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Orchid’s secret note

Global warming forces it to bloom early

Sharper divide

Sea level rising unevenly in the Indian Ocean

2010: hottest year in India till date

Why there were no April showers this year  

How useful is genome decoding?

Scientists decode pigeon pea at the cost of Rs 11 crore  

Great Man's distortion

How we came to fear saturated fat

Caught off guard

SARS unravelled

The pathogen's path

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Extreme weather events most severe global risks over next 10 years: WEF

Through 2026, extreme weather events in top 3 risks in 13 countries; climate tipping points expected to change weather patterns

A heatwave in Antarctica totally blew the minds of scientists. They set out to decipher it — and here are the results

In March 2022, Antarctica experienced an extraordinary heatwave — most intense one ever recorded anywhere globally

COP28: Global leaders call for transformation of agrifood systems to combat AMR crisis

Evidence-based political decisions, coordinated multisectoral efforts and One Health approach are imperative

COP28: With clock ticking, ‘last chance to save planet’ begins in Dubai

Can the over 70,000 delegates reach a consensus to save Earth for future generations?

G20 summit: Timeline for fossil fuel phaseout missing in New Delhi declaration, flag experts

Less than half of G20 countries have net-zero laws in place

Most Indians want government to ramp up climate action, reduce emissions urgently: Survey

Many Indians claimed to have been personally affected by climate change

Five big disagreements on loss and damage as COP27 clock ticks on

Finance, semantics and syntax have slowed negotiations at Sharm El-Sheikh

Record ocean warming in 2021, coastal communities should be on alert: Study

This heating will continue until we reach net-zero carbon emissions, say experts

October 2021 was the third-warmest in 142 years

October 2021 was only 0.04°C cooler than October 2015 and 2019

Slow, uneven progress at Bangkok climate talks

Finance, equity and addressing interlinkages remain topics of major concern

Without a longer-term view, the Paris Agreement will lock in warming for centuries

Oceans will continue to warm from the top down, even if no further emissions are made

509 glaciers in ‘Third Pole’ disappeared in last 50 years

The rate at which the glaciers are melting has almost doubled since 2005

The global impact of air conditioning: big and getting bigger

More ACs means more refrigerants that are potent greenhouse gases