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Tipping Point | End of coal power in the UK, Fridays for Future | Video Credit: The Hindu The United Kingdom is moving away from coal power for good. On September 30, the 2,000-megawatt Ratcliffe coal plant in Nottinghamshire will shut operations, ending the U.K.’s 142-year-long tryst with coal power. Is moving away from coal…
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A farmer holds hop cones on a farm in Huell near Wolnzach, Germany. | Photo Credit: AP The keys to combating the climate change that’s wreaking havoc on Germany’s beer industry could lie inside a plant nursery — nicknamed “our kindergarten” — at the Society of Hop Research north of Munich. The 7,000 seedlings there…
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More than 20.5 million people endured high temperatures heavily influenced by climate change. New Delhi: India experienced its second-hottest quarter from June to August this year since 1970, with over one-third of the country’s population enduring at least seven days of dangerous heat, according to a new report by a US-based group of climate scientists…
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Many US coastal properties could be lost to the ocean within 30 years. (Representative Image) 59-year-old David Moot, who is an interior painter and designer, has purchased a three-bedroom Cape Cod home for $395,000 (Rs 3,3153910). The house only stands 25 feet from the crumbling cliff facing the Atlantic Ocean. But Mr Moot is not…
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This term, blending “cool” with “vacation,” reflects a growing preference for cooler destinations. As global warming is hitting every inch of the planet and heatwaves intensify all over the world, a new kind of travel trend has emerged: the “coolcation”, according to a report by Deutsche Welle. A combination of two words, “cool” and “vacation,”…
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Data-driven approach essential for informed policy decisions, says Ashwajit Singh. (Representational)) New Delhi: More than 85 per cent of districts in India are exposed to extreme climate events such as floods, droughts and cyclones, according to a new study. The study by IPE Global and Esri India also found that 45 per cent of the…
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The oceans are also heating to record levels, raising the risk of more intense storms. Paris: The 2024 northern summer saw the highest global temperatures ever recorded, beating last year’s record and making this year likely Earth’s hottest ever, the EU’s climate monitor said Friday. The data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service followed a…
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Incessant rainfall has wreaked havoc in India’s southeast, leaving at least 17 dead in Andhra Pradesh and thousands homeless and at the mercy of floods in Telangana. The Indian Meteorological Department has also warned of heavy rains in parts of Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, and Delhi. Unpredictable, erratic rainfall has been becoming the norm for the…
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Representational Image Tracking rising temperatures is becoming a better way of forecasting food inflation in India than the rain patterns economists have typically relied on, according to HSBC Holdings Plc. The link between extreme heat, exacerbated by climate change, and the price of agricultural commodities in India has strengthened over the past decade, the bank…
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A hole filled with water from melted ice is seen among black rock and ice on the Rhone glacier amid climate change in Obergoms, Switzerland, August 27, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters As humans alter the planet’s climate and ecosystems, scientists are looking to Earth’s history to help predict what may unfold from climate change….
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