31 iconic sites at risk from climate change, warns UNESCO report

The report gives a miss to the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and the Sundarbans in India

Sea-level rise has claimed five whole islands in the Pacific: first scientific evidence

Twelve islands we studied in a low wave energy area of Solomon Islands experienced little noticeable change in shorelines despite being exposed …

The lateral push

India must think in parallel because extreme weather events—both known and unknown—are becoming the order of the day

'Kuwait could face serious climate change impacts over the next few decades'

Down To Earth speaks to Salman Zafar, founder of West Asian environmental group, EcoMENA on the green challenges facing the tiny Gulf nation of …

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This week from the world of science and environment

Here's a weekly round-up of major environment and science news 

Fiji feels devastating effects of Winston

Experts linked the cyclone to global warming, saying that the extreme-weather event pointed to climate change

Did 2015 make us more climate wise?

Last year, weather records were broken left, right and centre all over the world as the world witnessed cold waves, heat waves, droughts, …

Will the Paris climate deal include issue of forced climate migration?

Experts say that displacement and migration occurs because of the failure of adaptation in most vulnerable countries and, therefore, should be …

Will climate-induced migration feature at COP21?

People in small island nations and vulnerable deltas, which perhaps had no role in the greenhouse gas emissions changing the world's climate, are …

India prone to vector-borne diseases, heatwaves, say experts

A good weather prediction system can go a long way to raise public awareness

NASA analysis estimates unavoidable rise in ocean levels in the future

Melting of polar ice sheets has the potential to accelerate the rise in sea levels

28 years of Earth’s surface changes on Google

Watch a city expand or a glacier shrink through a series of satellite images; see the altering landscape at four spots in India  

Extreme weather events of 2013 a result of human influences: WMO

Typhoon Haiyan, heatwave in Australia, frigid polar air in parts of Europe and the US are a few events mentioned in the World Meteorological …

Study shows sea defences not enough to protect deltaic cities from flood risk

Deltas are natural sites for cities to grow as they offer direct access to the sea and upriver to the hinterland

Glaciers melted faster in the first decade of 21st century: study

According to the researchers, rising temperatures may affect the dynamics of ice sheets in future

Mangrove forests help protect against rising sea level, says study

Studies have shown mangroves have the ability to remove carbon from the atmosphere and protect people from hazards 

Rising sea level poses risk to green turtle habitation in Australia

Scientists have become concerned that only 10 per cent of eggs are producing turtles on Raine Island compared to 90 per cent elsewhere

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

Sea change

Sea surface temperatures indirectly affect South Asian monsoons

Chilling effect

Worse than expected

Oceans are rising much faster near the coasts

According to report

South Asia

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