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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
· Jun 01, 2023 · 07:30 pm
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
· Nov 03, 2022 · 11:30 am
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
· Jun 22, 2022 · 11:30 am

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
· Jun 24, 2021 · 11:30 pm
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
· May 30, 2016 · 11:30 pm
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.

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· Aug 22, 2014 · 07:46 am

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