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The loss of ozone is weakening protection from UV rays on the planet and CFC-11 is also a powerful greenhouse gas causing global warming (Photo: AFP)

Blocking sunlight won't reduce crop damage from warming: Study

It is like putting an umbrella over your head when you are hot. If you put a global sunshade up, it would slow warming.

13 Aug 2018 5:01 PM IST

Kerala has been battered by the worst floods in almost a century that have killed more than 410 people since the monsoon started in June. (Photo: AP)

Kerala flood warnings ignored to speed-up commercial projects: Experts

Lakes, wetlands that soak up floods disappeared, and new concrete buildings concentrate excess water and make it harder...

21 Aug 2018 6:04 PM IST

Until now, scientists thought species main reaction to climatic changes was to move. (Photo: ANI)

Radical changes in biodiversity witnessed due to climate change

Whether plants and animals will be able to adjust quickly enough to survive the changing temperature remains uncertain.

3 Sept 2018 8:14 AM IST

In Kerala, there are some 44 dams that store river waters. Not being forewarned about the unexpected heavy rains in mid-August, the dams were in danger of overflowing and suddenly released excess water. (Photo: PTI)

Kerala re-runs loom as rains' intensity to grow

Massive floods following unexpected heavy rains leading to the loss of lives and destruction of property have become...

12 Sept 2018 1:19 AM IST

On Tuesday, the central government had released Rs 600 crore to flood-hit Kerala as promised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Rs 500 crore) and Home Minister Rajnath Singh (Rs 100 crore) during their visits to the state. (Photo: AP)

Citing Kerala floods, UN chief says climate change nearing point of no...

In his message, Guterres highlighted the huge economic costs of climate change and the opportunities presented by...

11 Sept 2018 11:11 AM IST

Had it not been for early agriculture, Earths climate would be significantly cooler today (Photo: AFP)

Course of climate change may have been affected by ancient farmers

By flooding fields to grow rice and raising livestock, they may have been fundamentally altering the climate of the...

9 Sept 2018 4:03 PM IST

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Friday for an independent investigation into deadly clashes in Gaza between Palestinians and Israeli troops, while Security Council members urged restraint on both sides. (Photo: File)

World order increasingly chaotic, says UN chief

Guterres called for renewed commitment to a rules-based order with UN at its centre and warned against spreading...

26 Sept 2018 10:30 AM IST

Increasing ocean bed agriculture to feed humans and destruction of mangroves, combined with trashing oceans with plastics, sound the death knell for coastal habitations.

Climate change spikes sea levels

Chennai, Kochi and Surat are among the world's top 20 cities will be flooded dangerously.

17 Sept 2018 2:23 AM IST

Prince Williams wife Kate Middleton. (Photo: AFP)

Kate Middleton launches first solo charity campaign to help...

The Duchess is determined to push ahead because she sees it as an issuea as big as climate change.

15 Sept 2018 5:58 PM IST

National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel clear debris after a portion of the Nanda Devi glacier snapped off, releasing water trapped behind it in Tapovan, Uttarakhand on Tuesday, February 9, 2021. (AP Photo)

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Playing with God's world: Growth' has a high price

It is also unclear to what extent the disaster is the outcome of over-exploitation of resources in the back-to-back...

10 Feb 2021 7:14 AM IST

Melting glaciers are the clearest signs of climate change, and since this event took place outside the monsoon period, it is safe to assume human intervention was a causative factor. (PTI /Arun Sharma)

AA Edit | An ecological tragedy of Himalayan proportions

It is obvious that lessons have not been learnt from years of having to deal with floods from the monsoon or melting...

9 Feb 2021 7:24 AM IST

Pradeep S. Mehta and Simi T.B. | Urgent action is required at all levels to tackle plastic pollution

Pradeep S. Mehta and Simi T.B. | Urgent action is required at all...

Urgent Call to Action: Addressing the Global Plastic Pollution Crisis on Earth Day 2024

21 April 2024 11:44 PM IST