Climate chaos: Aggravating human activities behind the extremities
As the world hits the 12th consecutive month with record-high global temperatures, it is no surprise that there have been so many extreme weather events.
As the world hits the 12th consecutive month with record-high global temperatures, it is no surprise that there have been so many extreme weather events.
The alarm bells have been ringing for years and yet, as a global community, we have largely failed to heed their warnings.
Human-induced warming has risen to 1.19 degrees Celsius over the past decade (2014-2023) – an increase from the 1.14 degrees Celsius seen in 2013-2022
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The research emphasizes that areas in the Global South, such as India and Pakistan, bear a heightened risk in contrast to the global average.
The study, published in the journal Science, projects that the world's glaciers could lose as much as 40 per cent of their mass by 2100.
In her research paper, she bats for collaborative efforts between developed and developing nations to control global warming.
The state irrigation department, considering the drastic fall in groundwater levels, insisted districts like East Burdwan, Hooghly, Bankura, Jhargram, Nadia, West Midnapore to stress more on micro-irrigation and an instruction on this reached the district headquarters in the mid of January
Expressing concern over the changing environment, the head of the environmental sciences department at Dr. YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry in Nauni said it was harmful to both people and plants since "the latter cannot acclimatise to the sudden changes and that leads to sickness."
Water resources are essential for economic development. India has 4 per cent of global water resources for its use. India’s water resources are under immense pressure.
