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S Jaishankar Was Asked About India Taking Lead On Solar Power. He Said…

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S Jaishankar Was Asked About India Taking Lead On Solar Power. He Said…

Mr Jaishankar said no other G20 chair went through the exercise of talking to 125 countries. New Delhi: India has nothing against talking, but it should, and has, led by example in its efforts to combat climate change, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said. In an exclusive interview with NDTV’s Editor-in-Chief Sanjay Pugalia, the…

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Tropical forests may be getting too hot for photosynthesis

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Tropical forests may be getting too hot for photosynthesis

A small percentage of leaves on trees in tropical forests may be approaching the maximum temperature threshold for photosynthesis to work, suggests a study published in Nature. An estimated 0.01% of all leaves currently surpass this critical temperature but there are uncertainties in the range of potentially critical temperatures in tropical trees. Modelling suggests that…

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Rising temperatures are leading to torrential rains in the Himalayas

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Rising temperatures are leading to torrential rains in the Himalayas

Rescuers remove mud and debris as they search for people feared trapped after a landslide near a temple on the outskirts of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh state, Monday, August 14, 2023. Heavy monsoon rains triggered floods and landslides in India’s Himalayan region, leaving more than a dozen people dead and many others trapped, officials said Monday….

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Warming-induced glacier retreat could create novel ecosystems

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Warming-induced glacier retreat could create novel ecosystems

Climate change caused by human activity under a high-emissions scenario may halve the area covered by glaciers outside the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets by the end of the century, as per a study published in Nature. This will have marked ecological and societal cascading consequences, as novel ecosystems develop to fill emerging new habitats. However,…

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Explained | Drilling in the North Sea — history and environmental concerns

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Explained | Drilling in the North Sea — history and environmental concerns

File photo of a section of the BP Eastern Trough Area Project oil platform in the North Sea, around 100 miles east of Aberdeen, Scotland. | Photo Credit: AFP The story so far: U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak recently backed plans for new fossil fuel drilling off Britain’s coast, worrying environment experts even as the…

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