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Accelerating our ocean’s protection
The international community has started to recognise the growing threats posed by ocean warming and acidification.
Include heatwaves in disaster management plans: Parliamentary panel...
19 March 2025 12:33 PMThe Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs, in a report tabled in the Rajya Sabha last week, also recommended setting up...
To keep your cool in a heatwave, it may help to water your trees
9 Feb 2025 6:44 AMTrees and greenspace can drive down urban temperatures – but they must be able to draw water from the soil to achieve these massive cooling effects.
2024 witnessed 41 extra days of dangerous heat due to climate change:...
28 Dec 2024 1:51 AMThe report highlighted that a much faster transition from fossil fuels is necessary to avoid a future of relentless heat waves, drought, wildfires,...
In the heat of the night
19 Dec 2024 1:30 AMEarlier this week, the State Planning Commission released a report titled Urban Heat Island- Hotspot Analysis and Mitigation Strategies for Tamil Nadu...
Chennai, Tiruvallur record rise in Urban Heat Island intensity by...
17 Dec 2024 12:30 AMUrban Heat Island effect is the situation where urban areas remain warmer than the surrounding areas due to the concentration of buildings, roads, and...
Tamil Nadu declares heatwaves as state-specific disaster; kin of...
28 Oct 2024 11:30 PMIn the absence of such a notification, relief cannot be provided to the general public affected by heatwave conditions.
Extreme weather in Australia causes growing number of hospitalisations
2 Nov 2023 10:15 AMIt found that between 2012 and 2022 extreme heat sent more Australians to hospital than any other environmental condition.