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Page 62 - Latest Updates on Climate Change

Climate change: Rise in sea-level is making soil saltier, affecting crops

As sea levels rise, low-lying coastal areas are increasingly being inundated with saltwater, gradually contaminating the soil

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Updated On : 30 Nov 2018 | 6:37 PM IST

Heatwave death threat to world's vulnerable, hurting India's workforce

More than 150 million vulnerable people worldwide were exposed to potentially life-threatening heatwaves last year, scientists say.

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Updated On : 29 Nov 2018 | 7:22 PM IST

2018 set to be fourth warmest in 138-yrs of climate record keeping: Report

If the current trend continues we may see temperature increases 3-5 degrees Celsius by the end of the century, says report

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Updated On : 29 Nov 2018 | 6:20 PM IST

Why are the glaciers on Mt Everest more sensitive to climate change?

Researchers are still collecting temperature data to analyse and understand how the highest glaciers in the world will be affected by climate change

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Updated On : 27 Nov 2018 | 11:49 AM IST

How to meet climate change targets? Reduce meat consumption, says study

For the first time, Harwatt proposes a three-step strategy to gradually replace animal proteins with plant-sourced proteins

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Updated On : 27 Nov 2018 | 11:18 AM IST

'I don't believe it', says Trump on his government's climate change warning

Trump has long said he distrusts the consensus by nearly all the world's respected climate scientists on the link between human activity and rising temperatures

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Updated On : 27 Nov 2018 | 11:16 AM IST

Depravity of climate change denial: Risking lives for profit, ideology, ego

: While Donald Trump is a prime example of the depravity of climate denial, this is an issue on which his whole party went over to the dark side years ago

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Updated On : 27 Nov 2018 | 10:28 AM IST

US deals a small blow to Paris climate change agreement before key meeting

Country gets reference to financial obligations of developed country scrubbed from a critical UN report.

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Updated On : 27 Nov 2018 | 2:15 AM IST

As mountains melt, more cooperation in Hindu Kush Himalayan region needed

The mountains are warming at a greater speed, leading to a rapid melting of the glaciers that provide water to a fourth of the world's population

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Updated On : 26 Nov 2018 | 8:19 AM IST

US economy could lose billions of dollars due to climate change: Report

The costs of climate change could reach hundreds of billions of dollars annually, according to the report

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Updated On : 24 Nov 2018 | 8:36 PM IST

'Nature's Edge' challenges complacency, alarmism about saving environment

The set of essays suggests that though the problem is global, humans must look for local experiences and solutions

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Updated On : 23 Nov 2018 | 9:39 PM IST

Global carbon dioxide levels hit new record, will have 'destructive impact'

'The window of opportunity for action is almost closed,' says UN official about the chance to act

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Updated On : 22 Nov 2018 | 3:51 PM IST

Rising temperatures to gas emissions, here is India's climate change story

The annual mean temperature for the period 1901-2015 over India has shown a significant increasing trend of 0.63°C per hundred years

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Updated On : 18 Nov 2018 | 11:54 PM IST

Is India capable of enhancing its climate change targets for 2020-2030?

Two experts pointed to the stresses emerging in the solar power market with low bid values and increased tariffs on imports from China

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Updated On : 13 Nov 2018 | 5:30 AM IST

How firms can use technology to protect the world from climate change

Technological tools could help farmers collect and use data to manage their crops more precisely in ways that would reduce greenhouse gas emissions

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Updated On : 07 Nov 2018 | 2:31 PM IST

Reasons for hope in the face of climate change

India is yet to get its act together in electric vehicles, solar thermal plants and batteries. It can import these, or leapfrog to global frontiers in usage and manufacture

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Updated On : 03 Nov 2018 | 11:16 PM IST

Why big banks are to be blamed for climate change, and what they can do

In place of fossil fuel finance, investments should be redirected toward renewable energy, cleaner industry, and more sustainable agriculture, among other priorities

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Updated On : 01 Nov 2018 | 8:30 AM IST

Emissions from Asian coal plants pose threat to global warming: IEA chief

To have at least a 50/50 chance of staying under the 1.5 deg C cap without overshooting the mark, the world must, by 2050, become "carbon neutral"

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Updated On : 31 Oct 2018 | 8:47 PM IST

UN report blames climate change for 3 straight yrs of rising world hunger

Average global temperatures have increased quickly, with new recorded highs in 2014, then again in 2015, and again in 2016

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Updated On : 28 Oct 2018 | 2:44 PM IST

UN grants India $43 mn to boost climate resilience for coastal communities

The grant is a part of more than $1 billion approved by the Green Climate Fund for 19 new projects to help developing countries tackle climate change

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Updated On : 22 Oct 2018 | 11:18 AM IST