The Boreal forest is a belt of cold-tolerant conifer trees that increase 9,000 miles across northern North America and Eurasia. It accounts for almost a quarter of the Earth’s forest area and is the coldest-though mostly rapidly warming-forest biome.
Tag: Climate Change
Rise in severe weather threatens grid operations: Accenture study
More than nine in 10 executives at electric utilities believe that climate change has contributed to increased extreme weather events that their electricity networks have experienced over the past 10 years, said a study by Accenture.
In Pictures: Why we need to talk about climate change and environment
Global emissions and atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide have reached a record high in recent years. At the same time, ice loss in Greenland has also peaked.
Interview: Amitav Ghosh’s passion for climate change continues with ‘Gun Island’
His sixth novel, “The Hungry Tide” (2004), focused exclusively on the Sunderbans through issues like humanism and environmentalism, especially when they come into a conflict of interest
Students protest against climate change across globe
Canberra: Thousands of schoolchildren across the world, inspired by 16-year-old Swedish environment activist Greta Thunberg who has been nominated for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize, abandoned their classrooms on Friday to demand action on climate change as part of a global youth campaign. The protests in about 100 countries, including[Read More…]
Earth may not appear as blue by 2100: MIT study
New York, Owing to climate change surface of the oceans will change colour by end of 21st century leading our blue planet to look visibly altered, finds a new study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The findings showed that climate change has been significantly affecting phytoplankton — the[Read More…]
Climate change will melt vast parts of Himalayas: Study
Kathmandu, At least a third of the ice in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region could melt by the end of this century due to climate change, even if there is aggressive action to curb greenhouse gases and meet the goals of the Paris climate agreement,according to a new study. The[Read More…]
NGT raps Environment Ministry for failure to amend guidelines to check tree felling
New Delhi, The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Friday slammed the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) for not amending the “Wood-Based Industries (Establishment and Regulation) Guidelines, 2016” to check illegal felling of trees for charcoal making. The Tribunal has granted “last opportunity” to the Ministry for implementing[Read More…]
Rohit Sharma’s #10YearChallenge pic is all we should worry about
While netizens, B-town celebs are highly taken away with the recent social media challenge, cricketer Rohit Sharma too has got into the 10-year challenge, albeit with a difference. Where on one hand people are putting up collage of their photos from 2009 and comparing it with 2019’s picture, Rahit Sharma[Read More…]
Germany offers support to rebuild Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram: The German government has offered help in the form of grants, loans at low rates of interest and by participating in specific projects to rebuild Kerala which was devastated after the worst ever floods in August, a diplomat said here on Friday. Addressing the media, Martin Ney, the German[Read More…]
Developed nations reduced emissions: UN report
Katowice (Poland): Developed nations reduced emissions by 13 per cent in 26 years and since 2010 these have decreased by 4.4 per cent, likely due in part to climate actions that more than offset the impact of economic and population growth, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) said.[Read More…]
Climate change is absolute priority: UN chief
United States: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said climate change is an absolute priority and the world is not doing enough. “Climate change is the defining issue of our time, and we are at a defining moment,” Guterres told an informal high-level leaders dialogue on climate change on the sidelines of[Read More…]
Study finds that India accounts for 1/5th of global deaths from floods
India accounts for one-fifth of global deaths due to floods, according to government data that lends perspective to a new World Bank study that says climate change will lower the standards of living of nearly half of the country’s population by 2050. As many as 107,487 people died due to[Read More…]
Climate change driving dramatic rise in sea levels: NASA study
Washington: The sea level may rise twice as high by 2100 as previously estimated as a result of climate change, a new NASA study says. According to the findings detailed in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, rise in sea level may increase by up to 65[Read More…]
Climate change speeding up sea level rise, satellites show
Washington: Climate change has accelerated sea level rise and the rate at which it is rising is increasing every year, a study citing satellite data has revealed. Researchers, led by the University of Colorado-Boulder professor of aerospace engineering sciences Steve Nerem, used the data dating back to 1993 to observe the[Read More…]
Madhya Pradesh government announces one-year course on astrology, vaastu
The Madhya Pradesh government has started a one-year course on astrology and ‘vaastu’, “studies which impact even climate change”, state Education Minister Vijay Shah said on Tuesday. The course will also include a study to becoming a priest (purohit vidya) also. “Astrology, vaastu, and purohit Vidya, are an important part[Read More…]
‘Kadvi Hawa’: A timely warning about global warming
Film: ‘Kadvi Hawa’ Director: Nila Madhab Pandya Starring: Sanjay Mishra, Ranvir Shorey, Tillotama Shome Rating: **** Look at what we’ve done to Mother Earth. She is no longer Mother, she is Muddle Earth heading towards Murder Earth. In director Nila Madhab Pandya’s new work aptly entitled “Kadwi Hawa”, the bitter[Read More…]
When their country’s selfish interests are affected, they move out: RSS chief on US exiting Paris deal
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat criticised the US for its choice to exit the Paris climate deal. “Those who talk about coordinating development with the environment were recently seen exiting… When their country’s selfish interests are affected, they the move out… like the Paris deal,” said Bhagwat. But, “the Hindu community[Read More…]
Four-nation tour: PM Modi reaches France; to hold talks on terrorism, NSG, climate change
Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached France on the last leg of his four-nation tour. He will hold talks with newly-elected French President Emmanuel Macron on a host of key issues such as terrorism, India’s NSG membership bid and climate change. “Reached France for a vital visit to enhance ties with[Read More…]
Guess who schooled Virender Sehwag on global warming?
Former Indian cricketer Virendra Sehwag, who is known for his hilarious tweets otherwise, got slammed by Twitterati on Thursday, as he spoke on concentrating on ‘real issues’, instead of climate change. He stated the fact that climate change was a problem in the US and not in India, so it[Read More…]
Can these large hands save Venice?
These giant hands have become the talk of the town not just in Venice but all over the world. Here’s why: The façade of Palazzo Morosini Sagredo (also known as Ca’ Sagredo) in Venice is being supported by two giant hands coming out of the water. This is called Support,[Read More…]
Humans must leave Earth in 100 years to survive: Stephen Hawking
Popular British physicist Stephen Hawking said that the humans will need to find and settle on another planet within the next 100 years to survive climate change, asteroid strikes and overpopulation. According to Hawking, time is running out for the Earth and humanity will need to leave the planet for[Read More…]
Scientists protest Trump policies at Earth Day rally
Trump signs executive order to rollback Obama’s climate change policies
US President Donald Trump signed another controversial executive order to radically change Barack Obama’s climate policies, ceding American leadership in the international campaign to combat global warming. Trump signed the order at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), keeping his campaign promise to revive the coal industry. In the new executive[Read More…]
Arctic to be hit by record-breaking heatwave
Scientists have warned that the temperatures at the North Pole could be, a record-breaking, 20 degrees higher than average this Christmas Eve. These unseasonably warm weather patterns in the Arctic region are directly linked to man-made climate change, they said. “In pre-industrial times, a heatwave like this would have been[Read More…]