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The making of CFL...

The manufacturing of Compact Flourescent Lamp at a Havells factory.

Rhinos can’t sweat, making them vulnerable to overheating: Global warming could wipe them out in southern Africa

For rhinos to survive this climate change scenario, corridors will also need to be set up for rhinos to move between parks

Global experts discuss challenges, possibilities around antibiotics becoming a global public good

The world has a right and a shared responsibility to secure antibiotics globally so that it can continue to be effective

Tornadoes and climate change: What a warming world means for deadly twisters and the type of storms that spawn them

To answer whether climate change influenced likelihood of tornadoes in the December 2021 outbreak, it remains difficult to attribute any single …

Global warming: Arctic lightning strikes up drastically in 2021

The North Pole saw 7,278 lightning strikes in 2021 — nearly double in the previous nine years combined  

Climate crisis: Staple crop yield in 8 African countries may decline by 80%, flags report

The crisis will exacerbate food insecurity and poverty if no changes are made to agricultural practices or global policies, erratic …

Run-up to COP27: DTE’s coverage of loss and damage in Africa due to climate change

Africa is suffering from losses in agriculture, employment and faces food insecurity due to global warming

Climate observing system remains fragile, needs funding: Experts

Climate observations are fundamental to our understanding of the current and future environment

Tonga volcano wave was 9 times taller than Japan tsunami: Experts

It was nine times higher than the tsunami recorded near Japan in 2011, which caused massive destruction as it happened closer to land

Europe, Asia witnessed record-breaking temperatures last week

At least 4,300 people were displaced due to flashfloods in south-west and north-west China July 16, 2022

Just 3 of every 1,000 queries in Lok Sabha during last 2 decades on climate change: Study

Most of the MPs who asked questions were based in Maharashtra (181), Andhra Pradesh (105), Tamil Nadu (99), Uttar Pradesh (98) and Kerala (69)

Oceans Great Dying 2.0: Earth’s waters in a state of flux

In the past three decades, the top 2,000 metres of the oceans have warmed up due to global warming

A prickly poser

There are inconvenient truths about rich countries and global greenhouse gas emissions; and the world is not listening 

Arctic sea ice loss and fierce storms leave Kivalina’s volunteer search and rescue fighting to protect their island from climate disasters

Indigenous governments, nonprofits, hunters and first responders from Iñupiaq, Yupik and Unangan communities across Alaska have long been …

WMO Report: Mumbai among cities facing biggest threat as global sea levels rise

Besides Mumbai, several major, thickly populated cities across the world are also threatened by the sea level rise

Rainfall variation resulted in long periods of droughts, floods in southern Ethiopia: Study

Increasing trends seen in mean maximum and mean minimum temperature over last two decades posed a threat to agriculture, livestock production, …

Limiting global warming to 2 degrees Celsius may not be enough

Study says sea levels could still rise by 6 metres, threatening coastal cities across the world

Global lungs or firewood for the poor?

Indiscriminate felling of trees to meet human and animal needs is not only depleting India's forest wealth at an alarming rate, but also …

Use DMF funds effectively to fight hunger and child malnutrition

The money provides enormous scope to scale up intervention and meet national and SDG targets at the time of a slipping hunger index

How will multiple volcanic eruptions impact global climate?

Greenhouse gas emissions from the eruptions are very small compared to those from fossil fuel burning  

Heatwave: think it's hot in Europe? The human body is already close to thermal limits elsewhere

The challenges ahead are stark. Adaptation has its limits. We must therefore slash greenhouse gas emissions to keep to the Paris warming limits

Climate change has a history of disrupting civilisations, study finds

Major shifts in temperature and rainfall in the first millennium affected agriculture and also caused the decline of many indigenous groups in …

Human actions have made a huge mess of natural world

Even though this biodiversity crisis is humanity’s fault, there is still time to save the Earth if governments, companies and individuals …