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A warming patch of water in the Pacific Ocean can influence weather across the globe, from droughts in India to floods in South America. But how does El Nino work? What is the El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO)? What makes a “Super El Nino”? And could this year see one of the strongest events in recent…
North India is reeling under an intense heatwave, with metropolitan cities recording soaring temperatures. But not all urban areas are heating up equally. Neighbourhoods with higher tree cover are significantly cooler than densely built-up areas with sparse greenery. Analysis of remote sensing data shows a clear contrast-Land Surface Temperature (LST) is notably lower in areas…
Hindi News Business AI Data Centres Creating ‘Data Heat Island Effect’: Cambridge Study Shows 2°C Temperature Rise, Impacting 340 Million People New Delhi7 minutes ago copy link Artificial Intelligence (AI) is raising the temperature in data centers. Research by Cambridge University said that where these data centers are working, the temperature has increased by an…
A new study from the University of Oxford suggests that intensifying global warming could push billions of people into dangerously hot living conditions within the next few decades. The study estimates that if average global temperatures climb to 2-degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, which scientists increasingly see as plausible, around 3.79 billion people, nearly half…
New Delhi: Emissions from the global plastics system –greenhouse gases, air-polluting particles, and toxic chemicals released particularly from plastics production processes — could double health risks by 2040, if no meaningful action is taken to change current practices, according to a study on Tuesday. The research, published in The Lancet Planetary Health journal, identified health…
The United States is bracing for a massive winter storm which is set to hit over half of the country and impact over 172 million people. President Donald Trump took a dig at global warming fears amid forecasts of a winter storm for two-thirds of America. Taking to Truth Social, Trump questioned the reality of…
Last Updated:November 10, 2025, 10:25 IST COP30 opens in Brazil’s Belém, where nearly 200 nations will debate whether the world can still meet its pledge to curb global warming The world’s biggest annual climate meeting, the 30th Conference of the Parties, or COP30, begins today in Belém, Brazil. (AP Photo) The world’s biggest annual climate…
Last Updated:October 28, 2025, 8:31 PM IST UN warns Cop30 that humanity will overshoot the 1.5C Paris target while Bill Gates urges shifting focus from climate change to disease and hunger relief. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (Image Credit: Reuters) Ahead of Cop30 climate summit, United Nations Secretary General António Guterres has warned that humanity has…
No country is safe from the devastating impacts of extreme weather, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warned at the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), urging rapid expansion of early warning systems to safeguard lives and economies. “Without your rigorous modelling and forecasting, we would not know what lies ahead — or how to prepare for it,”…
Communities across the world living close to the coasts are facing an existential threat brought on by climate change as oceans continue to rise. According to the new report, by 2050, rising levels of ocean and the subsequent flooding will threaten coastal communities of Australia. Additionally, deaths from unbearable heat waves are also expected to…