the Kumbh?
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In 2020, India was hit by two of the world’s 10 most costly climate disasters
Super cyclone Amphan ranked fourth in the year’s global list of climate disasters that resulted in widespread financial damages.
Bhasker Tripathi, IndiaSpend.com
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India’s heatwaves will intensify four-fold by 2100, says its first climate assessment report
The report also warns of increased stress on the country’s natural resources.
Mayank Aggarwal
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Climate change policies will continue to fall short unless we hand the mic to those most hurt by it
A People’s Climate Report tells stories of traditional forest dwellers in Odisha, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Sundarbans.
The People’s Climate Network
Video
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Non-fungible tokens: Watch Jimmy Fallon list the facts and the fiction
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Watch: Meet Asif Sultani from Afghanistan, all set to compete at the Tokyo Olympics for Team Refugee
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‘Better start walking’: White US Army officer assaults Black man, demands he leaves neighbourhood
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Watch: Large sections of Jurassic Coast cliff collapse in UK’s biggest rockfall in 60 years
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Watch: Abandoned baby chimp born with broken ribs has ecstatic reunion with human parents
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Environmentalists in India are trying to map peatlands. How will this help combat climate change?
Peatlands are found across India but there has been no effort to systematically map them.
Kartik Chandramouli
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Sydney’s Delhi moment: It’s time for Australia to wake up to the climate change challenge
Even as people are taking note of the escalating climate emergency, research tells us hardly anyone talks about it.
Blanche Verlie, The Conversation
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Mixing local wisdom and policy might save Sikkim’s yak herders from climate change
Rising temperatures have caused seasonal shifts, reduced snowfall and led to more animal deaths in the region.
Sahana Ghosh
The Reel
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IFFLA 2021 programme includes ‘Fire in the Mountains’, ‘Biriyaani’, ‘Koozhangal’ and ‘Seththumaan’
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‘Ajeeb Daastaans’ review: One episode in the Netflix anthology film is worth the price of the rest
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‘99 Songs’ movie review: The math doesn’t add up in saga of a tortured artist
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‘Minari’ movie review: Tender performances in a Korean family’s encounter with the American dream
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‘Game of Thrones’ at 10: Its popularity is rooted in a mix of qualities rarely seen in conjunction
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The black smoke from Amazon fires is accelerating climate change
If the trend continues, it could affect drinking water supply to major parts of South America.
Matthew Harris, The Conversation
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Should you be worried about your carbon footprint every time you take a flight?
Even if biofuels and electric planes become more common, flying may never be climate neutral.
Shaun Hendy, The Conversation
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Meet the 11-year-old who sued the Indian government for inaction on climate change
Ridhima Pandey is one of the 16 child activists who filed a complaint with the UN.
Sahana Ghosh
The Field
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Monte Carlo Masters: Andrey Rublev outlasts 11-time champion Rafael Nadal in three-set battle
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IPL 2021: Deepak Chahar stars as CSK outplay Punjab Kings in MS Dhoni’s milestone match
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BCCI to field men and women’s teams if cricket is part of Los Angeles Olympics in 2028: Report
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IPL 2021: Anirudha Joshi replaces injured Shreyas Iyer in Delhi Capitals squad
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IPL 2021: Ben Stokes to have surgery on broken finger, likely out for 12 weeks