As the world warms and glaciers melt, experts recommend a review of ill-planned dams and roads to minimise the impacts of disasters. Picture: The damaged state-run hydropower project site near Joshimath in Chamoli district, Uttarakhand. | Ajay Bhatt / AFP Under the weight of a suspected avalanche, a massive chunk of ice and frozen mud …
We are starting a trans-Himalaya cycling expedition with an aim of spreading awareness regarding women empowerment and clean Himalaya With an aim to convey a message of pollution-free environment and women empowerment in the society, two women from Bihar and Uttarakhand have started a cycling expedition from the Wagah border to Arunachal Pradesh. “Our motive …
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No matter where you live or how high your socioeconomic status, climate change can endanger your health, both physical and mental, now and in the future. Melting ice caps, warmer oceans, intense storms, heat waves, droughts, floods and wildfires — all these well-documented effects of climate change may seem too remote to many people to …
An international team of researchers says Earth’s natural processes contribute only ‘negligibly’ to climate change Virtually all global warming since the industrial era is caused by manmade emissions, according to research published on 18 January that concludes Earth’s natural processes contribute only “negligibly” to climate change. Near-surface air temperatures have increased on average around the …
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Large parts of Jakarta’s mangrove forests could be devastated every time a storm or a flood occur. (Photo: Nivell Rayda) JAKARTA: The flimsy, makeshift bamboo walkway creaked and bent as Ade Djuhana treaded his steps carefully metres above trash-strewn water in a coastal area of Jakarta. At the end of the 500m passageway, the rows …
