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Environment
Hot history: Tree rings show that last northern summer was the warmest since year 1
When the temperatures spiked last year, numerous weather agencies said it was the hottest month, summer and year on record. But those records only go back to 1850 at best because it's based on thermometers. Now scientists can go back to the modern western calendar's year 1, when the Bible says Jesus of Nazareth walked the Earth, but have found no hotter northern summer than last year's.
- Climate change made heatwaves 45 times more likely in South Asia
- Malaysia plans 'orangutan diplomacy' to boost palm oil sales
- WAH! CSIR scientists say ‘Wrinkles Achhe Hain’ to fight climate change
- G7 must lead the way on tackling global warming: UN climate chief
- G7 nations fall far short of 2030 emission reduction targets, on track to achieve barely half of what is needed
- Over 100 pilot whales beached on western Australian coast have been rescued, researcher says
- More than 100 pilot whales stranded in Western Australia, experts say
- Alarming changes: 'Antarctica is behaving in a way we've never seen before'
- Glaciers melting at unprecedented rates in Indian Himalayan region: Isro
- Sluggish progress on climate finance at World Bank, IMF meetings
- World sees 'severe' coral bleaching event: US agency
- Tanzania heavy rains, floods kill 58 so far in April
- Sluggish progress on climate finance at World Bank, IMF meetings
- World sees 'severe' coral bleaching event: US agency
- Tanzania heavy rains, floods kill 58 so far in April
- Right whale is found entangled off New England in a devastating year for the vanishing species
- Bird flu is spreading to more farm animals. Are milk and eggs safe?
- UN climate chief presses for faster action, says humans have 2 years left 'to save the world'
Global Warming
- Hot history: Tree rings show that last northern summer was the warmest since year 1
- Climate change made heatwaves 45 times more likely in South Asia
- WAH! CSIR scientists say ‘Wrinkles Achhe Hain’ to fight climate change
- G7 must lead the way on tackling global warming: UN climate chief
- G7 nations fall far short of 2030 emission reduction targets, on track to achieve barely half of what is needed
The Good Earth
- IEA forecasts competitive e-fuels in aviation and shipping as supply expands: S&P GCI
- 50 oil and gas companies pledge to cut operational emissions
- A roadmap to 'greener future': India mandates bio-gas blending, propelling sustainable energy
- Five Indian youths named among 2023 International Young Eco-Hero award winners
- In a first, US startup plants carbon-guzzler GM trees
Developmental Issues
- ITC commits to tackling plastic waste through innovative solutions
- UN, other agencies aim to standardise measurement of environmental impacts
- Shift to Net-zero buildings is not only cheap now, but viable too; India slowly finding solutions as well
- As UN Secretary General makes fresh appeal for carbon neutrality, a Coalition of Indian industries sign charter for ‘near zero’ emissions by 2050
- Record 212 environmental activists murdered in 2019: NGO
Flora & Fauna
- Malaysia plans 'orangutan diplomacy' to boost palm oil sales
- Over 100 pilot whales beached on western Australian coast have been rescued, researcher says
- More than 100 pilot whales stranded in Western Australia, experts say
- World sees 'severe' coral bleaching event: US agency
- Right whale is found entangled off New England in a devastating year for the vanishing species
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Pollution
- Begusarai of Bihar most polluted metropolitan city globally in 2023
- Only 10 countries had healthy air quality in 2023, report finds
- Methane: a powerful gas heating the planet
- NGT forms panel to find factual position about pollution in river Ganga at Prayagraj
- Carbon dioxide levels in planet's atmosphere could be used to measure its habitability
Wild & Wacky
- Uttar Pradesh: Bird lover urges people to save ‘Goraiya’ on World Sparrow Day
- Thriving seal numbers have Great White Sharks baying for human blood
- Fossils reveal dinosaur forerunner smaller than a cellphone
- Karnataka Govt order to kill a man-eating tiger in Bandipur
- Tigress Avni, blamed for 13 deaths, killed in Maharashtra
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