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Mumbai: For nearly 700 years, the Koli community in Mumbai has been making its subsistence from fishing, the Arabian Sea offering an abundance of piscine riches to enable it to do so. Today, however, the Kolis – who are an indigenous community in India’s financial capital – are having to venture farther and farther into…
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Tipping Point: How is climate change affecting rice production? | Video Credit: The Hindu Rice feeds billions of people across the globe. It is the staple food for more than half of the world’s population, and millions depend on it for their livelihood. However, climate change is disrupting how crops are produced and consumed, and…
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Geneva: Climate change sparked a trail of extreme weather and record heat in 2024, the United Nations said on Monday, urging the world to pull back from the “road to ruin”. The outgoing year is set to be the warmest ever recorded, the UN’s weather and climate agency said, capping a decade of unprecedented heat….
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New Delhi: The world experienced an average of 41 more days of extreme heat in 2024 due to climate change, a new report said on Friday. According to the European climate agency Copernicus, 2024 is set to end as the warmest year on record and the first year with a global average temperature of 1.5…
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More than one-third of all animals on Earth, from beetles to cows to elephants, depend on plant-based diets. Plants are a low-calorie food source, so it can be challenging for animals to consume enough energy to meet their needs. Now climate change is reducing the nutritional value of some foods that plant eaters rely on. Human…
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The deadly tsunami that swamped India’s southern coast two decades ago was a one-off disaster, but storms that are growing ever more intense spark panic each time howling gales whip up waves. Maragathavel Lakshmi shudders when she hears lashing rains or winds, recalling how her daughter was swept away when the 2004 tsunami, triggered by…
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Mr Murthy expressed optimism about India’s ability to tackle these challenges Highlighting the urgency of climate action, Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy warned that climate change poses a significant risk of mass migration to urban centres like Bengaluru, Pune, and Hyderabad, as rising temperatures and extreme weather events force people to abandon their homes in less…
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Environmental researchers extract genetic material from a Chilean frog’s leg (Calyptocephalella gayi) in a wetland in the middle of a neighbourhood in the city of Quilpue, Chile, December 8, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters A giant frog species that hopped alongside dinosaurs and is considered a “living fossil” is now losing ground in its native…
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The Hague, Netherlands: As marathon climate change hearings wrapped up Friday at the world’s top court, a representative for vulnerable nations voiced “huge disappointment” at the attitude of top polluters and urged judges to make them legally accountable for historic emissions. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has played host to history over the past…
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Pacific Island nation leaders pose for a group photograph with U.S. President Joe Biden during a summit at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 25, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters Pacific island nations at the centre of a strategic rivalry between the U.S. and China that brought infrastructure and funding hope President-elect Donald Trump…
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