Tag: Climate change

Rise In Nighttime Warming Impacting Sleep Quality, Health In India: Report

June 21, 2024 admin

Nighttime temperatures have increased even more rapidly than daytime temperatures. New Delhi: With Mumbai seeing the highest changes in the nighttime temperatures, India continues to suffer a severe heatwave, a new analysis on Friday showed climate change added nearly 50 to 80 nights each year where the temperature exceeded 25 degrees Celsius, with serious impacts…

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More than 800 coal plants worldwide could be profitably decommissioned, research group says

June 18, 2024 admin

A general view of Hoa Binh Hydropower Plant, state utility owned by Electricity of Vietnam, in Hoa Binh province, Vietnam, June 4, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters More than 800 coal-fired power plants in emerging countries could be decommissioned and profitably replaced by cleaner solar energy starting from the end of the decade, research on…

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New fabric makes urban heat islands more bearable

June 16, 2024 admin

Researchers from the University of Chicago detail a new wearable fabric that can help urban residents survive the worst impacts of massive heat caused by global climate change. | Photo Credit: AP As global temperatures and urban populations rise, the world’s cities have become “urban heat islands,” with tight-packed conditions and thermal radiation emitting from…

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Climate change funding talks stuck ahead of COP29 summit

June 13, 2024 admin

A general view of installed solar panels at the Khavda Renewable Energy Park of Adani Green Energy Ltd (AGEL), in Khavda, India, April 12, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters With just five months to go before this year’s U.N. climate summit, countries cannot agree on the size of a global funding bill to help the…

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Groundwater is heating up, threatening life below and above the surface

June 11, 2024 admin

Groundwater makes up a whopping 97% of all usable freshwater. | Photo Credit: S Rambabu/The Hindu Under your feet lies the world’s biggest reservoir. Groundwater makes up a whopping 97% of all usable freshwater. Where is it? In the voids between grains and cracks within rocks. We see it when it rises to the surface in…

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Cities warming due to combined effect of urbanisation, climate change

June 1, 2024 admin

Recently, for two consecutive days, Delhi reported daytime temperature above 50 degree C, the highest ever recorded in the city. There is a reason why cities are experiencing higher temperatures than non-urban and rural areas. The ongoing climate change and rapid urbanisation are now defining the Anthropocene, with the cities experiencing both thereby making the…

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Heat Waves In Mexico Lead To Submerged Homes

May 28, 2024 admin

Tabasco is one of the areas of Mexico hit hardest by this year’s heat waves. El Bosque, Mexico: Waves wash over abandoned homes in a Mexican village slowly being swallowed by the sea — a symbol of the climate change effects being felt by the major fossil fuel producer. The school where Adrian Perez used…

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Climate Change Key Factor Of Record-Low Antarctic Sea Ice: Study

May 20, 2024 admin

Understanding the cause of sea ice melt is complex as there are many variables (Representational) Climate change played a key role in last year’s record-low levels of Antarctic sea ice, a study published on Monday found, marking an abrupt shift from the growth seen in previous decades. Scientists from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) found…

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More than 60% of world’s coral reefs may have bleached in past year, NOAA says

May 17, 2024 admin

Bleached coral is visible at the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, off the coast of Galveston, Texas, in the Gulf of Mexico, September 16, 2023. Ocean temperatures that have gone “crazy haywire” hot, especially in the Atlantic, are close to making the current global coral bleaching event the worst in history. It’s so bad…

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Climate crisis could force Thailand to move capital Bangkok

May 16, 2024 admin

Representational image of man standing on top of a skyscraper view of the Bangkok city skyline. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Thailand may have to consider relocating its capital Bangkok because of rising sea levels, a senior official in the country’s climate change office said on May 15. Projections consistently show that low-lying Bangkok risks…

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