State of the climate in Asia 2023
Asia remained the world’s most disaster-hit region from weather, climate and water-related hazards in 2023. Floods and storms caused the highest number of reported casualties and economic losses, whilst
Asia remained the world’s most disaster-hit region from weather, climate and water-related hazards in 2023. Floods and storms caused the highest number of reported casualties and economic losses, whilst
Ahmedabad: Hundreds of schoolchildren from across state got a green ride to explore climatic change and get a practical lesson on depleting water resources around the globe.
DINDIGUL: Protection of water sources, reduction of water pollution, encouraging energy efficiency and climate-friendly trends are essential to tackle climate change and global warming, said V. Irulandi, Chief Conservator of Forests. He was addressing a seminar on issues and impacts of climate change on community held at Gandhigram Rural University here on Friday.
BEEL BHAINA: The rivers that course down from the Himalayas and into this crowded delta bring an annual tide of gift and curse. They flood low-lying paddy fields for several months, sometimes years, at a time. And they ferry mountains of silt and sand from far away upstream.
Curse of melting glaciers, shrinking rivers and growing deforestation
Mumbai: Four years after the 2005 deluge, which killed over 400 people, Mumbai continues to be at the risk of floods with a high possibility of disaster in future. In fact, it is the third city after Rio De Jeneiro and Shanghai that is most prone to disaster.
To many scientists, climate change is the likely cause of altered life-cycle patterns among plants and animals. Not all species are showing such effects yet, but the gradual movement of some plants to higher altitudes, and changes in the abundance of particular species are thought to be linked to a rising average global temperature.
Reptile fossils like the one found in Colombia of a giant snake, weighing over a ton, are helping map prehistoric temperatures of the Amazon, says S Ananthanarayan
Shabir Ibn Yusuf, SRINAGAR: Valley may face severe water crisis in coming summer, as the glaciers have receded at an alarming rate, if the officials of Indian Mountaineering Foundation (IMF) and experts are to be believed. The cause is stated to be a lower snowfall, above normal temperature and early melting of snow in the mountains, besides deforestation and human interference.
Climate change could kill the Amazon rainforest even if deforestation and emissions are curbed, scientists at the Met Office fear. By Richard Alleyne, Science Correspondent in Copenhagen Macaw - Year of discovery writing competition Between 20 and 40 per cent of the Amazon?s trees are predicted to disappear Photo: GETTY
KOLKATA: The Sunderbans tiger is falling prey to poaching. Thousands of families in the tidal region are losing their homes and livelihoods due to rising sea level and tidal currents. Unscientific construction and illegal felling is denuding the Himalayan foothills of its forest cover and triggering landslides. The Bhagirathi is gobbling up land as it changes course in Malda.