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New York: “Climate science is clear: we are heading in the wrong direction”, declares a major, multi-agency UN climate science report released on Tuesday, with a focus on increasing fossil …
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New York: A rise in the frequency, intensity and duration of heatwaves will not only increase wildfires this century but also worsen air quality – harming human health and ecosystems, …
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Bengaluru/IBNS: As cities across India struggle to cope with flooding, submergence and water stagnation during the monsoon owing to unchecked urbanization, the country’s IT capital Bengaluru has joined the urban sprawl. So …
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International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies, marked on 7 September, takes place in a world where almost all the air we breathe is polluted, and some seven million …
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Did you know that women represent just 38 percent of all ocean scientists? A women-led community organization in the Seaflower UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in the Caribbean, is working to restore some …
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IBNS/Islamabad: Flood damage in Pakistan could reach up to $12.5 billion, Pakistani media reported on Sunday, citing preliminary estimates from the government. Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said on …
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Californians sweltering in the West’s lengthening heat wave were asked to reduce air conditioning and cut other electricity use again during critical hours Friday and again Saturday to prevent stress …
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Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistan’s death toll due to ongoing flooding has now touched 1,265 as 57 more people died in the past 24 hours, media reports said. Meanwhile, Sindh’s Dadu district continued …
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Hazards such as earthquakes, floods, heatwaves, and wildfires, can be prevented from becoming life-threatening disasters, according to the authors of a UN report launched on Wednesday. From record-breaking heatwaves in …
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IBNS/Researchers explore the relationship between heat stress and carbon emissions, and why heat waves are felt strongly in urban areas, be it the USA or India. SPAN writer Jason Chiang reports Large …
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