State of the Climate in Asia 2024
<p>The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing
Floods
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Kenya
At least 10 people were killed when Kenya's principal river Tana burst its banks and flooded the main town in the northeastern part of the country. The rain-swollen Tana River raged into Garissa,
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Die hard
Noted environmentalist Sunderlal Bahuguna's fast, undertaken to highlight the dangers of the Tehri dam project, has lasted for more than 40 days. This is the fourth fast by the 72-year-old Chipko
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Global havoc
Changes in the weather patterns due to El Ni o have resulted in a flood of natural disasters across the globe. Agriculture is the worst hit
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Target India
There is no preparedness in India against El Ni o, the Indian government does not even have an action plan
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NO CHILD'S PLAY
This summer's El Ni
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The Antichrist
El Ni o takes birth in the Pacific periodically to upset weather patterns globally
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Disturbing aftermath
Life is thrown out of gear for wildlife as they face the wrath of El Ni o
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Heat on the Amazon
The fires in the Amazon rain forests are greater than the ones in Indonesia
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Multinational games
MNCs are looking for profits even in a disaster situation
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The Walker circulation
In the 1920s, Sir Gilbert Walker made the seminal connection between barometer readings of air pressure at sea level at stations on the eastern and western sides of the Pacific Ocean (Tahiti and