Climate Change

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The Bobcat Fire burns on a hillside on September 15, 2020 in Monrovia, California. California's national forests remain closed due to wildfires which have already incinerated a record 2.5 million acres this year. The Bobcat Fire, burning in the San Gabriel Mountains, has grown to over 40,000 acres. (AFP)

Satellite data shows smoke from US fires has reached as far as Europe

Estimates show that the blazes have spewed out more than 30 million tonnes of carbon dioxide since mid-August this year

16 Sep 2020 3:49 PM

Members of the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis gather for a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol on June 30, 2020 in Washington, DC. (AFP)

Climate battles are having their day in court

As lawsuits for climate go up, lawyers are getting creative — using new legal arguments to challenge companies and governments before court

03 Jul 2020 9:33 AM

Google said it will honour all existing contracts with its customers, but didn’t specify what companies. Greenpeace’s report says Microsoft appears to be leading the way with the most oil and contracts, offering AI capabilities in all phases of oil production. Amazon’s contracts are more focused on pipelines, shipping and fuel storage, according to the report. (Photo | Flicker)

Reminded of its climate change pledge, Google says it will stop building AI tools for oil extraction

Greenpeace report said Amazon, Microsoft, Google undermining their own climate pledges by partnering with Shell, BP, Chevron and ExxonMobil.

20 May 2020 7:45 PM

A woman stands next to an antenna at an NYU base camp at the Helheim glacier in Greenland. (AP)

Covid takes toll on weather and climate watch: UN

Data usually compiled by Global Observing System provides vital observations used for weather analyses, forecasts, advisories and warnings

07 May 2020 4:27 PM

Farmers work near a parched land on Monday in Palakkad, Kerala

Country’s highest daytime temperature recorded in Palakkad, Kerala

A climate scientist said that if the current trend is any indication, there are chances that 2020 would be the hottest year for Kerala

17 Feb 2020 2:28 PM

Normally, during the monsoon, the sea brings sand to the shore and takes it back later.

Karnataka’s coast & the ghats at risk: Climate change wreaks havoc

Karwar-based marine biologist Dr Prakash Mesta agrees that extreme and untimely heat is not good for marine life.

16 Feb 2020 5:17 AM

Participants will be enabled with complimentary licenses of Qlik Sense Business and publicly available data sets to design and execute their projects.

Qlik launches global Datathon challenge to develop solutions for climate resiliency

Qlik Academic Program and C40 cities invite students around the world to tackle climate change together.

12 Feb 2020 12:57 PM

For example, between 2010 and 2015, Pakistan was ravaged by severe flooding that caused deaths in the thousands, while also contaminating freshwater sources.

Put health on top of climate agenda

Increased frequency of extreme weather events also contributes to the disease burden.

22 Jan 2020 7:18 AM

Climate change is a living, dynamic and evolving threat that cannot be ignored.

With onset of climate change, securing needs of people vital

So far there is no indication that global temperature increase will be contained within one degree Celsius by 2050.

21 Jan 2020 4:34 AM

The Kerala floods in 2018 left over seven lakh people homeless and damaged property worth Rs 20,000 crore. Nearly 27,000 houses, 45,000 hectares of farmland and more than 90,000 km roads were destroyed in the floods.

Time to be the change

We have the power as individuals to change the larger narratives around us but we are part of the few privileged ones living in this manic world.

29 Dec 2019 12:00 AM

Global fashion sector addressed climate change by launching the Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action at the COP24 climate conference in Katowice in December 2018. (Photo: AP)

Retailers large and small racing to prove their green credentials

Sustainability in the fashion industry faces an uphill climb.

27 Dec 2019 12:15 PM

When asked about a social media post of Thunberg related to the bushfires, Morrison said that he would remain focused on Australia’s interests. (Photo: AP)

Morrison rejects Thunberg’s comments linking Australian bushfires with climate change

Without directly referring to Greta, Morrison remained committed to his defence of balancing climate concerns with the national economy.

23 Dec 2019 5:56 PM

The hot weather is drifting across the country's arid centre toward the east. Parts of New South Wales are forecast to reach the mid-40s celsius. (Photo: AFP)

Australia witnesses hottest day ever, hotter days expected

Australia has its hottest day on record, more to come.

18 Dec 2019 6:45 PM

The three parallel activities at the COPs include negotiations by party delegates, side events for knowledge sharing and civil society marches.

South Asia must view climate change through regional lens

It has taken the world 25 years of negotiations to reach the point where countries are now required to put words into actions.

18 Dec 2019 2:47 AM

Green activists dumped horse manure and staged a mock hanging outside the venue of a UN climate summit in Madrid on Saturday, airing their frustration at the failure of world leaders to take meaningful action against global warming. (Photo: Screenshot)

Activists frustrated with climate talks dump horse manure outside Madrid summit

Attached to the pile of manure was a short message to leaders saying 'the horseshit stops here.'

15 Dec 2019 11:48 AM

US President Donald Trump on Thursday slammed Time magazine's naming of Greta Thunberg as 2019 Person of the Year, saying the Swedish teen climate activist should "chill" and go see a movie. (Photo: File)

After Trump mocks Greta Thunberg with ‘chill, go to movies’ barb, her Twitter bio says all

Thunberg's reply came minutes later, when she changed the bio of her Twitter account.

13 Dec 2019 1:21 PM

It has been built using more than 200 single-use plastic bottles. (Photo: ANI)

Kerala has cemeteries for fishes too

Kerala gets world's first marine cemetery.

12 Dec 2019 5:20 PM

The results of the study were published in the journal Chemical Science. (Photo: ANI)

Pollinators contribute at an extensive level to diversification of flowers

Study focuses on how flowers adapt to their pollinators.

11 Dec 2019 7:13 PM

Most of the turtles caught in the study were green turtles (86 per cent), though loggerhead and olive ridley turtles were also caught. (Photo: ANI)

Underwater species saved due to fishnet lights

Study reveals lights on fishnets save turtles, dolphins.

11 Dec 2019 2:06 PM

It is not just sea ice that is receding, according to the report: ice on Greenland is also melting. (Photo: AFP

Arctic experiences second warmest year since 1900

Arctic has one of warmest years, raising fears over rising sea levels.

11 Dec 2019 12:11 PM

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