Bhubaneswar: Urban heat island effect studied in a growing city
Urbanisation of Bhubaneswar, a tier-2 city in Odisha, India, has been rapid at 83% in the last 15 years (2000-2014)
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Three-fold increase in extreme rainfall events over central India
Summer monsoon rainfall over central India has reduced by 10% on average, while there has been three-fold increase in extreme
Read MoreFarmer suicides in India may be linked to climate change
The increase in temperature during the cropping season reduces crop yields, thus resulting in increased suicides. Climate change has led
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Trump Ctrl-Alt-Deletes climate change policies
That Donald Trump’s scepticism about climate change will adversely impact policies to address global warming became abundantly clear minutes after
Read MoreIIT Kanpur unravels brown carbon’s effect on atmospheric warming
The effect of biomass burning in increasing the atmospheric aerosol and in turn the atmospheric warming through light absorption has
Read MoreEmissions from ships can impact monsoon activity over Bay of Bengal
Using surface and satellite data, a team led by scientist M.V. Ramana of the Hyderabad-based National Remote Sensing Centre has
Read MoreAnthropocene, a man-made geologic epoch
“Archean to Anthropocene, the past is the key to the future” is the theme of the annual meeting of the
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