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Sandipan Talukdar
Global Carbon Emission Reaches Record High Within Two Years of Paris Climate Agreement
27 Mar 2019
The report published by International Energy Agency stated that 33.1 gigatons of energy-related carbon dioxide has been emitted in the 2018, which is an increase of 1.7% from the previous year.
Muhammed Shabeer
Over 1 Million Students Across the World Join Global Strike for Climate Change
16 Mar 2019
The strike took place in around 1,769 places in 112 countries around the world. Some of the demands were the imposition of climate emergency , including youth voices in policy-making and lowering the…
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Green India Mission Grossly Underfunded, Says Report
23 Feb 2019
The Parliamentary committee report has recommended that adequate fund allocation has to be made for the mission to reach its targets.
Sandipan Talukdar
Previously Considered Safe, East Antarctica’s Ice is Melting Unexpectedly Rapidly
09 Feb 2019
A new study on the basis of satellite images over 40 years has concluded that Antarctica is depositing six times more ice to the sea than it did in 1979.
Sandipan Talukdar
Increase in Ocean Heat Content is as Dangerous as Atom Bomb
15 Jan 2019
A study has estimated that heat energy absorbed by oceans in the last 150 years is roughly equivalent to one atomic bomb explosion per second.
Sandipan Talukdar
Science in 2018: Gene-edited Babies, Ancient India DNA, and Lots More
31 Dec 2018
The year witnessed many amazing scientific discoveries, but at the same time, we still failed to improve significantly in our combat with the climate change.
Tejal Kanitkar
Is Gender-Just Climate Action Possible Without Equity?
26 Dec 2018
Are developed countries undermining poor women in the developing world in the manner in which the future of global climate action is being shaped?
D. Raghunandan
COP24: Achieving Nothing, Cementing a Trend
20 Dec 2018
The Rulebook was indeed successfully finalised, but only after diluting several provisions and kicking many important issues down the road.
Sandipan Talukdar
Global Warming has Made Rainfalls More Intense, but World’s Water Supplies are Shrinking
19 Dec 2018
The increased intensity of rain with global warming is quite an expected phenomenon because warmer air stores more moisture, and this was predicted by various climate models as well.
Sandipan Talukdar
Indian Ocean Warming may Cause India’s Wind Energy Generation to Suffer
15 Dec 2018
Western states, particularly Rajasthan and Maharashtra, have already seen the steepest decline in wind energy over the four decades. These are also states where investment in wind power is highest.