Wednesday, Jun 21, 2023
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Bonn climate meet takeaways: Old conflicts, some forward movement
June 21, 2023 8:52 am
Just like the more famous year-ending climate conferences, Bonn underperformed. Developed and developing countries bickered on issues old and new, and could not even agree on the agenda of one of the meetings till the penultimate day.
What made Cyclone Biparjoy unique, why its path was difficult to predict
June 20, 2023 4:57 pm
The case of Biparjoy is a reminder that despite the enormous progress made in developing warning systems and acting on them, cyclones remain a huge threat.
68 dead in Ballia amid heatwave: How high temperatures combined with high humidity can be fatal
June 20, 2023 10:42 am
High temperatures alone aren’t fatal in nature. It’s when high temperatures are combined with high humidity that heatwaves become lethal.
Paddy and the price of water
June 19, 2023 7:43 pm
Direct seeding of rice, instead of transplanting and flooding of fields, cuts down the massive water consumption of paddy. Why is the DSR method still not very popular?
PM Modi talks of Miyawaki forests in Mann ki Baat: What is this method, also being used in Mumbai
June 18, 2023 5:04 pm
PM Modi gave the example of a Kerala-based teacher, Raafi Ramnath, who used the Miyawaki technique to transform a barren land into a mini forest.
El Nino: How the climate pattern may prolong food inflation
June 16, 2023 8:55 pm
Previous disruptive El Nino climate patterns cost the global economy trillions of dollars and stoked inflation.
What will happen after cyclone Biparjoy makes a landfall?
June 15, 2023 3:21 pm
Cyclone Biparjoy is expected to make a landfall near Jakhau Port in Gujarat's Kutch district later this evening. Even though the storm has lost some energy, it is still expected to cause signficant damage in Gujarat's coastal areas.
New chikungunya vaccine: Climate change may spread demand
June 16, 2023 3:12 pm
A Phase III human trial found the live chikungunya vaccine highly protective
Cyclones no longer a threat as they were in the ’90s, early 2000s
June 16, 2023 3:15 pm
Death toll, even in the most powerful cyclones, has come down to double digits, at worst.
What is El Nino and how it impacts the monsoon
June 16, 2023 3:17 pm
What exactly are El Nino and La Nina events, and why does the Pacific Ocean witness them? And why do events over far-away Pacific influence rainfall over India?
