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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Listening to 41 Modi interviews: Few tough questions, no rebuttals, no fact checks
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May global fiction: Six hot-off-the-press books to take you on a world literary tour
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What a regal South Indian ornament in a famous Rossetti painting tells us about the British Raj
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These innovations have made Amrik Sukhdev Dhaba in Murthal the truck drivers’ favourite since 1967
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In heated Maharashtra poll battle, Uddhav Thackeray emerges as Opposition alliance’s strike weapon
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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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Eco India, Episode 260: Can technology's societal benefits extend to environmental sustainability?
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Video: How free and fair are Indian elections today?
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Watch: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan walks the Cannes red carpet with an injured arm
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Watch: Meet Figaro, the curious cat who loves to ‘help’ her human making pottery
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Watch: Messi, the dog from ‘Anatomy of a Fall’, walks the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival