Global Warming
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Scientists want to cool Earth by shooting clouds of Moon dust into space. Here’s why it’s a bad idea
An elaborate scheme to shade Earth is unlikely to get off the ground.
Aaron Tang, The Conversation
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India needs to take the methane emissions from landfills more seriously
Methane is a greenhouse gas 28 times more potent than carbon dioxide at warming the atmosphere over a 100-year period.
Flavia Lopes, IndiaSpend.com
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Melting glaciers threaten China and India’s hydropower ambitions
The dams the two countries are relying on may not be able to generate much power if avalanches, landslides and floods continue worsening.
Alok Gupta
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Kannad, Keral, Karnatak: Why do Hindi speakers ‘mispronounce’ South Indian names?
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Women’s Boxing World C’ships finals live blog: Nikhat Zareen becomes two-time World Champion
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What Rajasthan’s right to health law promises – and where it falls short
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Unable to find good jobs, youth in India are turning to scam call centres and online microwork
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Lamenting the lost art of letter-writing: A radical art form showing ‘the full catastrophe of life’
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Without mitigating measures, the health effects of heat stress will worsen considerably in India
Experts warn of a public health challenge with climate change making summer heat more extreme.
Sahana Ghosh
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Two illustrations explain the impact of the urban heat island effect in Delhi and Mumbai
Why is Bandra Kurla Complex hotter on some days than the neighbouring Maharashtra Nature Park? Blame the lack of vegetation.
Alisha Vasudev
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Even if humans put a complete end to emissions, the world may not stop warming
The atmosphere has 50% more carbon dioxide today than it did before the industrial era. Those gases will continue raising Earth temperature for years.
Julien Emile-Geay, The Conversation
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Earth Hour: From Howrah Bridge to Eiffel Tower, famous landmarks switch off their lights
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Watch: Rescue cat Lucy leads gym class for her human friends
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Watch: Lorry loses control, mounts divider, crashes into railing on a road in Hosur, Tamil Nadu
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Eco India: What is digital solar, and can it push urban Indians to switch from using fossil fuels?
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Watch: Zebra escapes from South Korean zoo, gallops through traffic for hours before getting rescued
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‘We have no money’: Mumbai’s fisherwomen say the heatwave is hurting their livelihood
Unions say insurance against losses to erratic weather is needed for fishers as well.
Roli Srivastava, Thomson Reuters Foundation
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India could experience extreme heat if emissions are not controlled, says UN body on climate change
Many impacts of global warming now ‘irreversible’, it added.
Scroll Staff
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Each tourist to the Antarctic effectively melts 83 tonnes of snow
A study new has quantified the levels of black carbon in the snow near human settlements and how it is affecting the region.
Matthew Harris, The Conversation
The Reel
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Start the week with a film: The very violent and very clever ‘Battle Royale’
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Review: ‘Boston Strangler’ looks for the woman in the serial killer story
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‘Chor Nikal Ke Bhaga’ review: A smart and entertaining thriller
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‘Jubilee’ trailer: Series is set in the Hindi film industry of the 1940s and 1950s
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‘Bheed’ review: Chaos and ambivalence at a check post aimed at tackling the Covid outbreak
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In Ladakh’s Pangong region, glaciers have retreated 6.7% since 1990
This is primarily attributed to atmospheric warming and an increase in the anthropogenic footprint in the glacial and periglacial environments, research shows.
Mudassir Kuloo
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2021 was one of the hottest years on record – and for some people, the coldest
A reflection on the year that was.
Andrew King, The Conversation
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The loss of Indian glaciers is pushing Himachal Pradesh towards water insecurity
The area under snow cover in Himachal Pradesh in 2019-’20 was 23,542 sq km, which dropped to 19,183 sq km in 2020-’21.
Kapil Kajal
The Field
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WPL 2023 Final, DC vs MI live blog: Meg Lanning and Harmanpreet Kaur’s teams eye first title
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Women’s Boxing World C’ships finals live blog: Nikhat Zareen becomes two-time World Champion
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Watch, WPL final: Delhi Capitals, Mumbai Indians men’s teams send their wishes ahead of title clash
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Watch highlights, Swiss Open Super 300: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty clinch title
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Swiss Open Super 300 final as it happened: Satwik-Chirag clinch first 2023 title with thrilling win