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Food shortage to refugee emergencies — How climate change will reshape the globe
The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming goes into climate troubles such as food shortages, refugee emergencies, and other crises that will reshape the globe.
Study warns: A third of Hindu Kush Himalaya glaciers will melt by 2100
The report also finds that warming will at least be 0.7 °C higher in the northwest Himalaya and Karakoram region.
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Australian state to pump oxygen into rivers as fish die
Up to a million dead fish were found floating last week in the Darling River in western New South Wales state and the state government announced that 1,800 more rotting fish had since been found in Lake Hume in the state's south.
Greenhouse gas emissions rise like a ‘speeding freight train’ in 2018
Worldwide, carbon emissions are expected to increase by 2.7 per cent in 2018, according to the new research, which was published by the Global Carbon Project, a group of 100 scientists from more than 50 academic and research institutions.
Extreme weather events killed over 70,000 people in India, 5.2 lakh across world in 20 years: Report
In the 20-year period between 1998 and 2017, India lost, on an average, 3,660 people every year, with a total of 73,212 casualties.
Global warming increasing death, disease risk: Study
The annual report tracks 41 indicators across five areas: climate change impacts, exposures, and vulnerability; adaptation, planning, and resilience for health; mitigation actions and health co-benefits; finance and economics; and public and political engagement.
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As temperatures soar, glacial area cover over Western Himalayas shrinks: experts
Glaciers and snow cover over the Himalayan ranges holds key in irrigation, drinking water and other needs for lakhs of people living in the mountain ranges and along the foothills of these ranges.
Explained: How to reach a 1.5-degree world
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change releases its ‘special report’ on keeping warming to under 1.5°C as compared to pre-industrial times. Why is this important, and is it even doable?
From energy to infrastructure, IPCC lists four pathways to curb global warming
As of now, the world is striving to prevent the temperature rise beyond 2 degrees Celsius, in accordance with the stated objective of the Paris Agreement of 2015.
Rising global temperatures likely to up heat-related deaths: Study
The results, appearing in the journal Climatic Change, is based on historical data on temperature-related deaths from 451 locations in 23 countries with different socio-economic and climatic conditions.
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Greenland residents grapple with global warming
As scientists study the threats posed by a warming climate, some of the immediate effects of climate change have been a double-edged sword for some in and around Tasiilaq.
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Climate change is real and it is making hurricanes worse. Here's how
Rising ocean temperatures have fueled some of the most devastating storms in recent years. Kendra Pierre-Louis, a reporter on The New York Times’s climate team, explains how.
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