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This week in environment and science

Environment and science related updates from across the world

Green Climate Fund approves eight projects at Zambia meet

Approved projects worth US$ 168 million

A look at what scares countries the most

Most respondents in developing countries are worried about climate change

Michael Brauer talks about the health effects of black carbon

How climate change impacts human health

Hidden cirrus clouds make the earth warmer

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Water levels in dams on Himachal rivers decline to half of their capacity

The state, ravaged by floods in 2023, has been suffering a long dry spell this winter because of the lack of rain and snow in the last three months

IPCC Special Report: Climate risks require India to rethink its approach

The report warns of increased risk of coastal flooding, heatwaves, food scarcity and vector-borne diseases

Reason in a Dark Time: Why the Struggle Against Climate Change Failed ― and What It Means for Our Future

From the 1992 Rio Earth Summit to the 2009 Copenhagen Climate Conference there was a concerted international effort to stop climate change.

Ice-free Arctic may happen much sooner than predicted so far: study

While Arctic sea ice volume and extent continue to dip each year, a new study has found out that salinity in snow cover affects accuracy of …

Climate Change: Sunita Narain on adaptation to the new normal

Sunita Narain's video-speech at the Water Research Commission Symposium 2017, in Boksburg, South Africa. She talks about the importance of water …

Can algae be a profitable solution for carbon capture?

Siddhanta Das, special secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, talks about using algae to capture carbon from industrial …

Are We Screwed?: How a New Generation is Fighting to Survive Climate Change

A declaration of resistance, and a roadmap for radical change, from the generation that will be most screwed by climate change.

Climate change, the hidden hand

Anthony McMichael takes us on a tour across epochs, showing how collapse of civilisations has roots in climate change

Cyclone Fani: Act of God in Anthropocene?

Natural disasters as cyclones, its frequency and pace, must be directly linked to climate change

Climate change has worsened global economic inequality

Temperature changes have enriched cool countries like Norway and Sweden, while dragging down economic growth in warm countries such as India and …

World seeing signs of climate breakdown: Antonio Guterres

UN Pact for Future must prioritise communities bearing brunt of climate emergency, says UN secretary-general 

Ancient pathogens released from melting ice could wreak havoc on the world, new analysis reveals

Earth’s climate is warming at a spectacular rate and up to four times faster in colder regions such as the Arctic

Red alert in Mumbai amidst heavy rainfall

Till Wednesday, Mumbai recorded a total of 1,557.8 mm of rainfall making it the wettest July in the history of the city

Loss and damage: Displacements

Globally, disasters, mostly cyclones and floods, triggered most internal displacements, or movements, in 2021.

What is a ‘bomb cyclone’?

Bomb cyclones could become much more frequent in the near future due to human-emitted greenhouse gases

Solar geoengineering might work, but local temperatures could keep rising for years

Addressing root causes of global warming more important than geoengineering the planet 

58% of human infectious diseases can be worsened by climate change — we scoured 77,000 studies to map the pathways

From common waterborne viruses to deadly diseases like plague, 218 of 375 human diseases may be affected