Living beings depend on daily cycle of light and dark that governs behaviours such as reproduction, sleep and migration Watching the night sky, the stars and other astronomical objects is an absolute delight. Who can forget the synchronised movement of fireflies on a dark night? While one may still observe these phenomena in rural areas, they …
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Apart from transportation, hydrogen can be a “decarbonising agent” for industries like chemicals, iron, steel, fertiliser and refining, transport, heat and power.Apart from transportation, hydrogen can be a “decarbonising agent” for industries like chemicals, iron, steel, fertiliser and refining, transport, heat and power. On India’s 75th Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the launch …
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Photo Credit: They’re not the ones making it harder to act on climate change. Photographer: Sean Gallup/Getty Images Europe The real obstacles to addressing greenhouse gas emissions are not the politicians, the billionaires or even the oil companies. The real obstacles are the voters themselves. Ours is a populist age, dominated not only by the anti-elitist …
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Human activity is changing the climate in unprecedented and sometimes irreversible ways, a major UN scientific report has said. The landmark study warns of increasingly extreme heatwaves, droughts and flooding, and a key temperature limit being broken in just over a decade. The report “is a code red for humanity”, says the UN chief. But …
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Scientists call for new climate models to challenge the assumption that wealthy countries can grow indefinitely. Picture: Tubular bioreactors filled with green algae fixing CO2, Arcos de la Frontera, Cadiz, Costa de la Luz, Andalusia, Spain. Credit: Santiago Urquijo/Getty Images. An international team of scientists says that we cannot rely on technology to meet climate …
